the park- primarily wealthy merchants and landowners admired the public grounds of London and Paris and urged that New York needed a comparable facility to establish its international reputation. A public park they argued, would offer their own families an attractive setting for carriage rides and provide working-class New Yorkers with a healthy alternative to the loon. After three years of debate over the park site and cost, in 1853 the state legislature authorized the City of New York to use the power of eminent domain to acquire more than 700 acres of land in the center of manhattan 7. Uncle Sam The prevailing theory is that Uncle Sam was named after Samuel wilson. Wilson was born in Arlington, Mass, on September 13, 1766. His childhood home was in Mason, New Hampshire In 1789, he and his brother Ebenezer walked to Troy, New York. Samuel Wilson died in 1854. His grave is in the Oakwood Cemetery in Troy During the War of 1812, Wilson was in business of slaughtering and packing meat. H provided large shipments of meat to the US Army, in barrels that were stamped with the initials US". Supposedly, someone who saw the"US"stamp suggested-perhaps as a joke-- that the initials stood for "Uncle Sam"Wilson. The suggestion that the meat shipments came from Uncle Sam"led to the idea that Uncle Sam symbolized the federal government The single most famous portrait of Uncle Sam is the "I WANT YOU Army recruiting poster from World War I. The poster was painted by James Montgomery Flagg in 1916-1917 II. Text Analysis The overall structure of the passage is listing: the author listed five famous symbols of American culture. Each symbol is parallel to another or there is a matching relationship between the symbols. The five symbols are put together to support the central topic of the reading passage---Five Famous Symbols of American Culture The passage is a narration about five famous symbols of American culture, telling us the historical background of the well-known symbols. For each part of the passage, the author centers on one specific symbol, dealing with it from different aspects such as who created, what the creator was, how he created, when, and how the symbol was accepted, etc. One of the threads that can not escape our attention is that the author always tries to present the story according to the time sequence. For example: The Statue of Liberty( Para 1-Para 4) Who created the Statue of liberty and what was he? When? What is the purpose to create the statue? What do we know about the creator? How did he create the Statue of Liberty? When did the creator finish the statue? How did he like the statue? From the answers to the proposed questions, the readers can have a clear idea about the Statue of liberty The time markers used in dealing with the first symbo In the mid-1870s, at the same time, in 1876; that same year; in 1886 Part One(Paral-4)The Statue of liberty Part Two(Para5-10)Barbie Doll Part Three(Para 11-14) American Gothic Part Four(Paral5-18)The Buffalo Nickel Part Five(Paral9-22)Uncle Sam 22 the park — primarily wealthy merchants and landowners — admired the public grounds of London and Paris and urged that New York needed a comparable facility to establish its international reputation. A public park, they argued, would offer their own families an attractive setting for carriage rides and provide working-class New Yorkers with a healthy alternative to the saloon. After three years of debate over the park site and cost, in 1853 the state legislature authorized the City of New York to use the power of eminent domain to acquire more than 700 acres of land in the center of Manhattan. 7. Uncle Sam The prevailing theory is that Uncle Sam was named after Samuel Wilson. Wilson was born in Arlington, Mass., on September 13, 1766. His childhood home was in Mason, New Hampshire. In 1789, he and his brother Ebenezer walked to Troy, New York. Samuel Wilson died in 1854. His grave is in the Oakwood Cemetery in Troy. During the War of 1812, Wilson was in business of slaughtering and packing meat. He provided large shipments of meat to the US Army, in barrels that were stamped with the initials “US”. Supposedly, someone who saw the “US” stamp suggested—perhaps as a joke--- that the initials stood for “Uncle Sam” Wilson. The suggestion that the meat shipments came from “Uncle Sam” led to the idea that Uncle Sam symbolized the federal government. The single most famous portrait of Uncle Sam is the “I WANT YOU” Army recruiting poster from World War I. The poster was painted by James Montgomery Flagg in 1916-1917. II. Text Analysis The overall structure of the passage is listing: the author listed five famous symbols of American culture. Each symbol is parallel to another or there is a matching relationship between the symbols. The five symbols are put together to support the central topic of the reading passage---Five Famous Symbols of American Culture. The passage is a narration about five famous symbols of American culture, telling us the historical background of the well-known symbols. For each part of the passage, the author centers on one specific symbol, dealing with it from different aspects such as who created, what the creator was, how he created, when, and how the symbol was accepted, etc. One of the threads that can not escape our attention is that the author always tries to present the story according to the time sequence. For example: The Statue of Liberty ( Para 1—Para 4) Who created the Statue of Liberty and what was he? When? What is the purpose to create the statue? What do we know about the creator? How did he create the Statue of Liberty? When did the creator finish the statue? How did he like the statue? From the answers to the proposed questions, the readers can have a clear idea about the Statue of Liberty. The time markers used in dealing with the first symbol: In the mid-1870s; at the same time; in 1876; that same year; in 1886 Part One (Para1-4) The Statue of Liberty. Part Two (Para5-10) Barbie Doll Part Three (Para 11-14) American Gothic Part Four (Para15-18) The Buffalo Nickel Part Five (Para19-22) Uncle Sam