Analyze symbols for the United States
Choose two symbols (remember, symbols can be MANY things)prevalent in the United States. For each, explain:
1. Who is likely to have a “symbolic predisposition†toward it.How does this predisposition manifest itself?
2.What ideology incorporates this symbol?
Example: The American Flag is a symbol that represents theUnited States of America in international settings. Americancitizens are predisposed toward its meaning. It carries a sense ofpride for man; while others see it as a symbol to redressgovernment (i.e., by burning it or flying it upside-down).Immigrants often are predisposed to it as well: seeing it as abeacon of hope for a better life. Many groups and ideologiesincorporate the flag. Nationalistic ideologies (e.g., militias,political ideologies, militarism) espouse the flag as their chiefsymbol.
