1. A famous image of Rosa Parks sitting at the front of a bus.
2. Why is the story of Rosa Parks has become popularly known?
3. Rosa Parks’ story has become known because it fits a cultural template about the power of individuals.
4. Although Rosa Parkers knew she would face trouble if she sat in the first row of a bus where whites could sit.
5. Rosa Parks was able to change her city’s law, which said black people couldn’t sit in front. Rosa broke the law and decided to take a seat in the first row due to fatigue, and this led to her being arrested and placed in jail.
Ghizlane, this is a good start, but I’m not sure what you mean in step 3, which is where I think your thesis statement is. (I’m confused by the other steps.) But, in step 3 you make an argument about why Parks “became known.” I take you to mean here that her protest was effective–this is a better way to say what you’re trying to say. I’m not sure, though, what you mean by her protest “fitting a cultural template about the power of individuals.” Could you be more specific? Also, be sure to focus your paper on the photograph itself.