On p. 12, Loewen says "My concern here, however, is not who gets chosen, but rather what happens to the heroes when they are introduced into our history textbooks and our classrooms." Would you consider this to be the thesis? Why/Why not? How important would you describe the inclusion of that statement before the analysis?

On p. 12, Loewen says "My concern here, however, is not who gets chosen, but rather what happens to the heroes when they are introduced into our history textbooks and our classrooms." Would you consider this to be the thesis? Why/Why not? How important would you describe the inclusion of that statement before the analysis?