Ava Clark Courage Quotes

Both of the passages “Making Sarah Cry”, and “Don't Give Up The Fight” share a common theme of courage. In “Making Sarah Cry”, Sarah stood up for one of the kids that had bullied her. In “Don't Give Up The Fight”, Ava Clark had courage to report her coach and teammate. Although both passages share a common theme, the mood of the passages are different. For example in “Making Sarah Cry” it is a sad and depressing mood, but in “Don't Give Up The Fight”, the mood is a angry and enraged mood.

The passage “Making Sarah Cry”, has a theme of courage. For example, in the text it states, “Leave him alone you bullies, because he’s a friend of mine.” This shows courage because she is standing up for someone that bullied her. Even though that …show more content…
For example the text states, “Okay I muttered, I was scared but determined.” This piece of text shows that Ava knew she had to turn in her coach and teammate,and she was determined to do it because she knew it was right, but she was also scared. But she told herself that what she was doing was right and that it needed to be done or nothing is going to change not just for her but for other students too. The text also states,”The next morning I arrived at school twenty minutes early and did what needed to be done.” This shows courage because it took Ava a lot of courage to turn in her coach and teammate. Yet she still did it because she knew it was the right thing to …show more content…
“Don't Give Up The Fight” has a very upset and enraged mood. While “Making Sarah Cry” has a very soft and sad mood. For example in the text “Don't Give Up The Fight” it states,’’No” I called back over there sobs. “No im not dead.” This shows that the mood is enraged and upset because she is enraged at the boys because there teasing her and asking if she’s dead when they know she’s not. It is important to notice that there coach is even laughing which is so wrong that he’s laughing about one of the cruel jokes that one of his players is saying to another one of his players, and he’s laughing. The passage “Don't Give Up The Fight” also states,”I tried not to punch the closest thing to me, which happened to be Coach McCoy.” This shows that the mood is enraged and upset because she is upset at one of the boys who made a cruel comment about Ava’s running, and Ava is mad that her coach heard it and just kept doing roll call and didn’t even acknowledge the fact that he is making these comments. In the passage “Making Sarah Cry” it states,”She was born without a heart.” This shows that the mood is sad and soft because other kids on the playground are saying she doesn’t have a heart just because she is different and not as smart as the other kids doesn’t mean that Sarah should be treated any differently. “Making Sarah