“Susan B Anthony Dares to Vote” and “The Watsons Go to Birmingham” share the theme of perseverance. Susan is fighting for voting rights and needs to keep trying and trying. And the Watson family is participating in marches to get civil rights. Although they have the same theme, the mood of the passages is different In “The Watsons Go to Birmingham” the mood is sad. The bombing of the church and just the time period they were in made the mood of the play sad. But in “Susan B Anthony Dares to Vote” the mood of the passage is being restless.
In “The Watsons Go to Birmingham” the theme is perseverance. In the play, there is a march that happens in town and ends up getting about 1,000 kids arrested. Even though that many kids got arrested they kept participating in these marches. Another reason is, they made a deal that if one of them were to get arrested while marching they would go to jail in peace, violence is not the answer. “We decided to march for justice. But we promised each other that if we got arrested, we would go in peace. Violence is not going to help us.” These reasons support the theme of perseverance because they show that no matter what happens they will keep fighting for what is right. Junior, Byron's cousin even got arrested for 2 weeks and his parents said they were proud of him. Many people were willing to go to jail for …show more content…
In the article, Susan and 15 other women are fighting for women's voting rights. “In November 1872, she and 15 other women in Rochester, New York had demanded to be registered and had voted in the national election.” This supports the theme of perseverance because many women wanted voting but they did nothing about it, Susan and her group were the first to stand up for all women’s voting rights. “Soon after all 16 women were arrested.” This shows perseverance because they fought for women’s rights even though they knew there would be consequences like going to
In “The Watsons Go to Birmingham” the theme is perseverance. In the play, there is a march that happens in town and ends up getting about 1,000 kids arrested. Even though that many kids got arrested they kept participating in these marches. Another reason is, they made a deal that if one of them were to get arrested while marching they would go to jail in peace, violence is not the answer. “We decided to march for justice. But we promised each other that if we got arrested, we would go in peace. Violence is not going to help us.” These reasons support the theme of perseverance because they show that no matter what happens they will keep fighting for what is right. Junior, Byron's cousin even got arrested for 2 weeks and his parents said they were proud of him. Many people were willing to go to jail for …show more content…
In the article, Susan and 15 other women are fighting for women's voting rights. “In November 1872, she and 15 other women in Rochester, New York had demanded to be registered and had voted in the national election.” This supports the theme of perseverance because many women wanted voting but they did nothing about it, Susan and her group were the first to stand up for all women’s voting rights. “Soon after all 16 women were arrested.” This shows perseverance because they fought for women’s rights even though they knew there would be consequences like going to