The text had a similar somewhat similar theme, but mainly these stories had similar and different subjects. The theme of “The Trip” was if your trying to escape for a better life there will be hardships to over come. The similar subject that is compared is the subject of strength. Murad shows his strength in several ways, like, Murad swimming through the straight, or him running away from the Guardia Civil. The text is stating that, “Murad knows he doesn’t have much time before the Guardia Civil come after them. He takes a few steps and drips to his knows on the sand…” This quote represents the strength Murad needed because him running away from the Guardia Civil was so exhausting. The theme in “Contents of a Dead Man’s Pocket” is don’t always spend time on one certain thing. The subject in “Contents of a Dead Man’s Pocket” of strength Tom shows tons of it throughout the story weather that would be building up the strength to go onto that ledge, the strength is choosing his work over his wife, the strength to hold himself on that ledge and much more. The author says, “By a kind of trick-by concentrating his entire mind on first his left foot, then his left hand, then the other foot, then the other hand.” This quote representing the strength of Tom physically and mentally. Physically tricking his mind to concentrate on just those action and not his surroundings. Then mentally just holding himself on that tiny ledge. The theme in “The Leap” is to always appreciate what you have because within a moment it can be all gone. Anna the narrator’s mother is losing her vision but she is still strong and gets around her house blind. The narrator describes her mother walking around the house as, “Lightly touching her ways along walls and running her hands over knick-knacks, books, the drift of a grown child’s belongings and castoffs. She has never upset an object or as much as brushed a magazine onto the floor.” There where also
The text had a similar somewhat similar theme, but mainly these stories had similar and different subjects. The theme of “The Trip” was if your trying to escape for a better life there will be hardships to over come. The similar subject that is compared is the subject of strength. Murad shows his strength in several ways, like, Murad swimming through the straight, or him running away from the Guardia Civil. The text is stating that, “Murad knows he doesn’t have much time before the Guardia Civil come after them. He takes a few steps and drips to his knows on the sand…” This quote represents the strength Murad needed because him running away from the Guardia Civil was so exhausting. The theme in “Contents of a Dead Man’s Pocket” is don’t always spend time on one certain thing. The subject in “Contents of a Dead Man’s Pocket” of strength Tom shows tons of it throughout the story weather that would be building up the strength to go onto that ledge, the strength is choosing his work over his wife, the strength to hold himself on that ledge and much more. The author says, “By a kind of trick-by concentrating his entire mind on first his left foot, then his left hand, then the other foot, then the other hand.” This quote representing the strength of Tom physically and mentally. Physically tricking his mind to concentrate on just those action and not his surroundings. Then mentally just holding himself on that tiny ledge. The theme in “The Leap” is to always appreciate what you have because within a moment it can be all gone. Anna the narrator’s mother is losing her vision but she is still strong and gets around her house blind. The narrator describes her mother walking around the house as, “Lightly touching her ways along walls and running her hands over knick-knacks, books, the drift of a grown child’s belongings and castoffs. She has never upset an object or as much as brushed a magazine onto the floor.” There where also