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The central idea of this story, ¨Swimming for Her Life¨ by Kristin Lewis is about never giving up on your dreams even when times are hard. Because when Yusra and Sarah were on there way to germany and their boat stopped they jumped into the water and pushed the boat. That shows an example of courage and their dream of getting to germany never broken. And I also say that the central idea of the article is to never give up on your dreams is because, when Yusra and Sarah were little they wanted to be in the olympics when they grow up and when Yusra head there was going to be a team for refugees she tried out. And she made one of the 10 spots on the

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