Susan B Anthony
A theme shown in both “Susan B. Anthony Dares to Vote!” and “Don’t Give up the Fight” is perseverance. They both have perseverance because in “Don’t Give up the Fight”, although Ava is being bullied by the boys on the track team, she doesn’t give up the track team and continues to try her best. In “Susan B. Anthony Dares to Vote!” Susan B. Anthony shows perseverance because she keeps on fighting for women’s rights and, although she doesn’t see women’s rights because of her death in 1906, her goal did become complete. The difference between the way that Susan B. Anthony and Ava showed perseverance is that Ava completed her goal in front of a small crowd, namely her track team. But Susan B. Anthony in order to complete her goal, had to convince
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a nation of 39 million men, women, and children that women need their equal rights.
The theme perseverance shows in the passage “Don’t give up the Fight”.
Perseverance is shown by Ava in don’t give up the fight when Ava continues to do the track team even though she is being bullied by the boys and even the coach of the team.
An example of the boys bullying her is what Jacob says after Coach McCoy calls Ava for roll call, “ ‘Good’ said Jacob, a runner. ‘We couldn’t live without you’ “. The coach also says “ ‘You guys are so funny,’ Coach McCoy congratulated them” right after the boys make fun of her. This shows that Ava has perseverance because these boys keep saying mean things to her like this every practice, and they even eventually broke her arm, but Ava still stayed on the track team. She didn’t just leave the track team because she was being bullied, Ava kept doing it because she loved being on the team. Ava also shows perseverance when she tells the school that these boys are doing mean things to her. This shows perseverance because Ava stood up for herself even though she may get made fun of more.
The theme perseverance is also shown in the passage “Susan B. Anthony Dares to Vote!”. An example of perseverance in the passage is in the passage when it says “She often was heckled, or worse. Gangs of ruffians sometimes broke into her lectures and threw rotten eggs at her. She was accused of undermining the home, the family, and the purity of American Womanhood.”
Susan B. Anthony shows perseverance because she continues to protest even though people are attacking her for saying what she
believe.
a nation of 39 million men, women, and children that women need their equal rights.
The theme perseverance shows in the passage “Don’t give up the Fight”.
Perseverance is shown by Ava in don’t give up the fight when Ava continues to do the track team even though she is being bullied by the boys and even the coach of the team.
An example of the boys bullying her is what Jacob says after Coach McCoy calls Ava for roll call, “ ‘Good’ said Jacob, a runner. ‘We couldn’t live without you’ “. The coach also says “ ‘You guys are so funny,’ Coach McCoy congratulated them” right after the boys make fun of her. This shows that Ava has perseverance because these boys keep saying mean things to her like this every practice, and they even eventually broke her arm, but Ava still stayed on the track team. She didn’t just leave the track team because she was being bullied, Ava kept doing it because she loved being on the team. Ava also shows perseverance when she tells the school that these boys are doing mean things to her. This shows perseverance because Ava stood up for herself even though she may get made fun of more.
The theme perseverance is also shown in the passage “Susan B. Anthony Dares to Vote!”. An example of perseverance in the passage is in the passage when it says “She often was heckled, or worse. Gangs of ruffians sometimes broke into her lectures and threw rotten eggs at her. She was accused of undermining the home, the family, and the purity of American Womanhood.”
Susan B. Anthony shows perseverance because she continues to protest even though people are attacking her for saying what she
believe.