The Watsons Go To Birmingham Analysis

In the play “The Watsons Go to Birmingham” and the story “Don’t Give Up The Fight” they both have the same theme. The common theme is being different. In “Don’t Give Up The Fight” Ava is the only girl on her track team and she gets bullied for being different, for being a girl. But in ”The Watsons Go to Birmingham” the Watsons are African American and they move to Birmingham but soon realize they should have never moved because of all the segregation and bombing all African American churches and homes in Birmingham. But in “The Watsons Go to Birmingham” the Watsons risk their lives for moving to Birmingham and being near lots of bombing, but in “Don’t Give Up The Fight” Ava just risks herself by letting Coach McCoy and Jacob bully her.
In the play “The Watsons Go to Birmingham” the main theme is being different. In the play it even says ”Mr.Roberts, can we sit closer? No Kenny. Only white folks can sit down there.” Mr.Roberts takes the kids to see a
In the story, “But remember boys, it doesn’t matter if you win or lose. Just do your best on Saturday. Coach McCoy continued his speech about winning and losing, which nobody, included. McCoy himself,believed. Along the way, he keeps addressing us as boys or men. It happens every time.” Just because she is a girl it doesn't mean you treat her differently. Coach McCoy could address them boys and girls or men and women. Also in the passage,”I tried to get up, but the pain in my right wrist was too harsh. It just hurt too much. I held in my tears, so many tears I wondered if there was an ocean waiting to be released.” Jacob knows she is fast and knows he would lose but he pushes her so he won’t get bullied for losing to a girl.He bullies her because she is fast,because she is the only girl that made the team, because she is the only girl. Even though that she is a girl he could have helped her up. He wouldn’t have done that if it was a