Watsons Go To Birmingham Essay

The poem “Making Sarah Cry” and the play “The Watsons Go to Birmingham” are both similar because they have the same theme, which is being different. In “Making Sarah Cry,” the theme is being different because Sarah is being treated differently just because she is slow. In “The Watsons Go to Birmingham,” the Watsons are treated differently because of their skin color. Although they have the same theme, they both show the theme differently by the character actions. In “Making Sarah Cry,” Sarah stands up for her bully. In “The Watsons Go to Birmingham,” they just go with having to sit somewhere else in a restaurant. In the poem “Making Sarah Cry” the theme is being different. For example, “She was slow and not as smart.” The narrator in this poem is making fun of her just because she isn’t smart. Also, “She was born without a heart.”This is what the narrator believes. He is saying this because he think’s that she doesn’t have a soul. Probably because the bullies are always making fun of her at recess. Plus, the purpose of making Sarah cry is so that they can snicker when she makes funny faces, when she stomps her feet, when they mocked how she walks, and how she hesitates when she talks. Just so they can laugh because she is different. Then the narrator gets hurt by the bullies
They both show the theme in a different way by the characters’ actions. In “Making Sarah Cry” Sarah stands up for her bully. In, “The Watsons Go to Birmingham” they just go with being segregated. “The Watsons Go to Birmingham” presents the theme being different more convincingly because this is something that people can relate to. For instance, when the Watsons had to eat somewhere else because of their skin color, people can relate that this is something that was going on long age and might have to go through the same