The short story, Don’t Give Up The Fight, shares a common theme with Kathrine Switzer’s life. The theme shared is being different. In Don’t Give Up The Fight, the theme being different is shown by Ava being the only girl on the track team. The theme being different was shown in Kathrine Switzer’s life because she was the first woman to run the Boston Marathon, even though people said women were not allowed and couldn’t do it. Even though Don’t Give Up The Fight and Kathrine Switzer’s life share the common theme of being different, they show it in different ways. In Don’t Give Up The Fight, Ava was discouraged and wanted to give up because she couldn’t deal with the bullying anymore. When in Kathrine Switzer’s life, she was always motivated and didn’t let what others said bother her.
The theme for Don’t Give Up The Fight is being
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Her life seems to show the theme of being different. An example of how this theme seems to fit her life is even her own coach did not believe a woman could run a marathon. He believed that the distance was too far for a fragile woman to run. Futhermore, this example illustrates how the theme, being different, would fit her life. Because she is different from all the other Boston Marathon runners in the past, most people doubt that a woman is equally capable as a man. Also she is different because she is the only female in the race. Another example that supports how the theme of being different fits her life is during an interview after her first Boston Marathon, she said, “Women deserve to run, too. Equal rights and all that, you know.” Not only was she different in the way that she was the only woman in the race, she was different because she wasn’t afraid to stand up for her rights. There were probably many other woman that felt the same way, but what made her different is she did something
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Edna Ferber?s style and theme is certainly different, but that is what makes it so provocative. She is a Pulitzer award winning author for portraying the struggle of those whose lives were hardest in the way of exhilarating fiction. She believed that Jews and women had to be better than others because their lives were tougher and she bases many novels, short stories, and plays on these beliefs. Her themes are often misunderstood in her lifetime, but they are becoming clearer. The America in her stories is what she idealized America to be, where women and people of any race and religion are treated equally.
...ted at the prospect of Rachel traveling with a comic opera company, but her beautiful daughter turns down the fruitful offer. Instead, Rachel volunteers to go out to the Rectangle and spread the word of God and the joy of her singing. This relates to the role that women played in this time period. Women were placed in a role of bettering society. Many women took up roles in organizations that were devoted to make a positive difference in American Society. Women lobbied for Child's labor reform and woman suffrage. Rachel Winslow demonstrates these qualities in the novel.
The theme focuses in on Jane who struggles with finding her calling. She goes against the grain and rebels on the standards that society has tried to place on her. She thinks she has her life figured out in the beginning when she is working for the panel, but this takes an unexpected turn when she quits and decides to live her life on her own terms. She is often questioned by those around her about her life choices, but Jane does not let the perceptions of others affect her.
The theme being different is shown throughout the story “Don’t Give Up the Fight” in a couple of ways. For instance, Ava in was being
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In the story “Don’t Give Up The Fight”, the theme is being different. In the story, Ava is the only girl on the track team and the other people
She was surviving on her own and that’s what i like. I like people that are alone because it inspires me when they have the strength to do things on their own its kinda like my mom she was single for a while raising 4 kids in her own she inspires me to be able to be independent and have that same strength. I learned that being alone is ok but not all the time but you can do it. The memorable topic is that the girl had enough power and strength to be alone and the power to be able to do her own