Making Sarah Cry Poem Analysis

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The poem “Making Sarah Cry” and the play “The Watsons Go to Birmingham” have a similar theme of being different. Even though they have the same theme, they show it different ways. For instance, the characters have a different influence on others. The theme in “Making Sarah Cry” is being different. This is the theme because in the poem, it said Sarah was not like the rest, she was slow and not smart. Sarah wasn’t accepted by the boy and his friends. They made fun of the faces she made, the way she stomped her feet, and the stutter when she spoke. Another reason why the theme is being different is because when the boy got hurt they treated him differently. They called him a freak and asked “where he got the ugly mask” because of his limp and jagged scar across his face. When he got hit by the car and people started treating him differently, he didn’t like it. …show more content…

In the play the waitress says “You go around back if you want something to eat.” Byron didn’t understand this because they live in a place where that doesn’t usually happen. The waitress also says “Boy, you better get off that seat. Don’t make me call the cops and have you arrested.” When they leave Byron realizes that that was wrong. They treated them differently because of their skin color. Both “Making Sarah Cry” and “The Watson’s Go to Birmingham” show the same theme of being different but they have a different effect on society. In “Making Sarah Cry” Sarah and the boy gets teased and picked on and when Sarah finally sticks up for herself and the bot the other kids realize that that was wrong. In “The Watson’s Go to Birmingham” they get bullied and discriminated. They had to live with that and back then the United States were like that and nobody could do anything about it. That is why they have a different affect on

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