Susan B Anthony Essay

In the stories, Susan B Anthony Dares to Vote, and The Watsons Go to Birmingham the similar theme which is overcoming obstacles. They both find out how cruel the world can be and find the courage to try and protest unfair treatment. But they both push for equal rights, and eventually, it ends up working. While there are many similarities in the story there are differences too. There are different attitudes at the beginning of the story Susan B Anthony knows how cruel things can be, but in The Watsons go to Birmingham the kids don’t know how bad things can be until they visit their grandmother, they sit up front in a restaurant and someone tells them to go to the back.

There are many ways that Susan B Anthony Dares to Vote shows overcoming

obstacles. Susan B Anthony has to go to court because she voted for the next president. At the time women could not vote because they were not treated equally to men. Also, the judge made the Jury say that Susan B Anthony was guilty, this shows that the judge got so mad that he did not let the jury vote. Even though everyone knew Susan B Anthony was guilty, she did not get a fair trial, as it says in the text the whole crowd was mad because the judge did not give her a fair trial, which is a direct violation of the Constitution. But even with all her challenges she still overcomes them in the end, Susan B Anthony inspires women all around the world to fight for equal rights and fair treatment, as it says in the story, even though Susan B Anthony ended up dying her story inspired women all over to fight for equal rights. It says in the story “I have been striving for over 60 years for a little bit of justice, and yet I must die without obtaining it.” This is important to the theme because it shows that no matter what happened Susan B Anthony fought for equal rights no matter what. Plus she fought for 60 years which is a long time.

The Watsons go to Birmingham, also shows the many ways in which overcoming obstacles is shown.

For example, Sarah from The Watsons go to Birmingham protests for equal rights, and she is just a kid. Plus she ended up going to jail and her parents ended up being proud of her. Then when the kids come they adopt a little rebellion against not being treated equally, when they would not have had to in Michigan. Also, it says in the story the kids ask to go with her to protest! Plus at the end of the story when people bomb the church the kids run in to help people even though it is dangerous because he thinks one of his family members is in there he does not think twice. This shows that they really care for each other and would do anything to make sure that each other is safe. After that, they all know how good they have it in Michigan and they know that if they can, they want to do something to help, Michigan was considered a northern state and blacks were treated equally to whites.

This story has many similarities, but there are also many things different about the story. One difference in Susan B Anthony Dares to Vote, and The Watsons go to Birmingham is the risks the characters took. The Watsons took a much bigger risk because they could have died, the only risk Susan B Anthony took was going to jail. Another difference is the characters actions, Susan B Anthony has peaceful protests, but The Watsons do not. In The Watson´s protest, a girl got a dog bite and people got hit with

fire hoses. Both stories have similarities but they also have a lot of differences.

The common theme in both stories is overcoming obstacles. This is shown when Susan B Anthony votes when it is illegal, and The Watsons protest for equal rights for blacks. The theme is shown it a more convincing way in the story The Watsons go to Birmingham. The theme is shown in a more convincing way because people bomb an all black church, plus people discriminate against the Watsons when they tell them they have to sit in the back. Plus it says a lot that some people would rather kill people who are different than leave them alone. These are the reasons I think the theme is shown better in The Watsons go to Birmingham.