Susan B Anthony Essay

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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 …show more content…

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

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