Similarities Between The Obstacle And Primed

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In both the passage “The Obstacle” and the play Primed I found a common theme of no matter who you are, or what anyone tells you, follow your dreams. In the passage “The Obstacle” a girl named Sally finds out about this job in California that she knows she wants to do and would be perfect for. However, she also knows that the owner, Mr. Willis would never hire her because she is a woman and he was looking for some men to do his job. In the play Primed a girl named Jessie wanted to be a rancher and take hold of her family's business. She knew her brother did not want the job, but her father chose him anyway. Telling her daughter about her dream to be a woman rancher made him worried so he shut that thought out of her head. Or so he thought he …show more content…

Which can lead to things that develop the theme of a story. They mood of the story at this moment to make the reader feel that same feeling and the tone of the author or the characters can also have an impact on the mood of the story. In the passage and the play the mood and tone change a few times through the stories. In the passage the mood of Sally is going up the get the job was happy, and kind of scary. However ,she was confident and had a mood of no failure. In the passage when Jesse told her father about her having the dream of being a rancher and him turning her down was sad and angry, mainly because he was classify his own daughter has a woman that only did the “normal things a woman does”. According to the passage, “It took Sally almost half an hour to realize, by the way they regarded her it could only mean one thing-they thought she was a boy… She strode purposefully with her head held high; she didn't have any ties to the town she was in, and the prospect of possible failure didn’t worry her… Heart racing with anticipation, she raised her fist and knocked firmly on Mr. Willis’s door.” (4&6) This shows Sally’s mood about the job changed because of the way that she looked. She thought that now that some people might see her as a boy she might have a shot at getting the job looking and possible acting like one. According to the play, “I am extremely reliable; you know that. And who says I even want a family? That’s so old-fashion. Has it ever occurred to you that the ranch might me more valuable to me? You were given the chance to pursue your dreams-why don't I deserve the same?” (17) This shows Jessie was hurt to see that her dad was trying to change her mind when she wanted to be a rancher and he knew

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