The story Susan B Anthony Dares to Vote and the life of Vincent Van Gogh share a common theme of overcoming obstacles. In Susan B Anthony Dares to Vote, she has to overcome being a woman without the ability to vote. Vincent Van Gogh had to overcome his family struggles and his mental illness. Although their themes are common, the way the themes are shown contrast. Susan B Anthony fought for her freedom and tried as hard as she could. Vincent Van Gogh fought through his mental illnesses and physical illnesses but gave up on his life.
In the story Susan B Anthony Dares to Vote, Susan has to overcome the obstacle of being a woman without the ability to vote. In the passage, it says, “In November 1872, she and 15 other women in Rochester, New York, had demanded to to be registered and had voted in the national election…… Of the 16 women, only the leader, Susan B. Anthony, was put on trial.” She was trying to overcome an obstacle here because even
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This is because Susan B Anthony kept going with overcoming her obstacle as much as she could while Vincent Van Gogh tried but gave up at the end of his life. In the passage of Susan B Anthony Dares to Vote, it states, “‘ May it please your honor,’ Anthony replied. ‘I shall never pay a dollar of your unjust penalty. And I shall earnestly and persistently continue to urge all women… that resistance to tyranny is obedience to God.’” Words such as “never” and “persistently” show that she is refusing to ever give up. While as Van Gogh had killed himself at the age 37. This theme is also showed differently because Susan B Anthony tries to change things for all women in America while Vincent Van Gogh must only change things for himself. Susan B Anthony’s passage says, “Other women carried on the struggle.” She didn’t just fight for herself, but it also affected other women in the