Old Glory by Sarah Adams

Freedom demands sacrifice.

sstrikovski — 2017-10-23 18:14:16 UTC

Explain how this is a theme that emerges from the story by supporting your ideas with evidence from what you learn about Donald or Grand-da.

Cameron

2017-10-24 16:22:08 UTC

The theme of old Glory is Freedom Deserves sacriface because Grand-da sacrifices his life so that he could be free and he didnt like the law abot the S.O.S.. Because of the law that the government had passed he didnt think that the flag was worth anything and didnt care about the flag. When grand-da was younger the flag meant that the country was free and you could say whatever you wanted and now because of the S.O.S. law the flag didnt have any meaning.

Cooper

2017-10-24 16:22:10 UTC

freedom demands sacrifice is the theme that emerges because in the story granda didn't agree with the country and rebeled for freedom but he had given his life for a chance at freedom.

kyle burke :)

2017-10-24 16:22:13 UTC

i think that the theme freedom demands sacrifice would represent the theme. one reason is gran-da sacrifices his life to show that the flag was not needed. even though he was killed by the sos, he still got what he wanted, freedom.

Molly Toleson

2017-10-24 16:22:16 UTC

As we all know, the american flag stands for the freedom of our country, and also for the brave souls who fought for it. It is used as a symbol in this story, as obviously as possible, to show the freedom this place once had. Did you notice that the term SOS stands for both "Shoot on sight" (as used in the story) but also for "Save Our Souls." This was a term shown in braille by ships and army troops to communicate a call for help. As Gran-da felt, he thought that the SOS act had undermined the country's freedom and tried to regain by creating a call for help to the public. The flag also stood as something useless for Gran-da had tried to burn it, emphasizing it's meaning and getting across his point. He tried to show people that there was a just way to deal with bad people, but in turn sacrificed himself for his beliefs as our soldiers do for our country, and this allusion strongly reveals the theme of "Freedom Demands Sacrifice"

Simon

2017-10-24 16:22:17 UTC

This theme is showed in Old Glory in different ways. The first way it is shown is when Granda sacrifices his life to try to persuade the people of america. This is representing the theme because Granda knows he is going to die when he leaves in the morning . This shows he was willing to make a major sacrifice to gain freedom. Another way freedom is represented is Donald doesn't sacrifice anything for freedom he just let's his great grandfather die. This shows you have to be willing to sacrifice for freedom because he did not sacrifice anything therefore he stayed unfree and controlled by the government.

Kieran

2017-10-24 16:22:17 UTC

Freedom demands sacrafice is the theme because Granda had to sacrafice and give his life for freedom. So Granda made a big risk by trying to burn the flag to get a point across.

Hailey Westervelt

2017-10-24 16:22:17 UTC

The American Flag in our country represents freedom, we demanded people to make it and people sacrificed their lives to win war and show people what we stood for. In the story Donald stood for his country when Gran- Da tried to burn it. It was the right thing to do when Donald called the uncles he stood for his country and kept the thing to showed memories. when Gran- Da tried to burn the flag he was burning down people that sacrificed their lives during that time. It was the right thing that Donald had done. He helped his country.

Michael

2017-10-24 16:22:18 UTC

Freedom demands sacrifice because when Grand da wanted to have freedom he was killed. Grand da didn't agree with what the government was doing so he burned a flag because it didn't mean anything anymore. In the past of the united states there were wars for freedom because if you can't solve with a agreement it will be solved with war. Gran da disagreed with the government so he was proving a point with his life.

Pia Lim

2017-10-24 16:22:18 UTC

In Old Glory, the theme emerges from the story by using Gran-Da as an example. For instance, when the SOS law was passed, Gran-Da tried to burn the flag to show that it didn't mean anything since the SOS law was passed. So to show that he wanted freedom of speech and other rights he marched up to town square and tried burning the flag. Later the SOS men came and shot him on sight. He had to sacrifice his own life so that society could start to see why freedom of speech and other rights are very important.

Libby Tunison

2017-10-24 16:22:18 UTC

"Freedom demands sacrifice" is a theme of "Old Glory" because from Gran-da's point of view, if Gran-da didn't sacrifice his life then his point, of that the flag now means nothing since the SOS law was put into order and that they needed to take a stand and rebel against the Government, or the Uncles, wouldn't have been shown or conveyed. Also, from Donald he sacrificed his grandfather for the good of his family and the world. He loves his country and would do anything for it, even kill his own Grandfather.

Hee -cheol Shin

2017-10-24 16:22:19 UTC

Freedom demands sacrifice can be a good theme statement because it shows that he tried to get at least a little bit more freedom by sacrificing himself and he used the flag that stated "freedom" to really state his point. Also gran da didn't care if the sos men were there because then he could know that the sos men knew what he meant at least a little bit.and then the word can spread.

Bo

2017-10-24 16:22:19 UTC

I think that the theme Freedom demands and sacrifice emerges in the story old gloory becouse the old man sacrafices his life to prove a point. this story also deminstrates demands becouse the sos damanded /killed the old man

Max

2017-10-24 16:22:19 UTC

In old glory the theme emerges when granda sacrifice his live to be free and didn't like the law about sos so he burned the flag so its freedom deserves sacrifice, Also when granda was young

Zoe

2017-10-24 16:22:19 UTC

this is a theme because in the story donalds grand-da sacrifices him self. He beliefs that if he burns the flag that it will show that people cant control him. Also, donald sacrificed his grand-da so the people he loved wouldnt get hurt. donald thinks that calling his grandfather out is the right thing to do because he knows thta you are not allowed to burn the flag in his community.

Margaret Huber

2017-10-24 16:22:20 UTC

This theme statement relates to the book because the American flap stands for freedom and Donald killed his grandfather because he burned the flag so he sacrificed his grandfather fro freedom.

SOPHIE

2017-10-24 16:22:20 UTC

The theme, freedom demands sacrifice emerges from the story because, grand-da believes that with his sacrifice the people might start thinking about how controlling the government is. Grand-da wanted people to see that the flag is no longer a symbol of freedom as it used to be. He probably knew he might die because he was voicing his opinion. I can tell that in the moments grand-da was protesting, he was expressing freedom of speech and even though his was al

Crystal Wang

2017-10-24 16:22:27 UTC

This theme has many meanings in the story. Freedom cannot just be earned and someone giving in, and the story Old Glory is a good example. The flag in this story was once a symbol of freedom, but now the flag does not have that meaning anymore. GranDa was against the SOS, and wanted to convince others to believe in him. This is how freedom demands sacrifice; in order to prove this to everyone else, he risked his life trying to explain his thoughts. But he was judged as "crazy" because everyone else was blinded by their own government; Donald was no exception. This theme tells us that our rights cannot be gained without consequences.

carly

2017-10-24 16:22:32 UTC

In Old Glory freedom demands sacrfice because when Gran-Da thought something wasn't right he fought for his freedom and by doing that he lost/sacrficed his life Because Donald called the SOS group telling them to kill his own great grand father. Yes I know it was very disrespectful but someone shouldn't loose a life because they burned the flag because they thought it was the right thing to do.

MaGnUs VaItEkUnAs

2017-10-24 16:23:50 UTC

Freedom demands sacrifice because freedom has to be earned, because Granda tried to burn the flag which was impossible, and didn't agree with the government. The government didn't agree with granda so he got kill

Davy Ling

littlewhole — 2017-10-24 16:23:52 UTC

"Freedom demands sacrifice" is a theme that represents "Old Glory" because Gran-Da stood up and rebelled against the government. He tried to burn the flag (even though it was virtually impossible) and spoke things that the government didn't like. He didn't care that SOS was here to absolutely annihilate him. He wanted to take a stand against the 2041 United States. He thought the flag had no meaning anymore and demanded freedom. However, he was killed by the SOS men. That is the sacrifice he made for freedom. He made a crazy move doing this; but he wanted freedom, so he did it. That is why the theme "Freedom demands sacrifice" represents "Old Glory."

matilda

2017-10-24 16:23:55 UTC

CAMI!!!!!

2017-10-24 16:25:25 UTC

Freedom demands sacrifice in old glory by grand-da showing that the american flag, in that time, did not actually stand for freedom. It was actually against freedom. Even though the SOS gave him a chance to stop, they still killed him right then and there, and in this time you get sent to jail, and go to a jury to prove your innocents and things like that. Grand-da sacrificed his life in front of the SOS, by trying to show that that was not the way of freedom by trying to burn the flag, and even after he knew that it would not work because it was fire proof. Another relation is that the flag was shows freedom by the blood that was shed doing wars and that's how we earned freedom, by fighting for it, and for our rights.