Read the passage. First, identify two themes, Then, identify the evidence from the passage that best supports each theme. Now that Mia was a seventh grader, she could officially try out for the swim team. Mia didn't have much experience, but she had always dreamed of being a swimmer. Tryout week arrived, and Mia did her best. However, at the end of the week, she didn't find her name on the team roster. Disappointed, she went home and told her mother the news. "Mia, you can be whatever you want, but you need to remember that it will always take hard work," her mom reminded her. Mia dried her tears and made a plan. After a full year of dedicated practice, including several early-morning swim sessions each week, Mia tried out once again. This time, the roster proudly displayed her name as a new member of the swim team.

Two themes that can be identified in the passage are failure and perseverance. Failure can be seen when Mia was 'disappointed' when her name wasn't on the team roster. However after 'a full year of dedicated practice', she made it onto the swim team. This shows her perseverance to work to what she wanted.

the author is showing that it is the insatisfaction of basic needs that brings about the protests such as the strikes.if workers do not earn enough to buy food and feed their families and themselves in order to continue working, what is the use of working? besides, another message from the author is that of the owners of factories should be worried about ensuring their furure by having a second and third generation of workers in their industries.if they do not hear the workers demands, they will not have any more workers to make their pockets full.