Explaining the significance of the Detroit native's music, he said: "With Ben, listening to Eminem, for example, inspires confidence and determination as there is a general theme of triumphing against the odds while other songs made him think of his daughter and reminded him why he's doing this historic challenge — to show that ordinary people can achieve the extraordinary".
Despite the different backgrounds of their authors, the memoirs have remarkably common themes of triumph, tragedy, hope, and pain.
Sedar spent his 2010 residency exploring themes of triumph and slavery as they relate to art subjects, artists and the lives of the Garretts, and developing a site-specific theatrical/art installation event.
Other critics have mentioned the theme of the triumph of evil over good.
It was his report of triumph.
In several tours of Europe, the general theme of civilization triumphing over savagery went over well.
By one measure, they were the ones that explored themes of personal triumph and good will toward others.
For years, Ms. Burroughs, who directs the cultural arts program at Martin Luther King, had dreamed of mounting a production of Joplin's largely neglected opera, "Treemonisha," drawn to its theme of education's triumph over the rich magic of conjurers and tricksters.
Not even the relatively severe classicist Ben Jonson could bring himself to deny Shakespeare's greatness, and the theme of Shakespearean genius triumphing over formal imperfections is echoed by major British critics from John Dryden and Alexander Pope through Samuel Johnson.
Indeed, says Granger, the themes of love triumphing over death and choosing what is right instead of what is easy are very compatible with Christianity.
