The central theme of story “The Golden Darters” is sacrificed to change to have a better relationship. According to the story, it shows the two characters in the story are high self-esteem. Both have their reasons to prove themselves right. On Emily's side, she wanted to demonstrate that she was not young enough to do things like fishing for her boyfriend, she was mature. On the part of the father, because of old age, he was worried about his daughter and worried his daughter had grown up too early and disrespectful of the use of fish ties to make earrings. However, considering the young girl's general incomprehension of the importance of engaging her father, she could not understand her father's wishes to honor what he shared with her and
