I was getting my daughter ready for school. She can't tie knots but she loves her shoelaces to make extravagant bows. What is the theme?

The theme is "It is possible to have great admiration for something that we do not know how to do."

Explanation:

According to the sentence shown above, we can see that the narrator states that her daughter loves her shoelaces, but they do not know how to tie a knot. This prevents her daughter from participating in what she loves, but that is not enough to diminish her admiration for the shoelaces. In this case, we can say that the theme of this sentence refers to the ability to maintain admiration for something that you do not know how to do and cannot participate.

"the sandy walls seemed to collapse in on themselves"

and

"the bloodshot waters seemed to have no bottom"

from the political point of view it could be said that the candidate   is an effective speaker because she takes a strong position on the issue. it is an open discussion but probably she is making a presentation and can choose which subjects she wants to address. she is very likely to attain her aim which is to convince voters to accept her proposal.