Analysis Of Melba Beals 'Warriors Don' T Cry

Ruby Bridges entered an all white school in New Orleans in 1966. She was extremely brave in doing this as well. U.S. Marshals entered the school with her each and every day. Racists screamed harsh names and racial slurs at her. Ruby was very brave despite her being the only African American at that school, she was threatened and white supremacists shouted at her every day, and at the end of the school year the crowds thinned and more African Americans were enrolled at that school.

Melba was a warrior and still will be. Melba and the eight others were strong because they had to go through a lot of pain. Integration was a big deal before and it's was a hard time for colored people because they had to go through a lot to get to their goal. Integration was hard because white people didn't approve colored people going to the same school as them. Warriors don't cry By: Melba Patillo Beals and Remember the Titans By: Gregory Allen Howard are two big stories that have to do with integration and the process of it.

Melba Pattillo Beals, along with eight other students that were of high school age, were selected to participate in integrating Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas. The nine students, because of integration, faced an enormous amount of backlash from both the African-American and white communities—even hatred sometimes. In Warriors Don’t Cry by Melba Pattillo Beals, Minnijean Brown-Trickey is the close friend of Melba, and so goes through similar experiences as Minnijean is one of the first nine students to integrate Central High School. In the book, Minnijean plays the role of Melba’s friend and the girl who is concerningly over-dedicated to fit into her school by trying to be included in the school’s play and other talent shows. This

The author's purpose for writing Warriors Don't Cry is tell a personal story of her own to remind the world when peace was no option for a black person. She wanted to have her story out in the world for others to learn and read from. Melba went through much in her life only because she was born different. While normal white teens had fun with boyfriends and went to parties, she went through a mental and physical war. Melba wrote her story with no sugar coating, she gave what she felt and what she did. She wanted to write a story where it would give the reader a glimpse at the life a colored person once went

1) Melba Patillo- “Nobody presents you with a handbook when your teething and says ‘Here’s how you must behave as a second class citizen.’ Instead, the humiliating expectations and traditions of segregation creep over you slowly stealing a teaspoonful of your self esteem each day.” (Page 3)

In life, “Risk in our world is nothing more than uncertainty about the decisions that other human beings are going to make and how we can best respond to those decisions. ”This famous quote from Peter Bernstein describes the feelings of uncertainty that some people experience. In “Ta-Na-E-Ka,” Mary describes her experience participating in a traditional endurance ritual that celebrates growing up. In Warriors Don’t Cry, Melba Patillo Beals describes her experience attempting to desegregate schools with eight other peers by attending a non-black school. Both Mary and Melba Patillo Beal demonstrate that although Mary didn’t experience any hate or discrimination, and Melba didn’t have any pressure from traditional beliefs, they both faced feelings

“For example, Ruby Bridges an African American at the age of six went to a white school, the first African American to go to a white school.” Ruby was on the Oprah show and in a magazine named The Problem We All Live With(“Ruby Bridges”). After Ruby went through white school she became a civil rights activist to help problems like Ruby went through(“Ruby Bridges”). As a result ruby has changed the world and risen to fame and is admired by not only African American people but white people too.

History is filled with stories of dedicated human rights activists that risked their lives to fight for what they believe in. Three good examples of human rights activists that never gave up are Melba Pattillo Beals, Mahatma Gandhi, and Mother Jones. Melba Pattillo Beals and Gandhi actively worked in fighting for racial equality while Mother Jones worked to improve children’s and workers’ rights. These determined human rights activists never gave up when fighting to improve the rights of persecuted people facing discrimination.

Imagine you had to fight a war against a formidable army that outnumbered you tenfold; you had very few friends and hardly any weapons at which you could use. This is a great analogy for Melba Patillo Beals’ battle for integration into Central High School, but Melba’s army composed of segregationist and students whose mission was to keep her out of the school. Upon her shoulders Melba carried the responsibility of being one of the first African Americans to integrate a high school in Arkansas, a feat that could only be accomplished by an individual with a strong inner character. In “Warriors Don’t Cry”, Melba Patillo Beals presents the idea that both independence and despondency are necessary character traits in her fight for freedom and equality.

“A boy’s voice pulled me from my thoughts. A strong hand grabbed my wrist and doubled my arm up behind my back” (Melba Pattillo Beals, Warriors Don’t Cry, Page 141). The novel, Warriors Don’t Cry, written by Melba Pattillo Beals, is a heartfelt memoir written to express her true story about the struggles she faced attempting to integrate to a school called Little Rock’s Central High. Born on December 7, 1941, young Melba would have no idea the life ahead of her. Her first tragedy starts young when she was seven and her parents got divorced. This began to shape Melba as her grandmother and mother raised her and gave her the strong independent roots she would carry on throughout her life. Melba Pattillo Beals wrote this novel for inspiring women all over the world that they are strong and capable enough to stand up for themselves and what they believe in. She wants people to know that no matter how bad your situation seems you can still be a warrior. Throughout out the novel Melba is bullied, assaulted, and harassed because she chose to integrate to a former all white school. She faces many challenges, epically because she is a lower-class citizen. Because of her gender the public likely targeted her as weak or incompetent. However, she is able to push it all away and focus on what she believes in and live up to becoming the strong independent woman she is. In the novel, Warriors Don’t Cry, written by Melba Pattillo Beals, the author uses multiple quotes throughout the novel

We are introduced to Melba Pattillo Beals at a young age from her written recollection of old memories of her not having a fair life before she entered Central High. Once Melba signed her fate to integrate she faced numerous problems which were threatened days and nights, deadly situations, and horrifying incidents that got worse once the nine fully integrated. Eventually white segregationists hit their mark when they infiltrated school grounds in search of the black students, and by doing so, they made President Eisenhower choose to send the 101st Airborne Division Guards to protect the kids. The choice had angered many, so the 101st Airborne Division Guards were sent away to be replaced by the lousy National Guards, and for many months Melba and the others endured the same ugly treatment everyday with no true protection.

Do you think young people have as big of a voice and power as the government? In Warriors don't cry it is about a young black girl name Melba Pattillo who had played a big part in the Civil Rights Movement. At the age of 16 integrated into Little Rock's Central High School with nine others that were chosen to integrate as well.

In her memoir Warriors Don’t Cry, Melba Pattillo Beals describes her experiences as she became one of the first nine black students educated in an integrated white school. She and her friends, who became known as the “Little Rock Nine”, elicited both support and criticism from their family members, friends, community members, military troops, in addition to the President of the United States. Melba’s experiences, while heartbreaking and sobering, highlight the strength to overcome that individuals can have over a system intent on keeping them down.

In the story Warriors Don’t Cry, Melba is described as a very strong willed young lady. She decides to go to Central High even though people advise against it. She said, “I can be who ever I wanted. I could be white. I could be free (Beals page 6).” She is saying that she should be free to do what she wants and not be fouled because of the color of her skin. She also said, ”We have a right to go to that school and I’m certain our governor, who was elected to govern all the people will decide to do what is just that (Beals page 57).” She honestly believes that everyone should be given the same rights which is very strong willed.

In the book Warriors Don't Cry by Melba Pattillo Beals, the author describes what her reactions and feelings are to the racial hatred and discrimination she and eight other African-American teenagers received in Little Rock, Arkansas during the desegregation period in 1957. She tells the story of the nine students from the time she turned sixteen years old and began keeping a diary until her final days at Central High School in Little Rock. The story begins by Melba talking about the anger, hatred, and sadness that is brought up upon her first return to Central High for a reunion with her eight other classmates. As she walks through the halls and rooms of the old school, she recalls the