Melba Pattillo's Warriors Don T Cry

Little rock, Arkansas 1957 in Warriors don’t cry by Melba Pattillo Beals, her and eight other African American, high school students integrates Central High School. Only eight of the nine that begin at Central High lasted for the full year. Melba and her eight friends face new wars every day. These are some of the traits she uses to survive her year and overcome her enemies at Central High School. Melba relies on her courage, faith, and not only her physical strength, but her mental strength as well.

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

Melba Pattillo Beals, the main character in the memoir “Warriors Don’t Cry”, never gave up and persevered when fighting for racial equality. When Melba was walking into school one day she thought to herself, “‘I squared my shoulders and tried to remember what grandma had said: God loves you child; no matter what he sees you as his precious idea’” (Beals 76). Melba along with her eight schoolmates made history when they decided to integrate Central High School. They wanted to show their friends that you always hold your head high, be determined, and never give up. While enduring, Melba taught her family and friends to also persevere. Fortifying her family in faith helped her to make it through the year. While standing her ground after many challenges Melba thought to herself, “‘I knew for certain something would have to change it I were going to stay in that school. Either the students would have to change the

On May 17th, 1954, the Supreme Court ruled in favor of Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas, officially making the separation of blacks and whites in public schools unconstitutional (Beals 12). This ultimately led to a constant struggle in the South to keep schools segregated. The most notable situation occurred in the town of Little Rock, Arkansas during the 1957 school year. Nine black students volunteered to integrate into Central High. This constant struggle to turn the Supreme Court ruling into a societal norm was documented by one of the Little Rock Nine. Melba Pattillo Beals’s novel, Warriors Don’t Cry, depicts the forces in favor of integration, forces opposing integration, and the constant adversity faced by the Little Rock Nine.

Tariq Ali once said, “It was civil disobedience that won them their civil rights.” In Melba Pattillo Beals’ narrative, “ Warriors Don’t Cry,” Melba defies all odds just by integrating to the all white Central High School in Little Rock. Through her novel, Melba is able to reminisce on the difficulties and struggles and the justice and inequality that occurs throughout Central High using figurative language. Though the author’s use of metaphors, similes and situational irony, the reader is able to pick up on Melba’s determination and obstacles she had to face in order to conquer and overcome integrating into Central High School.

The victory that led to school desegregation in 1954 came with its gimmicks. Although everyone saw the best in the enforcement of the law, only some saw its flaws. Just because blacks were

Melba Pattillo Beals is a very determined young lady. She presents many strong personal characteristics in her time of integrating Central High School. However, she faces many adversities through this battle for her freedom and equality. During her rough time Beals questions her faith and family. She later learns that her strength and security is in God. In the book Warriors Don’t Cry Melba Pattillo Beals presents the idea that courage, faith, and fear are vital in her search for freedom and equality.

In the book, Warriors Don't Cry, the author outlines her controversial journey through Central High. Starting on September 3rd, 1957, Melba's life was changed forever. Through trials unbearable to most people, Melba and the other eight students chosen to integrate Central High stood tall and persevered. Though their journey was harrowing, they survived and set a turning point that has forever changed our history.

When I first heard grandmother's wisdom, I was fifteen years old, frightened and caught up in the middle of a political firestorm over a racial segregation”. In the novel Warriors Don't Cry, the main character Melba Beals, has a very significant person in her life. Who plays the roll as Melba's guidance, her protector and her conscience. Her Grandma India. The novel is a remarkable story that takes place in 1957 on the frontlines of a civil rights firestorm. Following the landmark of the Supreme Court ruling , Brown vs Board of Education, Melba was one of the nine teenagers selected to integrate Little Rock’s Central High School. Throughout her trials and tribulations, Melba was taunted , threatened, injured and attacked , but she made it through it all with dignity, courage and the help of, Grandma India.

Therefore, in the story “Warriors Don’t Cry”, Melba Patillo Beals discusses the aspects of oppression and discrimination in the early 1950’s occurring in institutions.

The Little Rock Nine was a group of nine African American teenagers who sought to attend an all -white school in 1957, during the Civil Rights Movement. At the time, African Americans were not allowed to attend the same restaurants, churches, and other facilities as Caucasians. There would be many signs that segregated the two races. Such as, “No Colored People Allowed” or “Whites Only.” One major segregated facility that affected African Americans was schools. Back then, the color of your skin would determine the school you would attend. However, the Supreme Court ruled it was in fact unconstitutional to segregate schools in

At a young age, Melba Pattillo Beals, the author of Warriors Don’t Cry, learned the adversity of segregation while at a supposedly merry carousel. The man at the carousel denied her request to ride it because she was black. All because of that incident, Melba grew up a little and realized the difficult struggles her family and friends went through to do the simplest things. Beals characterizes herself as persistent, spiritual, and courageous as she faces hardships integrating Central High School, originally a segregated school.

North America, 1957, a group of nine, colored teenage boys and girls were admitted into the all white school of Central High. The Whites of the community were furious, allowing black children into their school created an uproar. The nine students endured taunts, insults, and even threats against their lives. The nine teenagers were dubbed the Little Rock Nine, named after their town Little Rock, Arkansas. A member of the Little Rock Nine, Melba Pattillo Beals, wrote a book about her everyday life while enduring school. Her book, Warriors Don’t Cry, shed light on her experiences and the horrors the children endured inside the walls of Central High. While at school Melba had become friends with one of the 101st soldiers there to protect her, he lead her through

To start off, “Warriors Don’t Cry” is a book written by Melba Pattillo Beals, one of the nine chosen to integrate the school, about her struggles Part of the reason this book is so timeless is because of how deep it goes into the issue. She really unearths a lot about the dark realm of racism. The book overall is a good read for people, especially teenagers, as they are now so privileged, they often forget how easy they truly have it. Beals gives this worldly view into her suffering, which can be purely described as traumatic, putting into perspective a time where struggling was so common simply because of skin color. Then there are the suicide rates today that have tripled since these times; it’s

In Warriors Don’t Cry by Melba Pattillo Beals, Melba retells the story as a fifteen year old attending her first year at Central High School. She describes her year as she is tortured by most of her white classmates, with racial slurs and acts of violence, such as pinning her to a wall or putting glass shards on her seat. Throughout the story, she loses sight of what is important to her, her loved ones and her childhood. In the end, she must stay strong to survive her school year at Central High School. This is a good book that gives insight of the prejudice and racism that African-American people experienced during the 1960’s. With interesting characters who develop and change throughout the story, a positive and relatable theme, but a slow plot, it sure is a book to read.