Alongside with courage, Melba demonstrates that she is determined. "I don't know if I should go back. But grandma is right, if I don't go back, they will think they have won," (Beals 42). Here she demonstrates that she is determined and wants to prove that she is not a quitter and will not make the people against integration happy. Melba knows that if she give those people against integration that happiness, they will think that they will always be in charge and her people will have to obey them. Melba also demonstrates determination when taking her grandmothers advice to "take charge of these mind games," (Beals 164). She means that by saying thank you when they attempt to hurt her, Melba is defeating the bully's purpose. The purpose is to
