Warriors Don T Cry Analysis

Register to read the introduction… For this reason, when her journey begins she must tell herself "to be like a soldier in battle" and not "cry or mope" (149) when she is taunted and harassed in school. At this junction, "Warriors Don't Dry" is a command for herself. Yet, she develops "fierce self-confidence that is aptly attributed the warrior" (144) as the memoir progresses.

Through her experiences at Central High, Beals actually begins to embody the warrior persona which she has fought to make herself believe she is; without this, the circumstances surely would have overcome her. It is through this embodiment that Beals discovers that she, the warrior, will not settle for less, and that the idea of bravery made her willing to take on the task of being the first black girl in an all white high school. This of the warrior mentality that made her seek to hard way in life, and to forge a progressive …show more content…
She reaches a point where it is no longer an option to be weak because she has become the soldier in the battle and no longer sees surrender as an option - she is willing to become both and example and hero for her race. Not only was she a volunteer for the first white desegregated school, but she did was not afraid of singling herself out to make a change for her race. She values being a leader and warrior over her personal desires to be close to friends and her "dreamboat boyfriend" (15), Vince. This exemplifies an important turning point in Beals' memoir. She shifts from a girl trying to be a brave warrior, which she becomes, to an embattled soul pleading "Please, God, let me learn how to stop being a warrior. Sometimes I just need to be a girl"