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    become dirty". Melba Pattillo Beals wanted to walk on the footsteps of Gandhi and understand more of how Gandhi behaved when his life was really hard. Melba is a sixteen-year-old black girl whose life led her to become a Warrior on the front lines of a civil rights battle. She was one of the original Little Rock Nine who went from being scared to fierce. Her situations at Central High made her realize the traits that were necessary to become a fighter. In Warriors Don’t Cry, Beals presents the…

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    hurt in any way which can be a negative or positive turning point. In the autobiography “I never had it made”, by Jackie Robinson, the memoir “Warriors Don't Cry”, by Melba Pattillo Beals, and the article“The Father of Chinese Aviation” by Rebecca Maksel, each of the individuals faced turning points. Jackie Robinson, Melba Pattillo Beals, and Feng Ru all faced life-changing experience that changed both their life-changing experience that changed both their lives and their country. Jackie…

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    and play, A Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine Hansberry, The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald , and Warriors Don’t Cry by Melba Pattillo Beals, the characteristics needed to achieve their dreams or goals. To accomplish a goal or dream, one must use determination, commitment, and must be adamant. First, determination is a great quality to have to achieve your goals and dreams. Melba, from Warriors Don’t Cry, showed…

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    life-changing event could respond positively or negatively. In the autobiography I Never Had It Made by Jackie Robinson, the memoir Warriors Don’t Cry by Melba Patillo Beals, and the article, “The Father of Chinese Aviation,” by Rebecca Maskell. Each of the three individuals within the stories faced turning points. Jackie Robinson, Melba Patillo Beals, and Feng Ru had enough courage to respond to the life-changing experiences that altered their lives and the society around them. Jackie Robinson…

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    Power Of Change Change can be a tornado that tears through people people's lives. The idea of this change is developed in the stories of Jackie Robinson in ‘’I never had it made’’, Helen keller in ‘’The story of my life’’, and Melba Pattillo Beals in’’Warriors don't cry’’. All these people faced big challenges to not only themselves but the whole world. Jackie Robinson explains the challenges that he faces in his autobiography ‘’I never had it made’’ about being the first black…

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    Little Rock Nine The Little Rock Nine started at Central High School with: Melba Pattillo, Minnijean Brown, Elizabeth Eckford, Ernest Green, Gloria Ray, Carlotta Walls, Thelma Mothershed, Terrence Roberts, and Jefferson Thomas. They were the only African Americans who tried to attend Central High. Since that school was only for white students, the nine African American students couldn’t go to that school. So they made a plan on how to get inside the school. But, since Elizabeth…

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    Warriors Don’t Cry by Melba Pattillo Beals tells a story of a then 16 years old girl and eight of her friend integrating Little Rock's Central High School. The nine students were Minnijean Brown, Elizabeth Eckford, Ernest Green, Thelma Mothershed, Carlotta Walls, Gloria Ray, Terrence Roberts, Jefferson Thomas and Melba Patillo. The nine students soon became known as the Little Rock Nine. The integration of public schools in Little Rock took place after the 1954 Supreme Court ruling, Brown v.…

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    “I Never Had It Made” by Jackie Robinson, the memoir, “Warriors Don’t Cry” by Melba Pattillo Beals, and the article, “The Father of Chinese Aviation,” by Rebecca Maksel, each of the individuals faced turning points. The individuals of each story overcame a big obstacle that not only changed their life, but also made a positive impact on the history of their country. Jackie Robinson was chosen to integrate into…

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    strongest theme in Warriors Don’t Cry is that friends and even people you not know very well, can help you, and help push for your rights. There were many kind people in Warriors Don’t Cry that helped Melba outlast her year in Central High. Just some of them were Link and Danny; these people really helped Melba come to her senses and tell herself to push through even more. Link and Danny were strong figures in her life that made her realise just how strong Paprotna…

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    (163) Melba Pattillo Beals persevered this by not letting it bother her that the guards wouldn’t help. Even though she was frightened and didn’t know where to go or how to get into the school. “Thank God you know who your real protector is, ‘cause you certainly won’t be able to count on those boys for help .… I didn’t know how to tell her how right she was. But then I couldn’t tell her I had the kind of day that was making me think about running away where nobody could find me.” (166) Melba…

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