The Friday Everything Changed And Transcript Of Full Joseph Mcneil

Courage is presented in many ways such as writings, paintings, speaking up, and previous sayings. A wise man, Muhammad Ali, once said, ”He who is not courageous enough to take risks will accomplish nothing in life”. To put it differently, it explains that if you don’t have the courage to stand up for what you believe in, nothing will change. The interview “Transcript of Full Joseph McNeil Interview” and the story “The Friday Everything Changed” both show this specific view on courage. This interview and story both show that if a person didn’t stand up for not just themself but also for others, the rules wouldn’t change.

Within “Transcript of Full Joseph Mcneil Interview” Joseph talks about when he did constant sit-ins at a segregated restaurant.

One character, Alma Niles, stood up not only for herself but also for other girl classmates to have the right to carry the water bucket. In response, the boys did everything to try and stop this. One response from the boys in the story was,”So it was a hard blow, Monday morning recess, when Ernie Chapman whirled the bat around his head, slammed it down as hard as he could on home base and announced, "The first girl that goes out to field, we break her neck”. The boys first important tactic was to scare the girls out of the one thing they enjoyed most at school. The boys in the story's last response was,“Alma,” said Arnold earnestly, “the other guys would kill me if they ever found out I told you this but sometimes carrying the water isn't that much fun. On cold days it's real hard work. You're better off in the warm school.” In other words, the boys tried to convince and lie to the girls that carrying the bucket wasn't fun. After all of the abuse the girls induced by the guys, the girls still didn’t give up. And on one special day, located in paragraph 45, this happened,“Next week,” said Miss Ralston, closing the school register, tidying her books, “next week Alma Niles and Joyce Shipley will go for the water.” In the end, the girls' tolerance succeeded and they accomplished their goal. The quote represents the story by showing that if the young girl Alma Niles didn’t stand up for her female