Warriors Don T Cry Characters

No matter what obstacles you face in life you should always strive to reach your goal. Determination is something everyone should keep in mind of, and without determination one will not succeed. In Warriors Don’t Cry the main character Melba Patillo Beals tends to strive for her goal. With the NAACP the little rock nine includes Melba and eight other black high school students were sent to Central High School to integrate and Melba was determined to go through with integration. Melba reveals many of her characteristics also as many events she had to face every day by herself. As Melba progressed in Central High she shows that she is determined, faithful, and that she has fear while her stay at Central High. She was determined to see her commitment while having faith in God and in her family and despite her fears that she had. Melba went through integration

When Grandma India calls all her friends to go shopping someone told her not to cause any trouble and it got her thinking so she sat down and read the bible and Melba said,” I was becoming increasingly anxious waiting for Ethiopia to stretch forth their wings” (11). Melba feared that God couldn’t fix things and that white people would always be in charge and nothing would change. One morning before Melba went to school mother Lois said, “Maybe it was a hasty decision a decision we will all regret” (32). As soon as Melba heard this she feared that her decision of integrating into Central High might have been a bad idea for her and her people. When Melba got home from school she released all her anger and said,’’ Everything is being taken away from me!” (51). She felt that she was losing everything that she had no freedom and she was feeling empty in her life because of integration and how she was treated. While in integration Melba feared that she would lose many things and thought she wouldn’t be able to make it through the school