Melba had many things taken away from her in her experience to going to Central High School. One of the many things Melba and her family had taken away from her was their freedom. On page 9 in Warriors Don’t Cry Melba's’ family was at the grocery store, the worker there overcharged them 20$ more than needed just because they were African American. Another thing that Melba almost had taken from her was her ability to see. “Whoever kept that water going in her eyes saved the quality of her sight, if not her sight itself”(123). When Melba was walking in the hallway at Central High a boy threw some kind of acid in her eyes. If Danny was not there and if he had not splashed her eyes with water, she could have gone blind or close to it. This