WARRIORS DON'T CRY BY MELBA BEALS

SETTING

• Little Rock, Arkansas in 1950s.
• Lot of racism against blacks

SETTING (2)

• "I was living with once concern, integration of school."
• This shows that Melba is worried about the integration.

SETTING (3)

• "Go home, nigger!"
• This shows the seriousness of it.

MELBA

• Melba is taking part in the integration.
• She is extremely worried about it to.

MELBA (2)

MELBA (2)

• "I feel specially cared about."
• She knows that she can't give up because of racists.

MELBA (3)

• "Although I to was unsure about trusting link."
• She is very untrusting of white people.

SUPPORTING CHARACTER (GRANDMAW)

• "Grandmaw took my hand as she asked The Lord to protect me."
• Grandmaw truly cares about Melba.

SUPPORTING CHARACTER (LINK)

• "Get outa here now, my name is Link."
• Link helped Melba escape Andy and continued to help.

SUPPORTING CHARACTER (DANNY)

• "You've gotta learn how to defend yourself"
• Danny was there mostly for emotional support.

SUMMARY

• Story about integration in Little Rock, Arkansas
• Melba is one of the children chosen to integrate.

SUMMARY (2)

• "...if anyone loved in central high who wanted to go to school with white people."
• Melba volunteers to go to the white school.

ONE CONFLICT OVERCOMED

• "..said turning the other cheek would be hard."
• Melba responded nicely to all of the horrid racism.

CONFLICT OVERCOMED

• "I was alive and well for now."
• Melba drove away from her attackers.

THEME

• The theme is never give up.

COMMUNICATING THE THEME

• "I gunned the engine of link's car"
• She could have just given up and been killed by Andy.

COMMUNICATING THEME (2)

• "All these integration problems will be worked out"
• Melba wrote this in her journal.

GOOD BOOK (ANDY)

• I think this a good book because it helps people with problems deal with them
• Another reason this is a good book is because she showed white & black people deal with each other as equals
• "Please god help me stop being a warrior and just be a girl"

BAD (EUDY)

• I just didn't like it.
• When the man attacked Melba I stopped reading it
• I take those things seriously and I will not read it.