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Warriors Don't Cry Project

Published on Nov 18, 2015

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WARRIORS DONT CRY

  • By Melba Pattillo Beals
  • Gloria & Keisha
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MELBA- MAIN CHARACTER

  • "God's warriors don't cry"
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CHARACTER

  • "I got up every morning, polished my saddle shoes and prepared for war"
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SETTING

  • "Large crowds of white people were lining the front directly from the front of Central High"
  • "How can I forget the day the Supreme Court ruled in Brown v. Board of education that separate public schools for whites and blacks were illegal"
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MOOD

  • "You niggers ready to die just to be in this school"
  • "Did you think we were gonna let niggers use our toilets?"
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PLOT

  • "All we want is an education and to be able to go home safely"
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PLOT

  • "How do you think we feel being escorted in and out of school?"
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THEME

  • "Freedom is the stop of integration"
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THEME

  • "One nigger down and eight to go"
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TEXT TO WORLD

  • "I felt like I was in a strangers life.."
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TEXT TO WORLD

  • " I was nowhere near being free"
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SETTING

  • The story takes place in Little Rock, Arkansas.
  • It was a time of racism and segregation.
  • It took place in the early 1950s.
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INTRODUCING MAIN CHARACTER

  • The main character is Melba and she is a strong girl
  • She is determined to end segregation
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SUPPORTING CHARACTER #1

  • Melba's grandmother- she helps Melba through the integration
  • She helps her stay strong
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SUPPORTING CHARACTER #2

  • Melba's mother-
  • She supports Melba through out the story and through integration
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SUPPORTING CHARACTER #3

  • Link-
  • He helps Melba inside the school and looks out for her
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SUMMARY

  • This book is about black teenagers integrating Central High School
  • And all of their troubles going through it
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CONFLICT

  • The whites of Central High do not want blacks in their school
  • They want to attack and hurt Melba and the others
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SECOND CONFLICT

  • Melba can not go anywhere because she is scared
  • It is so bad at this point she is afraid to even leave her house
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THEME

  • We all go through adversity but if we fight through it, it will pay off in the end.
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OPINIONS

  • Yes, because blacks achieved equality.

Gloria Koweski