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Summary: Absolutely Marvelous
Review: Warriors Don't Cry by Melba Pattillo Beals is an outstanding novel. She conveys a depressing story about the integration of Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas. The personal experience she includes about the harsh treatment she, as well as eight other African American students, endures are heart-shattering. She greatly portrays the effects of the war of integration and her combat to survive. The well written novel was completely breathtaking. Once I started reading the book it was hard to put down. Every page was a new war she faced on the battlefield inside of Central High. The concrete details she uses made me feel as if I, myself, was a warrior in Central High who had to face the same uncontrollable mobs in order to get educated. Her continual battles to escape the hostilities thrown at her by other students were awe-inspiring. Her struggle through life will touch you deeply and provide you with a better understanding of your life. Melba Pattillo Beals is an extremely honorable person, and every person, whether young or old, should read her novel.
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Summary: Warriors Don't Cry Book Review
Review: I highly recommend the non-fiction novel Warriors Don't Cry by Melba Pattillo Beals. Warriors Don't Cry is about the integration of nine African-American students, including Melba Beals, into Little Rock's Central High School. The integration occured during the civil rights movement when there was segregation. Throughout the novel Melba reveals actual pages from her diary where she expresses the struggle of going to a school she knows she is not welcome in. Getting tripped, slapped, kicked, and spat at were all part of the abuse that Melba and the other eight students had to go through. It is a very well-written novel that truly portrays what life was like for an African-American during the 1950's. From a scale of 1-10 I would rate this novel as an 8. The reason is because I felt that Mrs. Beals is really able to keep the audience attentive and curious as to what is going to happen next. Her intricate use of words gives the reader a mental picture of what is going on in each dilemma she comes across. If you liked Rosa Parks by Douglas Brinkley or A Place to Call Home by Jackie French Roller, you will like Warriors Don't Cry. Rosa Parks and A Place to Call Home both pertain to obstacles that the person has to overcome in order to survive, just as Melba had to do while she was fighting for her life and her dignity in Central High School.
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Summary: Inspiration and Faith
Review: This book is about Melba Pattillo Beals one of the nine teenagers who got choosen to integrate Little Rock's Central High School. She shares her experience as she walks though the halls of the all white school.From the taunting to the mobs to being escorted to class by the 101st Airborne she tells it all it's like your actually there. But through the struggle her family and friends was always there. This is a great reader because it explain alot about segregation and how not giving isn't the answer even if it's a struggle because "Warriors Don't Cry"
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Summary: the review of all reviews!!
Review: This book had many ups and downs as Melba Pattillo Beals described her arduous story about the integration of Central High in Little Rock, Arkansas. Right from the beginning of the book the reader will hear countless times about Melba being punched, kicked, and spat upon. The book opens out with a story about how a white nurse did not give Melba the proper treatment to help her overcome a massive infection just a few days after Melba was born. And just a few pages later another story begins telling yet another tale of the inhuman act bestowed upon Melba. Over and over the book goes into details of what it was like to be a black person growing up during the fifties. Ms. Beals book, Warriors Don't Cry, is not a book that teaches the reader about the terrible racism during the integration of Central, but rather a book used to encourage people to never give up and always have courage. Forty years ago, when the US Supreme Court declared that school segregation was unconstitutional. It was then that Melba and eight other students volunteered to go to Central High. The Little Rock nine endured much physical and mental abuse from students, parents, and teachers. These nine had to come up with a way to stop the torture without fighting back. They all were beaten, chased and verbally abused by white people and even some black people who were afraid of integration. These students were very brave to return to that hellish torture chamber day after day. Through the eyes of the author, we fees the pain they endured and Ms. Beals writing makes the reader want to keep reading to find out what happens to the nine audacious students. Warriors Don't Cry flows together in an enjoyable and easy pace. It challenges the reader, but is also easily understood. The author makes the reader think even after he has read the book about how students, parents, and teachers treated the Little Rock nine. The book makes the reader reconsider the way that he treats other people. Read this book and listen to the countless tales of a young girl trying to cope with the unrelenting abuse she receives while she attends Central High.
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Summary: WARRIORS DONT CRY REVIEW
Review: I give Melba Patillo Beal's novel Warriors Don't Cry two thumbs up. Warriors Don't Cry is an inspirational, moving account of Melba and the Little Rock Nine's ordeal integrating Little Rock High School. Being spat at, kicked, egged and fearing for their lives was a typical day at school for these nine brave black students. Things happened to Melba (one of the nine selected), her family and the other eight which are hard to imagine. This is a book about how cruel people can be sometimes, and Melba and her families struggle to survive her year at Central. Segregationists would do just about anything to prevent the Little Rock Nine from returning the next day. Day after day was torture for them. Today if you are attacked you can fight back. The black students were harassed, physically abused and could not do a thing about it, without getting kicked out of school for good. Although slow at times, this book is an easy to read book, mainly revolving around what was happening to Melba at school, home and in her community. Also, the hardships of the other eight students. I was both surprised and angry that no one was backing her on her decision to integrate. Not even her own people! Although a few good, kind people helped her along, mostly she was alone. A fifteen year old girl being abused by students, their parents and teachers alike. The author keeps you glued to the book to see what will happen to Melba the next day she goes to school. It amazes me that Melba can keep going to school when she is treated so badly. I would have quit after the first day. Melba's faith in g-d, her grandma India, her mother Louis, and a few blacks and whites helped her survive her struggle to get an education. Melba didn't go through integration for her self, she was a brave warrior so that in the future her people could get a good education, and lead a good life in this "free" country. This is a good book for anyone to read, no matter their age.
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Summary: Book Review
Review: A girl named Melba had been wanting to go to Central High, an all white public school. She was not allowed to go there because of her being colored, since the high school does not integrat. The time frame was 1957 in which segregation between colors are highly supported. Little Rock, Arkansas is the name of the place where this occurred. Even the governor of arkansas opposed the order that was given. It took a while for her and her eight other friends to get into Central High because a crowd of angry segregationist does not want to integrate. One of the things that I liked about the book is that it did happen and it is real. something that i disliked is that it gets boring. The author spoke of too much details and kept talking about how frustrated everyone is over and over again. The author did not complete some details that I myself cannot imagine the she is describing. Another reason why I disliked the story is that it skips through from one thing to another. Sometimes it even sticks on one topic and skips to somthing i don't even have a clue what it is talking about. One other thing that I disliked is that I know it is a true story, but how it is told it is like it did not even happen because it is easy not to believe because it does not converse to the prospects of some readers like me.
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Summary: They were literally warriors on the battlefield
Review: Warriors Don't Cry is the moving story of the nine Black teenagers who dared
to integrate Central High School. The story is told by one of the
teenagers, Melba Pattillo. Ms. Pattillo begins the story in 1954 when the Supreme Court of the United
States in Brown v. the Board of Education held that separate but equal
schools were inherently unequal and ordered school districts to desegregate
with all deliberate speed. She recalls that white people in Little Rock
were outraged and while walking home on the date the decision was handed
down an angry white man attempted to rape a 12 year old Melba. Such a
chilling response to the order to integrate is an eerie prelude to the
ordeal Melba and the eight others endured in their effort to integrate
Central High School. Following Brown the Little Rock School District came up with a plan to
integrate which limited integration to Central High School and delayed the
process of integration until September 1957. Arkansas Governor Faubus came
out against any type of integration and when it came time for Melba and the
others to integrate Central in September 1957, Governor Faubus sent out the
Arkansas National Guard and the Arkansas State Troopers to block the
students from entering. President Eisenhower in turn sent the United States
National Guard to Central High School to enforce the order of the Court.
This crisis of federalism was another interesting story line in the book
chocked full with drama. Once inside the school with the assistance of the federal National Guard,
the treatment the Black students received was disgusting, unbelievable and
heartbreaking. I literally burst out crying at on several occasions while
reading what some people inflicted upon others just because of the color of
their skin. The students were stabbed, pushed down stairs, slapped,
punched, called every kind of vile name imaginable, and sprayed with urine,
acid and ink to name just a few of the indignities, while most if not all
administrators and teachers did nothing to halt the depraved behavior of the
students. The students were also subject to distain from people in their
own community for attempting to integrate because of the repercussions felt
by all members of the Black community. Jobs were lost, and people were
beaten and shot just because they were Black and the white people in Little
Rock did not want integration. The courage of these nine students is inspiring and their faith never
wavered. They were literally warriors on the battlefield; fighting for
their lives and their education inside the walls of Central High School.
This is a must read for everyone. Learning or relearning this history will
give you a greater appreciation of the importance of education, give you a
greater desire to seek your own education and/or encourage your children to
take advantage of every available educational opportunity.
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Summary: An Impeling True Story
Review: Warroirs Don't Cry, written by Melba Beals, was about the nine students who integrated into Central High School and went through torcher because of their fellow students. Though mostly it was focused on the author, Melba Beals, one of those nine students. She talked about her family's help and support during her nightmare of a year. Thoughout her year there she is threated and beaten, but also finds a friend that towards the end of the year keeps her safe from her sometimes deadly piers. This book taught me so much that I never knew before about our country's history. I never would have thought that students my age could have been capable of that kind of hate and violence towards a fellow student. Though the book was depressing at times it taught a moral lesson about respect and the cruelty of racial violence of any sort. I think it should be a must read for children of a certain age, and should be required in schools. Even though we are taught about civil rights in history text books, they don't go into the details of our mistreatment of African Americans. I am so glad Melba Beals wrote this book and gave us insight into this time because most of us wouldn't have known the whole story, and would have missed out on the moral lesson it had to teach.
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Summary: A Profound Inspiration
Review: Warrior's Don't Cry, written by Melba Pattilo Beals, is a moving and compelling autobiographical novel about the battle to integrate Central High in Little Rock, Arkansas. Beals writes emotionally and makes the reader feel as if right along with her during the torment and torture. Beals writes from the heart, and from experience, as most of the explicit details come from a diary in which she kept at the time of the occurence. Most of the novel is set during Beals's junior year of high school in 1957. However, the book contains flashbacks from the moments when she was at a younger age, and a fast-forward at the end, to when Melba is older. Beals's heart-wrenching endeavor which engulfs her story is written with explicit details, such as when she describes her near rape vividly. Her idealistic style is inspiring to the everyday reader. This piece of literature should be read and enjoyed by all. Everyone from the ages 10 to 100 can appreciate this prized piece of writing. Beals's novel should be placed on a pedastal for her accurate portrayal of the battle in which she fought and endured. After reading this novel, anyone can agree that Melba Pattillo Beals is infact,a warrior, and a tremendously brave one at that. This author and this read are a tribute to history's brutal truths.
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Summary: A Must Read Novel
Review: Warriors Don't Cry by Melba Patillo Beals is a true life account of a young girl's attempt to segregate Little Rock Central High School. Although Melba volunteered for this oppurtunity, she could never have known what was to come. Melba Beals and her nine fellow black warriors are thrown into a white man's world in an attempt for a better education. It turns out that Melba does not only receive a better education in academics, but also in life. This education was not obtained easily because of white students' contempt for having a black student in their once all-white school. Melba is faced with many obstacles that I, being a sixteen year old myself, could never imagine including: telephone threats against her family, being attacked by students she had never met, and being a victim of rape for simply being black. It is amazing to see how Melba overcomes, with the help of her family, the obstacles that had been laid before her. Melba also includes diary entries in her novel, which allow you to feel what she was feeling at that moment in time.
This novel would be a great read for anyone who is searching for a true hero. Whether white or black, you can appreciate this rare account of the integration of 1957. Go buy this book today for a riveting true story of a young black girl's unusual and abrupt journey into adulthood. You will not be able to put this book down, I know I couldn't!
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