Beals Demonstrates Melba's Doubt On Whether Or Not To Attend Central High School

Beals demonstrates Melba’s doubt on whether or not to attend Central High School. Reflecting on Melba’s decision to agree to integrate, the author writes, “That night in my diary I wrote to God: Maybe going to Central High isn’t such a good idea. It is costing my family a lot of agony and energy and I haven’t even attended one day yet” (Beals 29). Beals displays Melba’s response to the doubt by displaying the way Melba handles the situations she encounters at Central High. Hence when Melba writes in her diary, Beals reveals the doubt Melba is struggling with through her writing of whether integration is worth all the hurt it currently is causing Melba’s family.Beals develops the reader’s understanding of the character by exposing Melba’s response