Melba Patillo's Warriors Don T Cry

“People must learn to hate, and if they can hate, they can be taught to love.” Nelson Mandela. During integration a lot of people hated the nine black students who integrated into Little Rock High. But once they got to know the nine students, the started to understand them. In “Warriors Don’t Cry” by Melba Patillo, they hated them for a long time but some were kind. In “Remember The Titans” the football players were hated for being on the team but more people liked them as the season went on.
In both the book and movie they are hated then liked. In the book Elizabeth walks through the mob to get to school. In the movie the black kids are surrounded by a mob that they have to get through. In both the movie and book there is a mob outside telling the to “go home” or calling them names. There are people telling them they are nothing, trying to discourage them. All of
In the movie, not just nine students integrated. There was a whole school that closed down and all the students had to move to the other school, T.C. Williams. In the book only nine students integrated and it was into Little Rock High. The nine students signed up to integrate, not knowing what would happen, or how bad it would get. On the other hand, the movie shows that the students from the school that closed had no choice but to move to T.C. Williams High School. Another difference is the perspectives, in the book we are looking through Melbas eyes. In the movie we are looking through the whole football team's perspective. The book is Melba telling her experience, every emotion, feeling, or thought was hers, no one else's. In the movie the whole football team is the main character, we are seeing how they are being treated and how they felt. These differences are important because they played a big role in how the society reacted. In reality only nine students integrated and it had a bigger impact on the US then the movie