exerted a strong influence over Melba as did all the students in Central High. India was basically like her second mother‚ telling her to continue doing the right things and alway praying to God. The students however taught her a lesson‚ they made her strong as a warrior. She learnt to deal with the harassments that happen in school and to continue her life without a soldier right by her to guard her. 6 Melba is very well
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That is over‚ though. Today is the Flagellation Day. It’s the day that proves if you’re man enough to become a Spartan Warrior. The heavy beatings and rude nature of the Flagellation go completely against my name‚ Charis. Charis‚ in Greek‚ means loving‚ kind‚ or loyal. I decided a long time ago that I should just forget the meaning behind my name and focus on being a good warrior. The meaning stays in the back of my mind‚ though. I look to my right and see that my best friend‚ Fotis‚ is also awake
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on a motor way. All but a single black rose; segregated from the red tipped lips. I squander down low with horrendous posture‚ shrieking from the impending rays of the sun in the shadows of the single old oak; feeling cold‚ lonely and rejected. Mid-morning arrives and makes happy the skies. I peek up from my grassy domain‚ pondering the skies of blue and grey‚ noticing the flock of birds soaring above in a V-formation. “Oh how beautiful and majestic do the hawks fly?” I turn to face the roses of
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United States treated the black citizens in this country was vile in the 50’s. The whites’ futile behavior towards the black people caused a massive‚ belligerent rival between the white and black people. Nine black students‚ from Little Rock Arkansas‚ were selected to attend the integration of an all white school called Central High School. One of the black students‚ Melba Pattillo Beals‚ wrote her experience of her integration with her eight friends in the novel‚ Warriors Don’t Cry. Melba explains
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In the “No Name Woman” section of The Woman Warrior by Maxine Kingston‚ the family punishes the aunt for adultery by acting as though she never existed and ultimately dehumanizing her to the point of a fate worse than death. This is expressed in the following quote‚ “Don’t tell anyone you had an aunt. Your father does not want to hear her name. She has never been born” (Kingston 1515). Kingston’s father went from a family of brothers and one sister‚ to a family of nothing but brothers. The family
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Fa Mu Lan: Book vs. Movie The book The Woman Warrior‚ by Maxine Hong Kingston‚ and the movie Mulan both tell the same story‚ but in very different ways. They have many similarities and differences in their plots. The main message “To thine own self be true‚” is shown a lot more in the movie compared to the book. They were the same in the overall story‚ but small details like how their family acts when they come home‚ their love life‚ and how they decided to go to war differ extravagantly. Some
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Warriors Don’t Cry Melba Pattillo Beals Pocket Books U.S.A.: Washington Square Press‚ 1995 312pp. $14.00 0-671-86639-7 Before 1954 you would never have seen an African American in a White school. Once 1954 rolled around and the U.S. Supreme Court came to the decision to end segregation. In “Warriors Don’t Cry‚” Melba Pattillo shares her story with the world of just how tough it was to be one of the first black students in an all white school. Her story shows how her perseverance and the
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man‚ but the biggest difference is that he has spirit. He still has a long way to go though‚ and the next step is moderating his life‚ he needs to “Follow the house rules”. His life is now going to be modeled after Socrates’s Way of The Peaceful Warrior‚ and he is going to have to follow rules for the most basic things‚ such as chastity‚ sobriety and vegetarianism. He’s willing to sacrifice and give up things he is addicted to in order to stop the chaos in his mind‚ to reach peace inside. Even the
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explains his obligation to return to America with intentions of engaging in the civil rights movement. These essays were offered in supplication as Baldwin writes how the races need each other in order to form a functioning nation- both the white and black community must acknowledge how their fates are dependent on the other. Through his personal experiences‚ he passes on his knowledge warning his nephew how America’s
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Authors writings all have a purpose whether it is informing‚ persuading‚ or arguing. Also‚ the authors work include three types of communication‚ logos‚ ethos‚ and pathos. “My first book‚ Stiff‚ was an offshoot of a column I wrote for Salon.com.” (Roach 1) The Solon columnist Mary Roach dives into the use of dead bodies that are donated to surgeons for research purposes. Mary Roach wrote the book Stiff. I read a small section of the book. The part I read was very interesting and gave exciting insight
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