Warriors Don 'T Cry' By Melba Pattillo Beals: An Analysis

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Turning points can be awful events or positive events. This idea was expressed in the story “Warriors Don’t Cry” by Melba Pattillo Beals, the autobiography of “I Never Had it Made” by Jackie Robinson, plus the story “The Father of Chinese of Aviation” by Rebecca Maksel. Jackie Robinson, Feng Ru, and Melba Pattillo Beals all faced many turning points, in this case, they changed their country. Jackie Robinson decided to be the first African-American player in the M.L.B. and faced discrimination. He faced discrimination from the teammates, ballplayers, and fans and he also he is forced to endure taunting racism and threat to his family. “I was forced to live with snubs, rebuffs, and rejection”. Jackie Robinson faced threat from many people and Mr.Rickey had helped Jackie Robinson overcome discrimination by putting down rebellions and let his teammate know that anyone who didn’t want to accept Jackie Robinson could leave. Even though he face insults from many people in the stand, but he still has to keep calm. “It was one thing for me out there on the playing field to be able to keep my cool in the faces of insult.” …show more content…

He has to go to many places to learn about how machines work so that he can know how the mechanics work in the airplane. “So he went east to learn all he could about machines, working in shipyards, power plants, machine shops, anywhere he could acquire mechanical knowledge.” He has to work hard because he wanted to be better at building a plane and know what part to connect with the plane. He also has to work hard to be able to build a plane and study hard. “Who rarely finished work before 3 a.m.” This quote shows that Feng Ru has to work until 3 a.m. in the morning and in the quote it also stated the word rarely, so that shows us Feng Ru always finish work later than 3 a.m. Feng Ru, at last, was named the Father of the Chinese Aviation and China appreciate all his hard work and is also

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