Samuel Johnson once said “great works are performed not by strength but by perseverance.” In the two writing pieces, one titled “Louis Braille” by Noah Remnick, and the other one titled “It couldn’t be Done” by Edgar Guest, the mood and tones of these text both show “perseverance” In several ways. Remnick provides information to show perseverance by telling about Louis Braille’s life and how he was blind, but was still confident and created a type of writing for the blind. Guest also showed perseverance
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"Warriors Don’t Cry", Melba Pattillo and her other black friends (LR9) are trying to successfully integrate a full school year at Little Rock High . At this time, this school was segregated, but black people are trying to integrate into this school. White people hated blacks in Little Rock, so when they heard that black students were going to try to integrate into Little Rock High they went ballistic. Riots of whites were everywhere, police had to come to hold them all back. The first day for the LR9
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Success is a choice Perseverance could be described as one's will to carry on towards success. People have to make the decision to persevere on their own. This idea can be seen in many pieces of text including the following poems.“Invictus” by William Ernest Henley and “Mother to son” by Langston Hughes both share the lesson that success is one's own decision. Through “Invictus,” William Ernest Henley portrays that success lies in one's own decisions. He does this through the use of diction the
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“Life is 10% what happens to you and 90% how you react to it” - Charles R Swindoll. This quote explains how going to Central, and dealing with her harassment is only 10% of Melba’s life, and the other 90% is how she acts and reacts towards her harassment. In the book Warriors Don't Cry by Melba Pattillo Beals, Melba is the bravest character because she puts up with all her bullies and the segregationist at school, she is brave enough to go to Central High School every day even though she knows she
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Link’s Compassion Warriors Don’t Cry is Melba Pattillo’s personal memoir about the Arkansas Nine’s experience integrating Central High School. Melba was fifteen years old when she was chosen to integrate alongside eight fellow teenagers from Horace Mann High School. At Central, Melba experienced violence involving other students that put her life in danger. One particularly evil tormenter, Andy, was chasing Melba down the street, threatening to kill her, and that was the moment that she met Link
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In Warriors Don’t Cry, Melba Pattillo Beals, an African American teenage resident of Little Rock, Arkansas, is fighting for the integration of Central High School. After being selected for her excellent academic achievements at her previous school, in 1957, she is enrolled into the all-white Central High School. This school year is torturous for Melba. She is constantly attacked with obscene words and language, while physical attacks are also quite common for her. Despite these horrible circumstances
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Overcoming obstacles and barriers is a difficult thing to do. In ‘The Osage Firebird” and “A Life Painting Animals” it talks about two women who overcome tough barriers to gain and achieve success. They both tell how they never got discouraged nom matter how many times they we told “No” or “You will never make it”. Although, I believe the story “The Osage Firebird” tells more information about overcoming barriers and difficulties. “The Osage Firebird” is a story of a girl named Betty Marie Tallcheif
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a multitrillion dollar database marketing industry located in Conway, AR. It is said to be the world’s largest commercial database on consumers. The corporation was started in Conway, AR in 1969 by Charles D. Ward. Also, the headquarters are in Little Rock, AR, which is around 30 miles from Conway, AR. It process more than 50 trillion data transactions a year from consumers. This industry of databases contains information from 500 million active consumers worldwide, with about 1500 points per person;
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A Community Assessment of 71601 Kiona Okoro Arkansas State University Pine Bluff, Arkansas is the second oldest city in Arkansas. It is also the largest city and county seat of Jefferson County. The city of Pine Bluff was founded by Europeans on a high bank of the Arkansas River heavily forested with tall pine trees. The high ground furnished settlers a safe haven from annual flooding. Joseph Bonne, a fur trader and trapper of French and
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In Week 1, we learned of the first of three murders that took place along the river walk in Canyon City. A little over a year later, the Arkansas Valley River Walk Killer would soon be tried for her crimes. On June 7th, 2012, local joggers discovered the first body along the Arkansas Valley River Walk. On June 16th and 24th, 2012, two more murders would take place. All three victims were male, and they all died as a result of gunshot wounds from close range. The police were swamped with calls
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