Analysis Of Melba Beals 'Warriors Don' T Cry

Have you ever faced a life changing event that impacted you and your family? Life changing events can be positive or negative. Melba Pattillo Beals from “Warriors Don’t Cry”, Jackie Robinson from “I Never Had It Made”, and Feng Ru from “The Father of Chinese Aviation” all faced positive life changing experiences that not only impacted their own lives, but their country’s history too.
Melba Pattillo Beals impacted the lives of African American students by winning a Supreme Court case that opened up schools to black children that had formerly been segregated. Through this life changing experience she was part of a group of black people that was protected by soldiers while entering a previously all white school. Beals describes her experience

The life-changing experiences and decisions Jackie Robinson faced were a result of him being asked to become the first black player in Major League Baseball. In the face of many challenges, Robinson made the decision to keep playing to prove to others that he was just as good as the white players on the team. In paragraph 3 it states, “The hate mail piled up. There were threats against me and my family and even out-and-out attempts at physical harm to me.” In the same paragraph he continues by describing the rejection he felt from his own teammates when he says, “Some of my teammates refused to accept me.” These events challenged Robinson by forcing him to face racial slurs, snubs, and physical threats from fans, teammates, and opponents who did not want a black man to play in the major leagues. In paragraph 3 he explains how these comments affected him emotionally by saying, “It hadn’t been that easy to fight the resentment expressed by players on other teams, by the team owners, or by bigoted fans screaming “n---.” He continues by saying, “I had been forced to live with snubs and rebuffs and rejections.” In light of these painful and difficult events Robinson continued to grow and develop. Robinson decided to focus on his accomplishments, which helped him to appreciate the courage and love that the team owner and his wife

In paragraph 4 it states, “Feng immigrated to the US…and immediately set to work doing odd jobs...” In order to learn as much as he could about engineering Feng Ru “...went east to learn all he could about machines, working in shipyards, power plants, machine shops, anywhere he could acquire mechanical knowledge.” Eventually Feng Ru learned about the success of the Wright Brothers which led to his fascination with aviation. As challenging as it would be, Feng Ru decided that he wanted to learn as much as he could about aviation. To accomplish this goal he had to translate English books into Chinese. As time consuming as this must have been, Feng Ru continued to persevere. A quote to support this is in paragraph 5, it states, “...Feng...laboriously translated into Chinese anything he could find on the Wrights, Glenn Curtiss and, later, French aircraft designer Henry Farman.” Despite the challenges of learning something new, Feng Ru ran into additional challenges. After becoming well known by Chinese businessmen, it states in paragraph 6 that “Feng decided to return to California to establish an aircraft factory, building airplanes of his own design.” He ended up having to relocate a couple of times while building his aviation business. In paragraph 6 it states, “San