Character Analysis Of Marian From 'Prior To The Civil Rights'

Marian is the main character in this story. She is a singer and civil rights activist; she has a lot of courage, grace, and dignity. Marian seems to have a unique voice and a lot of strength and she had success even with the struggles in her life.
• The illustrations in this story were good. The illustrator used many shades of brown, gold, cream and sepia toned colors. The illustration of Marian when she was very young standing on the chair was good to show the readers the way Marian was as a child. The plot of this story is how an African American girl has turned away from her dreams because of her skin color.
• The setting of this story takes place prior to the Civil Rights. The theme of this story is how one should do what they

• This story is about Marian Anderson, who is a talented singer. Marian loved to sing when she was younger, which no one was surprised about because her father would always be singing in the mornings and her mother would always hum along. Marian had two sisters, Ethel May and Elise would sing songs together throughout the afternoon. This story talks about how Marian got into singing more publically by the choir director of their church when she was eight years old and how he wanted Marian to sing a duet with her Viola. Everyone at church that day after Marian’s duet was so surprised with how wonderful she sang, and a lot of other churches around asked her to perform at their church next and Marian eventually was chosen to join the chorus. Marian’s father was very protective of Marian, which to her it made her feel important, he died from an injury and Marian would sing songs that filled her heart, and even in her songs. After the death of her father though Marian would find odd jobs to help support her family since her father was no longer around. Marians hope for when she got older was to be able to go to music school where churches told Marian that they would help pay for her tuition. When Marian was 18 she was able to