Warriors

Before reading this book I wasn't aware of what it was about. As I read the beginning I said to myself that this kind of sounded familiar, and it was. Little Rock Nine is a historical event that the majority of us should know about from some point in our education. Day after day these brave students are faced with a large population of people, students and staff, who dislike them without even knowing who they really are. In my mind these students are warriors. What they are doing takes more courage then you and me have combined and I admire them for their ability to stand up for themselves. To walk through those doors on a daily bases and to keep going back takes a warrior. I believe these students are warriors and they should know that they are; they are deserving of the title. To look someone in the eye who you know honestly probably wants to kill you and say thank you for hitting you takes more courage then I even knew was possible. These nine students are leaning more then just what they are taught in the classroom. They are also learning self-defense. They are learning how to protect themselves from anymore who doesn't believe that what they are doing it right. Now I cannot say that I wouldn't have acted the way the white students did but I would hope that I won't. I hope that I could be accepting of these nine students and allow them to join our school and get the education that they deserve like we were. Once again I don't think I could be as strong as Melba was when things like getting dynamite thrown at me in the stair way. But as I said, I do believe that they students deserve the title of warriors, if not heros.