Can one person change the world? Is it possible? The author of Warriors Don’t Cry, Melba Beals, agrees that one can make a difference. In her book, Beals narrates a memoir of how she integrated into a school full of whites and the pain she endured from segregationists. Nonetheless, by being one of the nine students to integrate Central High, Beals makes a positive difference in history. Similarly, Angelou’s poem talks about how she resists her intimidator and will rise over them. Both these authors think that a person can change the world. On the other hand, John Mayer, the author of the song Waiting on the World to Change, argues that it cannot be possible for somebody like him to be able to cause change. He claims that everyone is biased against his kind and that he does not have the opportunity to make a difference. However, it is clear that with persistence, determination, and bravery, anyone can change the world.
The world cannot change if no one is there to change it. Nevertheless, through persistence, anyone can make a difference. Beals was persistent in going to the same school with whites. On the first day, she “walked up the...stairs, through the double doors that led inside the school,” (71). Even when she came inside the school and was greeted with snide remarks, Beals still held her head up high and walked. With this persistence, Beals makes a difference: she becomes one of the first students to integrate Central High, despite the mobs trying to prevent her from doing so. Maya Angelou also gives examples of her persistence throughout her poem that helped her cause change. She claims that no matter how many times people will hurt her, she will continue to stay strong and overcome them. Angelou says that even if people “tread [her] in the very dirt...still, [she’ll] rise,” (3:3-4). Angelou constantly fights to prove that she can stand up for herself and change the world. Persistence is what can help to make a difference anywhere. Anybody can make a difference. However, for that, one must have determination. For example, it was the determination of the black reporters that kept Beals alive. They delayed the mob from getting Beals and the other black students. Beals recalls this by saying that she only made it inside the school because “the mob was preoccupied chasing and beating them,” (85). The fierce determination of the reporters made a difference by saving Beals’ life. Similarly, Maya Angelou’s determination to not let anything from the past scar her helped her to make a change. With her determination to “leave behind nights of terror and fear” and to rise, Angelou makes …show more content…
Link’s bravery to help Beals and go against his parent’s wishes helped keep Beals alive throughout the story. Beals recollects that, “Link...was feeding me vital information that could help me survive,” (185). Not only is Link gallant, but Danny, a 101st soldier sent to protect Beal’s life, is audacious too. When a flaming stick of dynamite plopped in front of Beals, Danny “stamped out the flame and grabbed it up,” (111). Danny had the guts to run close to a flaming stick of dynamite and stamp the flame out. If it was not for this bravery, Beals probably would have gotten seriously hurt. Without bravery, it is hard for one to make a change in the
The world cannot change if no one is there to change it. Nevertheless, through persistence, anyone can make a difference. Beals was persistent in going to the same school with whites. On the first day, she “walked up the...stairs, through the double doors that led inside the school,” (71). Even when she came inside the school and was greeted with snide remarks, Beals still held her head up high and walked. With this persistence, Beals makes a difference: she becomes one of the first students to integrate Central High, despite the mobs trying to prevent her from doing so. Maya Angelou also gives examples of her persistence throughout her poem that helped her cause change. She claims that no matter how many times people will hurt her, she will continue to stay strong and overcome them. Angelou says that even if people “tread [her] in the very dirt...still, [she’ll] rise,” (3:3-4). Angelou constantly fights to prove that she can stand up for herself and change the world. Persistence is what can help to make a difference anywhere. Anybody can make a difference. However, for that, one must have determination. For example, it was the determination of the black reporters that kept Beals alive. They delayed the mob from getting Beals and the other black students. Beals recalls this by saying that she only made it inside the school because “the mob was preoccupied chasing and beating them,” (85). The fierce determination of the reporters made a difference by saving Beals’ life. Similarly, Maya Angelou’s determination to not let anything from the past scar her helped her to make a change. With her determination to “leave behind nights of terror and fear” and to rise, Angelou makes …show more content…
Link’s bravery to help Beals and go against his parent’s wishes helped keep Beals alive throughout the story. Beals recollects that, “Link...was feeding me vital information that could help me survive,” (185). Not only is Link gallant, but Danny, a 101st soldier sent to protect Beal’s life, is audacious too. When a flaming stick of dynamite plopped in front of Beals, Danny “stamped out the flame and grabbed it up,” (111). Danny had the guts to run close to a flaming stick of dynamite and stamp the flame out. If it was not for this bravery, Beals probably would have gotten seriously hurt. Without bravery, it is hard for one to make a change in the