Wariors Don’t Cry Chapter Notes 10-18 – Flashcards

In this chapter, the National Guard is supposed to be at school, however, that doesn't happen. They enter the school a different way, for the first time, and Melba is soon beaten up. Soon there are more attacks coming towards Melba when in the restroom, people throw pieces of paper that are on fire at Melba and try to burn her, and she had no escape. Melba thankfully stopped that madness by throwing books over the stall she was in to get the crowd out of there. Then another attack comes when a boy shines a bright light in Melba's face and there is intense pain in her eyes. Suddenly, Danny, her bodyguard, throws cold water on her face to prevent her from blindness (the attack was acid). Melba quickly goes to the eye doctor, finding out that Danny, her bodyguard had saved her vision. As a result, Melba needs to see the eye doctor weekly until they are certain that it is better, take medications, and wear glasses. The chapter ends with Melba being unusually lucky since her vision was not lost.

In this chapter, the troops begin to leave, while the attacks increase. There is a meeting with Superintendent Blossom and the families of the LR9. The families wanted a security/ protection plan for their children, but Blossom said there was no plan, and he blamed the kids for the way that they are responding to the attackers. Superintendent Blossom is rude and angry to Mother Lois. Also, Minnejean wants to perform in the glee club ,and the Christmas Show, but all of her friends, including Melba, are strongly discouraging her. When it comes time for tryouts, it turns out that Minnejean has been tricked about the deadline for auditions, and was told that it passed days ago. A few days later, Melba finds out something heartbreaking: Danny is leaving Central High, he didn't even tell Melba, and she realizes she will probably never see him again.

In this chapter, Melba is being attacked by some white kids. Students who were working together in teams were assigned to attack people who were black. For example, one group focused on weapons, while another slammed people into lockers, and there were even more violent ways that were being done besides that. Soon, we find out that integration had ruined Melba's 16th birthday, since none of her closest black friends from her old school showed up at her party. Melba's friends were afraid to come to her house. Melba soon hears that Marsha and her other friends can't be friends with her since they don't belong anymore. An attack soon happens on Minnejean by white kids in the cafeteria. Some boys were trapping and kicking her with her lunch in her hands. Minnejean's lunch happened to be a steamy bowl of chili. All of a sudden, by accident, Minnejean spills the chilli all over the two white boys. The whites are happy since Minnejean is soon taken away by a school official. The chapter ends with Minnejean getting suspended, and the whites are thrilled to hear this news. The news of the chili spill spreads very quickly.

This chapter starts off with Melba being at an adult Christmas party. This party was given by a black women's organization. The people there made her feel proud, and Melba feels hope for herself. It is now Christmas Eve, and Vince stopped by. Later, Papa Will dropped by to bring his presents. For Melba, Christmas dinner for her was a day for everyone in her family to catch up with one another. Melba hopes that by next Christmas, that things will have hopefully improved dramatically at Central High. Melba is thinking about Central High less and less now. The chapter ends with Melba making her New Year's resolutions.

In this chapter, the school clearly didn't know how terrified the Little Rock Nine was. Melba realizes that she mentioned killing herself, which she now realizes it is a horrible idea. Soon Minnijean is attacked for the second time on Thursday, February 6, 1958, and she was attacked by a boy who dumped soup on her. At the end of the school day, Mrs. Huckaby delivered a envelope to Minnijean. When Minnijean opened the envelope,it was a suspension notice. On top of that, Superintendent Blossom recommended that Minnijean be expelled from school. Melba couldn't stop crying when Minnijean told her about the news. Melba soon finds out that Minnijean has been expelled, after a 40-minute hearing. The NAACP tried to reverse Minnijean's expulsion, but it failed to go through. Soon Melba could hardly speak. Melba tries to cheer Minnijean up, but it is no use.

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In this chapter, Melba does some of the things that she learned from studying Gandhi (nonviolent protest). Melba realizes that Easter is coming soon. Melba and her family begin preparing the stockings for Easter. Soon Link calls, and he is mad since his senior activities have been cancelled. Link warns Melba to watch out for students with any election pamphlets. The chapter ends with Melba desperately needing a break from school on Easter Break.

In this chapter, everyone inside Central High seemed to be talking about a film production of The Milkado. Soon Melba's neighborhood began to get more and more dismal. Melba meets Mrs. Healey. Melba compliments Mrs. Healey that she looks very nice. The chapter ends with tears coming down from Mrs. Healey's eyes, saying that Central High would only give her job back to her if they withdraw Melba immediately form Central High. They don't want Melba to finish her year here at Central High.

This chapter is the final chapter of the book Warriors Don't Cry.In this chapter, Melba's family must take the risk of talking to local newspaper people. We find out that Melba's mom has lost her teaching job. Soon, the phone began to ring off the hook with people saying that they were on Melba's side. Later, Melba was wondering what her last few years at Central High would look like.Melba later prays to god, wishing that Ernie would be on her side. The next morning Link called, and he sounded as if he was about to fall apart. By September of 1958, Melba's group had won their court things. In September 1960, the NAACP (National Association For The Advancement of Colored People) had forced central high to integrate once again. In the end, Melba had followed her dreams.