Short Story
Response
Directions: Finish the story starter prompt below.
Length 1-2 double spaced pages
“Segregation: A story of the past or the present?”I felt proud and sad at the same time.
Proud that I lived in a country that would go this far to bring justice to a Little Rock girl
like me, but sad that they had to go to such great lengths. Yes, this is the United States, I
thought to myself. There is a reason why I salute the flag" (Beals). The flag of our
country represents freedom and equality, which suggests that everyone in the United
States is free and equal. In the short story, Warriors Don't Cry, the author, Melba Pattillo
Beals, clearly proves that all people are not treated with freedom and equality. The short
story takes place in Little Rock, Arkansas during the late 1950s, a time when ...”