Chapter 6 was a pretty short chapter, but it was an important part of the story. It was event of the court hearing, the hearing which was about Governor Faubus' troops who prevented the nine students from entering Central High School. The part I found most interesting was the group who were representing Governor Faubus, who left the courtroom in the middle of the hearing. I'm still not sure why they left. Were they able to? Was it allowed? In the end though, the judges decision was to allow the students to enter the school because "There is no real evidence here that we shouldn't proceed with the court-ordered integration of Central High School."[Judge Ronald Davies, pg. 68]
Chapter 7 was a lengthy chapter and was filled with many events which I found absurd. It was Melba's first day at Central High. A mob of angry and aggressive segregationists were at the front of the school, chanting and throwing insults. The part of the chapter I found scary was when the mothers climbed over the fence and chased down Melba. I think that was crazy. What was their purpose in climbing the fence? It's like they wanted to kill her. The students were also very horrid, calling her names and telling her she smelled bad. I was worried about Thelma, who had that secret heart problem, and I have a feeling that might affect her sometime in the rest of the book. When Melba and the other 8 students were leaving the school, I wanted the driver to run some people in the mob over or at least injure them cause that mob was just full of maniacs and it was plain out CHAOS. One good thing I actually liked from this chapter was Melba's article. It seemed like that was the start of her writing career and I thought that was pretty neat.
Chapter 7 was a lengthy chapter and was filled with many events which I found absurd. It was Melba's first day at Central High. A mob of angry and aggressive segregationists were at the front of the school, chanting and throwing insults. The part of the chapter I found scary was when the mothers climbed over the fence and chased down Melba. I think that was crazy. What was their purpose in climbing the fence? It's like they wanted to kill her. The students were also very horrid, calling her names and telling her she smelled bad. I was worried about Thelma, who had that secret heart problem, and I have a feeling that might affect her sometime in the rest of the book. When Melba and the other 8 students were leaving the school, I wanted the driver to run some people in the mob over or at least injure them cause that mob was just full of maniacs and it was plain out CHAOS. One good thing I actually liked from this chapter was Melba's article. It seemed like that was the start of her writing career and I thought that was pretty neat.
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