Question

2. Imagine that you are Elizabeth Eckord. Would you have been able to keep walking through the angry mob? Why did the man sat down next to Eckord tell her not to let the crowd see her cry? Would you have been able to hold back the tears?

Answer 1

As Elizabeth Eckford, I feel I would have been able to walk through the angry mob and reach the destination where I was intended.

The school was where she was supposed to be going, and that's what she tried to do.

The man who was sitting next to Eckford was a white man from the crowd but instead of protesting against her, he sat next to her giving her support through the ordeal Elizabeth was going through. He patted on her shoulder, lifted her chin up and told her " don't let them see you cry".

No, As Elizabeth Eckford, I would have been able to hold back tears because the situation demanded me to show myself as a strong and determined person.