Significant Passage
The driver of the bus saw me still sitting and he asked was I going to stand up. I said, "No." He said, "Well, I'm going to have you arrested." Then I said, "You may do that." These were the only words we said to each other...As I sat there, I tried not to think about what might happen. I knew anything was possible. I could be manhandled or beaten. I could be arrested. People have asked me if it occurred to me then that I could be the test case the NAACP had been looking for. I did not think about that at all. In fact if I had let myself think too deeply about what might happen to me, I might have gotten off the bus. But I chose to remain.
Haskins, Jim. ""You're Under Arrest"" Rosa Parks: My Story. By Rosa L. Parks. New York, NY: Penguin Group, 1992. 116. Print.
This passage not only shows the main climax of the book, it also conveys the main theme of the book and Rosa Parks' main character trait. Parks' refusal to move shows her strong-willed attitude and her want to make a change. The situation was threatening, and yet, Rosa decided that it would be better to be arrested than to continue living as a second-class citizen. The main theme of the story, courage, is also expressed through Rosa's actions because though all of the other passengers left her to be arrested alone, she stayed and was the courageous one that made a stand. In this one page of the book, the entire meaning of the story was showed: one should never sit idly by while injustice is about.
The driver of the bus saw me still sitting and he asked was I going to stand up. I said, "No." He said, "Well, I'm going to have you arrested." Then I said, "You may do that." These were the only words we said to each other...As I sat there, I tried not to think about what might happen. I knew anything was possible. I could be manhandled or beaten. I could be arrested. People have asked me if it occurred to me then that I could be the test case the NAACP had been looking for. I did not think about that at all. In fact if I had let myself think too deeply about what might happen to me, I might have gotten off the bus. But I chose to remain.
Haskins, Jim. ""You're Under Arrest"" Rosa Parks: My Story. By Rosa L. Parks. New York, NY: Penguin Group, 1992. 116. Print.
This passage not only shows the main climax of the book, it also conveys the main theme of the book and Rosa Parks' main character trait. Parks' refusal to move shows her strong-willed attitude and her want to make a change. The situation was threatening, and yet, Rosa decided that it would be better to be arrested than to continue living as a second-class citizen. The main theme of the story, courage, is also expressed through Rosa's actions because though all of the other passengers left her to be arrested alone, she stayed and was the courageous one that made a stand. In this one page of the book, the entire meaning of the story was showed: one should never sit idly by while injustice is about.