As Melba travels through Central, she relies on several weapons to get the job done. The weapons she continuously uses are her faith in God, her words, and her courage. Beginning with her second day at Central, Melba is experiencing a great deal of hatred. "To keep my focus, I began saying the Lord's Prayer" (Beals 147). One girl spit on her, others walked on her heels, and a majority called her awful names.
The Japanese attack on Nanjing also known as the Nanjing massacre or Rape of Nanjing. Between 20,000 and 8,000 women were sexually assaulted and people killed
