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"We have a right to go to that school, and I'm certain our governor, who was elected to govern all the people, will decide to do what is just." I felt myself speak aloud before I was ready. Who said that? It sounded like me, but the words . . . where had they come from? The white reporters wrote my words down and behaved as if what I said was very important. Pride welled up inside me, and for the first time, I knew that working for integration was the right thing for me to be doing.
–Warriors Don’t Cry,
Melba Pattillo Beals

What is the central idea of this passage?

Answer 1

The central idea of the passage is: Standing for justice and what is right has the capacity for intrinsic motivation.

What is a central idea?

The key idea that resonates across the parts of a text which the author seeks to communicate is called the central idea.

In the above passage, the narrator, is proud that he or she was part of a just cause.

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