Anne henderson shows will power when the white girls try to make fun of her, and how one girl is so disrespectful that she does a handstand in a dress without any underwear on in front of ms. Henderson. Ms hendersons daughter is confused with this because her mom is letting them do it but she was taught not be disrespectful. At the end she realozes that her mother was demonstrating how someone who can stand all the burdens and obstacles given to you with willpower
Diminish means that it would disappear or get better.
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