Cassie Logan Character Analysis

Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry is a wondrous book with many different characters that have their own unique traits. One of the characters in this book is Cassie, who is a nine-year-old girl living in Mississippi during the Great Depression. The trait that best describes her is being courageous. The denotative definition of courageous is. “Not deterred by danger or pain; brave.”

To grow up and increase maturity one must go through rigorous trials of middle school, bad humor, and at least one emo phase that they regret soon after. But, people often grow up much faster through facing adversity in their lifetime. In the novel Roll of Thunder, Hear my Cry, by Mildred Taylor, the Logan Family, and Cassie, Stacy, Christopher-John, and Little Man, face adversity in their everyday lives and learn because of it. Throughout the Novel Roll of Thunder, Hear my Cry the use of figurative language and epiphany conveys that when people face formidable challenges they force themselves to grow up faster, whether they want to or not.

Courage is hard to have. Especially when there are people judging you. In the book Roll of Thunder, Hear my Cry, there are many great acts of courage shown. In the book, Mildred Taylor writes many times when a character has to show courage. Stacey had to show courage when Papa was gone and he had to step up and be the man of the house, when, the night men attacked them, and when he had to help TJ get home and help the Avery’s.

Even though Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry is about a family very different from my own, I identify with the main character, Cassie, because we are similar in some ways and I admire her. Just like Cassie’s mom, my mom was a teacher, and I have close relationships with my siblings. These similarities help me put myself in Cassie’s place. I admire her because she is brave and fights for her rights and what she believes in. She always sticks up for herself. For example, when the white kids’ school bus purposely splashes Cassie and her siblings, they dig a ditch and the bus gets stuck in the mud. Cassie always sticks up for Little Man, her younger brother. She tells her mom about the poor quality books that upset Little Man, and she comforts him when she is upset. Cassie and her brothers are always hanging out together. In my family, my sister takes me shopping and hangs out with me. I also play outside and jump on the trampoline with my younger brother. Even though I am similar to Cassie in some ways, we have differences, too. I am not part of a minority and have never faced prejudices like

The Use of Cassie as the Narrator in Taylor's Roll of Thunder Hear My Cry

Courage is when you are willing to do something above your comfort zone to show what you’re made of. In a novel, Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry, Mildred D. Taylor uses an example of a young girl named Cassie Logan , who is colored, that must stand up for her convictions despite many injustices against her and her family. Cassie proves her courage by protecting her little brother Little Man from getting in big trouble, facing her white enemy Lillian Jean Simms, and being helpful to T.J despite his actions against her family. Cassie made many choices that proved her sassiness and how outspoken she was. She loved her family and had deep respect for the land they lived on. During a time period when the word “equality” meant nothing to those who surrounded her, Cassie shows those who see her actions that she is willing to face the many consequences that lie before her with standing up for her beliefs.

She tries to make them believe that the books they received are “wonderful”. In actuality, the books are dirty and old. Little Man is known as a clean and organized person so he was not happy about getting a book in that shape. Furthermore, he opens the book and sees a list. This list shows the year that the book was given, the condition of the book and the race of the student that the book was given to. For example, in 1992, it said the condition was “new” and the race of the student was “white”. In 1933, the condition of the book was “very poor” and the race of the student was “nigra”. This infuriated Little Man. He throws the book on the floor and stomps on it. In turn, Miss Crocker takes him outside and gives him a whooping.

T.J. Avery was a rotten thirteen-year old who only wanted attention and would do almost anything to get it. He cheated her brother out of a coat and even made Mama lose her job. From the start of the book you can see that Cassie doesn’t like T.J., but as she grows and matures, you can see her start to care for him. T.J. showed up badly injured one night at the Logan house and Cassie risked her life to get him home and ensure that at least for that night that T.J. would be safe. He had been around two people that committed a crime and if he wasn’t kept safe, he would’ve been hung. T.J. was never really kind to Cassie, but the way she got him home shows that T.J. really was a part of Cassie’s life and that she wanted him to be, therefore making her gamble her life as well as her siblings’ lives to protect him. Cassie got him home safely and made sure to keep her siblings quiet and out of harm’s way so that even if T.J. was not guaranteed safe, she made sure that anyone she was liable for, she kept safe. Even after the incident, Cassie went home and just processed everything, and for her age, she reacted well. She knew how to get her information and how to proceed with it as to keep her composure and to not let it overwhelm

Well, TJ was framed by two white children named RW and Melvin Simms. TJ had his eyes on a pearl-handled pistol. RW, Melvin, and TJ broke into the mercantile and stole the pearl-handled pistol and then RW killed Mr.Barnett.Then they framed TJ and beat him up.He came straight to Stacey’s house because he knew that Stacey was loyal to him ,and because he was scared of getting beat up again by the Simms brothers.The quote shows that Stacey offered to go get big Ma to help TJ. TJ denied the the help though.Cassie and Stacey woke up to the sound thunk thunk and they looked and TJ was beating on the door to be let inside. (Taylor page 249)¨Cassie you can go.¨ Cassie and the other kids woke up and Stacey says that Cassie and the other children can not go.TJ made it inside and laid down on the bed and told Stacey what had happened.Stacey says ,¨Let me go get Big Ma, she’ll know what to do.¨(Taylor page 248). TJ and Cassie then took TJ over to his house. Cassie and Stacey were hiding behind some bushes at TJ’s house ,and soon the Wallace’s and the Simms boys showed up and broke in the Avery’s windows ,and started beating the Avery’s. Stacey and Cassie were still behind the bushes. Two more cars then showed up and TJ’s dad was through against the window and they were going to kill TJ ,but his mom told them to kill her. Luckily, no one was killed. All the kids were with Cassie and Stacey ,and Stacey told all of them to run

Scout shows courage in this book mainly but doing what is right and sticking to her word.

Stacey Mr. Courageous Throughout the novel, Roll of Thunder, Hear my Cry, Mildred Taylor uses Stacey Logan as a courageous boy standing for his convictions. Stacey proves his convictions by protecting his friends and going after T.J. when he went to the Wallace Store. Staceys actions proved that he was a brave, strong, boy who wanted to protect his family and the land he lived on. Stacey shows his family and friends that he is willing to face the consequences that come with standing up for his convictions.

Roll Of Thunder Hear My Cry by Mildred Taylor uses Cassie Logan as a durable and courageous girl that will fight in what she believes in.

The first lesson Cassie learns is to do what the white folds want and that will keep you safe. For example, Big Ma forced Cassie to apologize for something Cassie did not mean to do. Next, Cassie learns that there is a big difference between blacks and whites. When Lillian Jean bumped into Cassie, Lillian forced Cassie to apologize to her for something that Cassie did not mean to do. Finally, Cassie comes to understand that blacks are just as good as whites. Uncle hammer has a car just as nice as Mr. Granger who is a white man that is known as rich and has wanted to take the Logans land for a long time. Big Ma, Mama, and Uncle Hammer taught Cassie different lessons in Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry.

Since the beginning, humans have enslaved or mistreated their fellow humans. Whether it is a matter of race, gender, religion, or otherwise, humans commit horrible crimes against each other simply because they are different from one another. However, throughout history, humans have also protested this abuse. Over time, the mistreatment stops if enough people protest it. This cycle of injustice and protest becomes a recurring theme in Mildred D. Taylor’s historical fiction novel Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry. [Needs summary] In the novel, the nine-year-old African-American narrator Cassie endures injustices such as racial epithets in her textbook, a racist bus driver, and a sadistic twelve-year-old white girl. But there will be protest against all of these, and Cassie will learn valuable lessons from each of them.

Little Man, Cassie, and T.J. learned multiple life lessons in the book Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry by experiencing and suffering. On Little Man’s first day of school, Cassie’s first time to the market, and when T.J. gets in more trouble than ever before, the characters learn important life lessons through their painful experiences.