Character Analysis Of TJ In Roll Of Thunder, Hear My Cry

His attitude changed based on the environments he was in. The main setting in the book was unknown city. The unknown city was the birth place of TJ and it was where he grew. In his teenage years, he made bad decision, did everything the gangs want him to do. When he was 13 year old he was sent to the foster home care. There he had people who cared about him. After living in a loving home for two years, his mother suddenly wanted him back. When he went back the only way for him to survive his environment consequently is to join the gang. There wasn't much of a problem with his mother anymore. He has to fight to live.

“What’s everybody waiting ‘round for?” “And where’s Stacey?” demanded Little Man. Little WIllie smiled. “Stacey inside with Miz Logan. He got whipped today.” “Whipped!” I cried. “Why, can’t nobody whip Stacey. Who done it?” “Your Mama,” laughed Little WIllie. “Mama!” Christopher-John, Little Man, and I exclaimed. “Why’d Mama do that?” asked Christopher-John. “She caught him with cheat notes during the history examination.” So, as the book said Stacey took the blame for a big deal, Stacey didn’t care if he got in trouble. Stacey was just wanting to make sure T.J. didn’t get in trouble. Stacey took and showed a big sign of courage in Chapter

TJ gets himself in trouble with R.W. and Melvin Simms, two white brothers. The boys only want TJ around so they have someone to put the blame on and make fun of him. When TJ wants a very nice handgun at the Barnett Mercantile, the Simms brothers fool him into thinking that his dream is about to come true. RW and Melvin convinced TJ to try to steal the gun. They were caught in the act and the brothers punished TJ horribly. TJ tapped on the Logans door in the middle of the night. Stacey and Cassie answered the door. They knew they had to help him despite the negative acts against their family. “Stacey? I whispered afraid of what he might do. As far back as I could remember, Stacey had felt a responsibility for TJ I had never really understood why. Perhaps he felt that even a person as despicable as TJ needed someone he could call “friend”, or perhaps he sensed TJ’s vulnerability better than TJ did himself. Stacey, you ain’t goin’ are you?... You go on back to bed Cassie. I’ll be alright.” (pg. 249) This quote is a prime example of Stacey’s courage. Stacey knows that helping TJ could get him in trouble or even killed. Stacey is a true friend, and a brave one too.

sayed some very negative things about Mama (On a accident). T.J. got mama fired because he went yappen his joules to the wrong people the Wallaces. Mama got fired because the school board and Mr.Granger came and saw that Mama was not teaching from the book and the book pasted over with paper. Stacey did not want to talk to T.J. because of what he did to Mama because Mama found T.J. cheating with cheat note on a test and Mama failed him. “Mama, her back straight and her eyes fixed on the men, answered, ‘Because all that’s in that book isn’t true.” (p.g 184) This quote means that Mama shows courage because she wasn’t afraid to talk back to the white men. Stacey could showed courage for Mama by he stop being friends with T.J., and Stacey could have stayed friends with T.J. but he would be taking T.J. side in stead of

The mad dog is one of many themes in To Kill a Mockingbird, a story in the past about prejudice, empathy, and friendship mostly, but it’s about non-violence today. Non-violence is all about having the violent people beat you up and put you down while other people can see how violent they are being to you; they will start to empathize with you. This is how non-violence works.

Well Stacey had to on time, they were just about to go to sleep and then Stacey looks out the window and sees the night men coming up there driveway and Stacey know that they are coming to get T.J because he is always in trouble for doing something like being friends with the sim boys (they are white kids that are kinda mischievous) and trying to steal and cheat (like i said in paragraph 2 line 4-7) he is just not a good kid but he knows better. Whenever Stacey sees the night men to his door he quietly whispers “T.J. get down here the night men are here and they are coming to get you so hurry up” Taylor page 79 then T.J. did what he was told and hid. The night men came to the door and knocked and Big Ma (another character in the story) opens the door and then Stacey come to the door and the night-men then ask “is T.J. here little fella”? Taylor page 82; Stacey then says “no Mr i have not seen him at all” then they leave and Stacey feel like he just took a huge brick off of his shoulders. Then her goes to the room and tells T.J. “you are fine now get up” and that is what he did. This shows how T.J will take up for his friends when there are in need of help or just a laugh or a

In the book, Warriors Don’t Cry by Melba Patillo Beals, all of the character present were true warriors at heart. Between the students that attended Central High School and the family members that had to go through the struggle of being hated in their own town, they did not give up. I believe that I am most like Melba because I never give up, I have had similar events happen to me in my own school, and I have a family that is just as supportive as hers.

We first meet TJ Avery when Cassie, Stacey, Little Man and Christopher-John are walking to school. Right from the very start we find out that none of them actually likes TJ, except for Stacey. The reader sees that he is a liar, a cheat and a

Reading is a crucial part of my academic life, it is a subject that is used multiple times throughout my life. Among the many genres that I have explored, suspense, adventures, and mysteries are my favored because they catch my attention and make me wonder what happens next. Two books that fit these qualities are Alan Gratz’s young adult novel “Code of Honor” and Mildred Taylor’s historical novel “Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry”. In the novel Code of Honor, Kamran Smith has it all; a beautiful girlfriend, he is his school’s football star and his best friend got them free tickets to the Super Bowl but his life takes a sharp turn for the worse. Kamran’s older brother, Darius, who fought in the US Army in Afghanistan, is accused a terrorist. He is seen on video bombing the US Embassy in Turkey. Important themes the novel conveys are brotherhood and loyalty. Kamran displays these themes by believing that Darius is innocent. This book has personally affected my life by strengthening my brotherhood and loyalty. I now have a stronger relationship with my brother and we are more loyal to one another. In the novel, Roll of Thunder, one African American family, the Logans, fight to stay strong in the face of brutal racist attacks, illness, poverty, and betrayal in the deep South of the 1930s. The main character and narrator, Cassie Logan, speculates many events during her childhood which takes place in the time of the Jim Crow era. This book has affected me on a personal level because I

Johnson. Mrs. Johnson explains Perry's manipulation by informing, “But I’m afraid of him. I always have been. He can seem to be warm-hearted and sympathetic. Gentle. He cries so easily....he can make you feel sorry for him” (Capote 182). The parenthetical with the word gentle emphasizes how Perry can be the manipulator in some instances. Perry is viewed as “warm-hearted and sympathetic” but because of this, he cries easily making individuals feel sorry for him, like Mrs. Johnson. Even though Dick manipulates Perry, Perry can be perceived as the manipulator to others. Perry depends on Dick and because of this he has become corrupted and doesn't want others to see that, so he manipulates others to change the way people perceive him, making them feel sorry. In this case, Perry is the manipulator which further complicates his

Imagine you are a lawyer tasked with an impossible case, and everybody in your community is against you, but still there is a shred of hope you cling to. What might that be you ask? That to which you cling are your morals. In To Kill a Mockingbird Atticus Finch had been given the Tom Robinson case, where a black man was convicted of raping a white woman. As a single father of two children, he continues to reinforce his values throughout the trial and during his daunting task of raising his children. In To Kill A Mockingbird what Harper Lee suggests about the nature of morals is that you should try to stand up for what you believe in even if people oppose or reject your ideals. Even when faced with an insurmountable opposition you should stand up for your morals because in the end if your don't follow your beliefs you are just contributing to the problem. We should try to create a voice for what we believe in and impress that upon the next generation so they can continue to exercise their beliefs to make the world a better place.

Stacey Chases T.J. to the Wallace store where he was not supposed to go and got into a fight. T.J. was cheating on a test and handed the cheat notes to Stacey when he saw Mama coming and got Stacey in trouble for making it seem like he was cheating. In the book it says, “Well, whether she knowed it or not, she sho’ ‘nough whipped him…. Course, now, she give him a chance to get out of it when he said he wasn’t cheatin’ and she asked him how he got them cheat notes. But Stacey wouldn’to tell on ole T.J., and you know good and well

He says, “Stacey what if they find out we done it” (Page 54). The final trait is that he is caring. The evidence is that on the first day of school. When he found out that T.J got Claude in trouble on purpose he comes and puts his arm around him and takes him to school away from

After reading a few post like yours and his three plays, I realize just how manipulative in each some of his characters could be. Some are funny type manipulative or better said mischievous, like Puck; whereas, others could be more of an evil, vindictive

learns a multitude of important lessons through his wrongdoings with R.W. and Melvin. When the Simms brothers maimed him just for disagreeing with them, T.J. realizes that they were just using him the entire time. He learns not to seek popularity by doing crime with corrupt white men. At the same time, T.J. also learns that Stacey was his only true friend. T.J. said he “ain’t never really had no true friend but you [Stacey] (page 248)”. He realizes this when Stacey helps him get home safely. On the other hand, his “friends” R.W. and Melvin framed him by telling everyone that “three black boys robbed their store [the Barnett mercantile] and knocked out her and her husband (page 253).” When R.W. and Melvin asserted that T.J. was guilty, they brought him to court to get tried. This is where T.J. learned a third lesson. At the biased court, T.J. was “proven” guilty even though there was ample evidence of his innocence. Through his rash actions, T.J. “could possibly go on the chain gang (page 274),” or even die. T.J., a sly, foolish, lazy manipulator, learns that being vindictive to your true friends will never end happily.