Character Analysis: The Only Cassie Logan In Roll Of Thunder, Hear My Cry

Cassie’s bravery shows throughout the book Roll of Thunder, Hear my cry. No matter circumstance Cassie helped her friends and stood up to her enemies. Compared to Ruby Bridges they both stood up to their enemies and faced their problems head on.” I cried for T.J. For T.J. and the

While Cassie may not have dealt with segregation well in Strawberry, she used what she learned in order to grow as a person and she applied what she learned in later situations. As a nine-year old growing up in such a tough time, her outburst was to be expected and it was for a justifiable reason. In Strawberry, whites refused to serve her and pushed her off of the road deeming it her fault. One of her neighbors told her she had to apologize and she wasn’t deserving of walking on the sidewalk because of her race. If a peer believed they had a privilege over anyone because of an unsubstantial quality, it would get a negative reaction. Even if she didn’t react in a perfect way, she reacted better than most people would have, and learned from the experience. If a character can’t grow over time and learn from mistakes as well as apply the lessons, they are nowhere near admirable. Cassie showed even in Strawberry that she knows when to stop and how to learn from a mistake, a quality other characters did not have at

Standing up for what you believe in isn’t always easy, but if you have the courage, you can do anything you put your mind to. Throughout the book, “Roll of Thunder Hear My Cry”, by Mildred D. Taylor, I feel that Cassie Logan showed the most courage. Even though she didn’t quite understand why her family was treated the way they were, she knew it wasn’t right. She showed courage when she stood up to Mr. Barnett, when she stood up to Miz Crocker because the “new books” were dirty, and also when she had to stand up to Lillian Jean. For a girl Cassie’s age, she had a deep respect for not only herself, but also the others around her.

At the beginning of Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry (a book about racist plantation owners in Mississippi in 1933, where races were segregated) by Mildred D. Taylor, TJ and Stacey were friends. Then, TJ became friends with RW and Melvin. They stole a pistol and TJ was arrested. This is where the book ends. I think TJ is manipulative because he is dishonest to his teachers, persuasive to his friends, and easily controlled by RW and Melvin.

In chapter five of the novel Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry by Mildred D. Taylor, Cassie experiences the most racism in her life in the town of Strawberry. When Cassie apologizes to Lillian Jean her father demands for Cassie to use Miz when she apologizes to his daughter, and Big Ma tells her to do as such: “Big Ma” I balked “Say It child.” (…) “I’m sorry … M-Miz Lillian Jean.” Taylor 116. This event in Strawberry truly shows Cassie what the white supremacists think of her, not as a human but as a thing that can talk like them, and at the realization of her true rank in this society brings Cassie lower than she has ever been in her entire life. The apology to Lillian Jean overflows Cassie with so much anger, sadness, and shame making this

In Chapter 5 of Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry by Mildred Taylor, Cassie’s innocence causes her to find herself in frightening situations. Cassie, the black female protagonist of the story, lives in 1933, in Mississippi, where instances of racism happen daily. However, Cassie, because she is 9 years old and her family wants to protect her from the injustices of the world for as long as possible, doesn’t have a clear understanding of why the white people in her life are doing bad things to her or knowledge as to why her actions create disruption within the white community. In fact, “a lack of understanding and knowledge” is a definition of the word innocent (Dictionary.com), which describes Cassie perfectly in Chapter 5, although she may appear mischievous to others.

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.

Mildred D Taylor is an American writer. She was born in Jackson, Mississippi. She called this place “a segregated city in a segregated state in a segregated America.” When she was only a few weeks old, her parents moved to Ohio due to incidents of racial violence. In 1975, she came out with Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry. This is her best-known work. It is narrated Cassie Logan who is 9 years

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

In the novel Roll of Thunder Hear My Cry by Mildred D. Taylor Cassie slowly realizes that the people in the world she thinks she knows are not as she thought, they are crueler. For example 10 year old Cassie Logan, makes her way to strawberry, a market place, while in a store she hands her Mr. Barnett her order but while he helps her he stops to assist a white girl and when cassie confronts him to responses with “ You get your [...] black self back over there and wait.” ( Taylor 111) Cassie's response to this by getting angry because this man mistreats her which she does not experience in her town because of her mom being overprotective. Fright overwhelms Cassie as Mr. Barnett hints that her race, her being black, determines her position on

During the course of Roll of Thunder Hear my Cry by Mildred Taylor, Cassie gains and loses innocence. Cassie, the protagonist of the story, lives in 1933 Mississippi, where quantities of racism happen daily. But however, Cassie doesn’t have a clear understanding of why the white people are doing bad things to her. In Chapter 5, however, Cassie has to learn right from wrong because society and the social structure of 1933 Mississippi has her near the bottom, and she doesn’t know how to deal with the situations in chapter 5.

Whites are more liked than the colored, normal people are treated better than the different people. Cassie didn’t like how things went with Lillian Jean so she had to be smart with what she is going to do next. Cassie needed to know what she could do and how far could she go with her vengents. Cassie's had a revenge plan. With the plan she did have she had to be smart about it, she had to consider all the possibilities of it going her way or another way.

In the book Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry, Mary Logan was a mother of four children: Stacey, Cassie, Christopher- John, and Little Man. She was a tawny- colored African American with a slender body and delicate features. Wisdom was one of the many characteristics that made her an amazing mother. Wisdom is “the ability to perceive or determine what is good, true, or sound.

Mama Logan is known for being protective and caring throughout the book, and she safeguards her loved ones in many instances. At the beginning of the book, Mildred Taylor wrote in depth about the Logan family’s first day of school. The school day began with Miss Crocker, Cassie’s teacher, introducing the fourth and first graders to the new school year. She mentioned some advanced varieties to the year, as the first graders would begin school, and the children would actually get books this year. Miss Crocker explained to the children that the county superintendent of schools was generous enough to give them books, and they had to promise to take good care of them. As Cassie glanced at the worn-out books, she

Deep South of America, in the 1930's and covers a year in the life of