Courage In Roll Of Thunder, Hear My Cry

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

“Look smartass, I don’t make stupid decisions anymore, so maybe you should stop before someone else kills you out on the field.” Atticus smiled sarcastically at the boy. He nodded his head vigorously before grabbing his bag and running out of the locker room. Atticus let out a frustrated sigh, not because of the boy. Just the fact that people are starting to realize what Atticus did a year ago when he was twenty. He ran his fingers through his greasy hair. “You aren’t the boy anymore Atticus. You will not make stupid choices and you’ll protect everyone you can. It was just an accident, remember. You swear it wasn’t meant for her, that wasn’t Cassie’s fate. It was just an accident.” Atticus repeated that in his head constantly when someone would bring her up. He grabbed his supplies and headed towards the showers to have his thoughts and dirt washed

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

It takes courage to stand up for your convictions. All thought the novel, Roll of Thunder Hear my Cry, Mildred taylor wrote about her family and their past. Cassie proves her courage by fighting Lillian Jean, standing up for Little Man. Cassie shows who she was in this novel when she is not treated equally and that she loves are family. Cassie proves that she is willing to fight for “equality” in the world around her.

Also, Stacey is looking out for his syballing, while T.J is being reckless. T.J didn’t study so he brought cheat notes and then passed them to Stacey. The author wrote,”She caught him with cheat notes during the history examination”(page 81). This shows that T.J is very irresponsible and framed

found something we wanted he did whatever it took to achieve it. T.J. talked about how everybody's “good day” was relevant; “if I’m The Tao Jones, a good day is when I lock onto whatever I’m passionate about and pursue it with abandon” (56). At the time one of his passions was to have the swim team be successful and for all of them to get letter jackets, which in the end was accomplished. Throughout the book, his passion had always been helping people, whether that be his swim team, Heidi and her family, or even the swim team’s manager. When T.J. first meet Icko he was permanently living at All Night Fitness, because he could not afford a home after paying for his son’s college. All T.J. could do at the time was find him and wake him up so that he wouldn’t get caught, but then he got him a job managing the swim team, and by the end of the book he was able to find him a permanent place to live, when his mom “invited Icko to build living quarters on the edge of our property” (219). Without T.J. this living situation would have never occurred, and even though, at the time he felt what he was doing for this man was minimal, it turned out that he played a part in changing the way he was living. It didn’t matter what it was, if it was worth fighting for T.J. dedicated his life to doing

Papa is in danger when he goes to get Stacey because the mob might get mad at Papa and kill him, hurt him, take him away etc. On page 255 it says that the men wanted to hang not only T.J. but Mr. Morrison and Papa too. This shows that if Papa goes after Stacey and is caught he could be hung. This also shows how much Papa cares about Stacey to risk himself for Stacey.This is why Papa is in danger when he goes to get Stacey. Papa might have gotten in deep trouble when he gets Stacey.

While T.J. is insolent and rude towards Stacey, Jeremy deeply cares for him and his family. For example, this quote takes place when Jeremy comes to Stacey's house on Christmas day to deliver gifts to him and his family. On page 155, the text states, "Jeremy, who had heard, flushed a deep red and quickly handed Mama a small burlap bag.

T.J was severely beaten, and escaped to the Logans house to seek the help of Stacey. The children demanded to come along, and they took him home together. But while the Logans were trying to sneak back home, many cars charged into the driveway, trying to hunt T.J down.

The main problem that Stacey had was he let too many things people said get to his head. When Uncle Hammer, Papa’s brother, came down from Chicago for Christmas he brought many gifts. One of those gifts was a new wool coat for Stacey. Uncle Hammer gave the Christmas present earlier, Stacey went to church wearing the new coat. When T.J. saw Stacey he called him a fat preacher.

Courage means to me is to stand up for your Convictions, and not lose it. Throughout the book “Roll of Thunder Hear my Cry” by Mildred D. Taylor, a young courageous girl named Cassie Logan has gone through quite a bit in this book, such as getting switched on the first day of school, not getting to ride the bus because of her skin color, and T.J. getting into some trouble. All of those things are hard on Cassie. There is so much more that has happened to her but those are the three main ones that we're a big impact on her life. Cassie was a very strong and courageous girl.

Many people show courage when they are willing to speak the truth even when it's not popular; they have to follow their beliefs. In the book by Mildred D. Taylor, Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry is based in Mississippi in the 1930’s. Stacey is a humble caring child, and he is helpful and protective. He is 12 and he is the oldest child in the Logan family. He is always taking risks to keep his friends, Siblings, and family members safe. While Stacey is also standing up for what he believes in. He is always trying to find ways to work with Mama, Big Ma, Mr. Morrison, and Papa to help protect the family. Stacey shows courage by taking the blame for T.J.’s cheat notes. Stacey also shows courage by staying in the woods and making sure that T.J. didn’t

However, he did apologize to Mr. Wallace and gave him a sorry reason for why he cheated. Moreover, Vic Sanchez was ranked third on my list, because he was doing his job as far as reporting what he had heard, but I don’t think he considered the damage he was doing to this teenager. By Mr. Sanchez reporting this to the public, Tommy’s opportunities to play in other post seasonal games could be ruined. For me what he did would violate my personal beliefs; I would never set out to hurt

Caseworker Jessica, spoke with Ja’Kevion on 10/19/17, and he said that he was on punishment for 3 months because his sister did not have on panties and he was falsely accused of pulling her panties down. Reporter visited the family on 11/16/17 and mom (Marion) informed stated that Ja’Kevion was messing with his sister and brother. Mom told the reporter she went into the living room and Ja’Kevion was at the table. She had left her daughter in the room and when she went back to the room she notice the cover looked messed up and it was high. She pulled the cover back and her daughter panties and pants were pulled down. Mom asked the child why her clothes were down and she did not want to admit what happen to her. It took her a while to answer and she said Ja’Kevion pulled her clothes down and he was messing with her. Reporter