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Discrimination In Roll Of Thunder, Hear My Cry

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Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry Reflection In the novel Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry by Mildred D. Taylor, I learned from the novel is how African-Americans were treated badly by Caucasians, and the injustice of how African-Americans were judged by the color skin of their skin instead, of their personality. In addition, I also learned there were many Caucasians were racist to African-Americans back in 1930's in the novel. Additionally, a theme which stood to me is discrimination because during parts of the novel there were much discrimination such as Jeremy Simms' father who still thinks slavery should have end and thinks Caucasians are better than African-Americans. Another, example of discrimination in Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry would be Wallaces burned the Berrys …show more content…

Moreover, when one decides to stand up for their beliefs at the right time would be one feels comfortable when is their time to stand up, or when one cannot hold their beliefs and wants to let it off one chest. Furthermore, one knows when it is important to remain silent is to let one think one be a fool or intelligence. Next, how I feel the reality of life of African-Americans in the South is different because back in the 1930's there were several racism in the South, and now there are less racism in the South until this day forward. Ultimately, I learned from the novel is to judge one personality instead, of the color of their skin, the theme of the which sticks up to me while reading the novel is discrimination, one decides to stand up for one's belief such as when one feels comfortable when it is their time, one knows when one need to be silent when one do not be as a fool, and the reality of life for African-Americans today has many

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