Roll Of Thunder Hear Me Cry Character Analysis

When Stacey takes the blame for T.J.’s cheat sheet, he shows courage because T.J. was going to get into big trouble and Stacey didn’t want T.J. to get into trouble so what Stacey done was….

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.

In the story “Roll of Thunder Hear my Cry”, written by Mildred Taylor takes place during the Jim Crow era. Throughout the story characters are faced with challenges. Stacey is torn between choosing Stacey or T.J as a friend. The two boys both have different qualities, but Jeremy is proven to be a more useful friend. Jeremy would make a better friend for Stacey than T.J because Jeremey has many better qualities such as brave, loyal, and friendly as it shows throughout the story.

Courage is when you fight for others and believe in what you always have.Even when your discriminated and that is what Cassie Logan shows.

She was upset about what had happened there and was angry that she was treated so unfairly. At the moment, she was kicking at the sidewalk with her head bowed. It was then when she bumped into Lillian Jean Simms. “‘Well apologize’, she ordered. ‘… ‘Okay’ I said starting past, ‘I’m sorry.’, ‘That ain’t enough, get down on the road. … You can’t watch where you’re going , get in the road. Maybe that way you won’t be bumping into decent white folks with your nasty little self’ ” (Taylor 113-114) . Cassie was hot, and her stubbornness and pride did not help. Mr Simms told her that if his gal, Lillian Jean asks for Cassie to get down on the sidewalk, she had to. Out of anger and hate, Mr. Simms, like Lillian Jean, ordered Cassie to apologize immediately. Cassie refused and argued that she had already apologized. She did not want to get down on the road for a crime as small as bumping into a white person. Then, in the heat of the argument, as if on cue, Big Ma came. Cassie was relieved. She expected Big Ma to stand up for her and for them to have eachother’s backs in the fight. However, Big Ma did the opposite, she did the unthinkable. She made her apologize. “‘ Big Ma!’ I balked. ‘Say it child.’ … A painful tear slid down my cheek and my lips trembled, ‘ I'm sorry M-Miz Lillian Jean’ ’’( Taylor 115). Even if Cassie lost this battle, she still stood up for herself, and as fearless and brave. It is impossible to

Cassie Logan stood up to her rival Lillian Jean Simms. When Cassie was on her way back to the wagon to greet Big Ma, she ran into Lillian Jean Simms on the sidewalk. Lillian told Cassie that she had to walk in the road because she was getting in everybody’s way. Cassie refused, then along comes Mr. Simms, Lillian’s dad. Big Ma then joined the conversation. Cassie was forced to apologize. When she did, she said “I’m sorry,” I mumbles. “I’m sorry Miz Lillian Jean,” demanded Mr. Simms.” (Taylor, Chap. 5) Cassie didn’t want to say sorry because she didn’t do anything to Lillian. Later on in the chapter Cassie decided to be nice to Lillian Jean. She offered to hold her books and walk with her to school. On their walk Cassie said “Well to tell you the truth, I was real upset for a while there. But my Papa told me it don’t do no good sitting around being mad. Then I seen how things was. I mean, I should’ve seen it all along. After all, I’m who I am and you’re who you are.” (Taylor, Chap. 5)Cassie was explaining to Lillian Jean that she knew that she should’ve respected her. That’s just how things were back then. All blacks had to follow what the whites said. If you didn’t you could get in a lot of

In chapter 4 T.J wanted Stacey to go to the Wallace store even though he knew it was wrong. Stacey knew the consequences that would happen to him. He also knew siblings would watch him. This is what he did “ Say, how ‘bout we sneak down to thee Wallace store and learn how to do them new dances?’ Mama told us not to go down there, Stacey said’.

Cassie shows courageousness when she stands up to lillian Jean. Lillian Jean was walking and cassie bumped into her so cassie apologised after lillian told her like three times to do so then lillian Jeans father showed up and he started yelling at cassie to get on the road then she can apologize again then cassie refused to get down on the road then big ma showed up then told her to do what the said so that she would not get hurt or in

The word courage means the ability to do something that frightens one. In the book that we're reading by Mildred Taylor called Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry, Cassie shows courage in a few moments throughout the book. Cassie is an African American girl and the only girl in her family. Because of this, she feels like she has to protect her younger siblings. Cassie showed courage when she had to stand up for Little man, when she had to confront Mr.Barnet, and when she had to stand up to rival Lillian Jean.

Stacey does not want to really help T.J some because he's annoying but that is what Stacey kind of thinks him of a brother and that's what makes Stacey want to help.”Stacey, I really need your help I’m hurt”Pg:248.

You must have courage in order to stand up for yourself. Throughout the book Roll of thunder hear my cry, Mildred D. Tylar uses cassie Logan in her book to show someone who is courageous. Cassie is a young girl that must stand up for herself and ignore all the many injustices around her and her family. Cassie proves she has courage from facing Lillian Jean Simms, and from standing up to Mr.Barnett when they waited on them last. Cassie’s actions prove that she is a back mouthing girl who loves her family and her land.

During the middle of the book, Cassie gets hurt. Not physically, but mentally. She finds herself in discrimination against a white girl. She does something very bad, gets her revenge. She beats up the white girl and threatens to tell her secrets. All the logan kids want to tell on Cassie, but Stacey wasn’t going to let her get in trouble. “ Mama gonna whip you good, too,” said prideful Little Man still fuming as we approached the school… “Naw you ain’t,” said Stacey back.

When Cassie broke the molding dish she knew she could pick up the pieces, but for the burnt quarter of cotton she could do nothing the cotton was gone and she could do nothing to bring it back. As for T.J., he was in jail in Strawberry, she could not bring him back either. Cassie learned one lesson when she bumped into Lillian Jean. Lillian Jean Simms, Mr.Simms daughter, and Mr.Simms insisted that Cassie must apologize. When Mama, Cassie’s mother, discovered what happened she told her about the difference between respect given out of fear and true respect.

Cassie Logan is a black, nine-year-old girl in the fourth grade. Cassie Logan demonstrates her courage all throughout the book Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry. Courage is the quality of mind or spirit that enables a person to face difficulty, danger, and/or pain, without fear. The first event in which Cassie displays her courage is on Little Man's’ first day of school. It takes place in Miss Crocker's class after Little Man gets mad about his textbook. The second event where Cassie displays courage takes place at the Barnett Mercantile store. Cassie takes a risk with Mr.Barnett. The third, and final event where Cassie demonstrates courage has to do with Miz Lillian Jean in the forest. Cassie Logan is a strong, courageous character in this book.

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.