Short Story: Jefferson Davis School

One day in Lindley Middle School there were two girls in Mr. Foreman’s classroom and their names were Anazia Maisonet-Snell and Lanecia Hayward. So as they were just sitting in class doing their work Lanecia decided she was going to take Anazia’s pencil case because her pencil broke and when Anazia saw Lanecia took her pencil case Anazia said, “Give me back my pencil case” and Lanecia didn’t which made Anazia very upset. Then Anazia got louder because she knew that that would make Lanecia give back her pencil case. Since Lanecia gave Anazia back her pencil case Lanecia didn’t bother trying to take it again.

shown to like Jeremy to a certain extent for who he is and not just

Cassie befriended Lillian, learned all of her secrets, and beat her up to make her apologize. Cassie was getting tired, so she threw Lillian’s books on the ground. Cassie took Lillian to the woods after being nice to her, doing things for her, and fought her, pulling her hair until she said she wouldn’t tell her father about it. In order for Cassie to win, Cassie said, “Make me.” This may have seemed like a not so good idea, but if this plan had backfired, Cassie knew that in the end, the results could’ve been deadly for her and her

The same night, Sam went to her school dance with her best friend by her side and also the foreign exchange student her grandparents were hosting. The geek that had a crush on her would not leave her alone the entire night. Due to this fact, Sam decided go to the auto body part of her school and was sitting in a car. She just wanted to be alone because she was her crush Jake and his girlfriend dancing and she was getting upset. As she was sitting the geek came along and they began to talk , as they were talking in the beat up car. He told Sam that Jake was asking about her like and she got really excited. After, the geek told her this Sam started to practice talking to Jake in the hallway but could not find the right words. Later, that night when the dance was over she saw Jake in the coat closet but froze and did not say anything. On the other hand, Jake froze too when he saw her and did not say

Before Cassie Bernall became a Christian, she was an outsider at school. Cassie had written letters to a friend about how she could kill her parents, Brad and Misty Bernall, and end all of her problems. Cassie's parents found the letters, made copies of them, and gave them to the police department. When Cassie got home from school, her parents confronted her. After the confrontation, the Bernall's broke all of Cassie's ties with her friends. The Bernall's enrolled Cassie in a Christian school. Cassie was not allowed to answer the phone and no longer had any privileges. She was allowed to go to a youth group, but that was all she could do. Her parents even went as far to put a monitor on their phone so they could know what she was doing when they weren't home. Cassie had lost all of the trust that she earned from her parents. Misty Bernall didn't go back to work so that she could watch over Cassie. Cassie had her backpack searched, her phone calls monitored, and her bedroom searched. Furtively investigating their daughter, they say,

Near the end of the book Cassie bumps into Jeremy Simms sister and her dad comes and pushes Cassie off the sidewalk.“It was then that I bumped into Lillian Jean Simms… Mr. Simms glared down at me “When my gal Lillian Jean says for you to get yo’self off the sidewalk, you get, your hear.” This shows her losing innocence because she now sees how terrible white people are to push a 9 year old girl off the sidewalk because someone bumped into her. Lillian and her dad are very racist so now she knows not to mess with her and not to talk back.

By the end of March, Spring has arrived and school closes for the black students, including Cassie and her brothers. Jeremy admits that he’s going to miss the Logans because he has school until mid-May, and he would like to meet them sometime. Jeremy spreads the rumor about T.J spending more time with Melvin and R.W, but he also reveals that the Simms brothers are just using him and when T.J isn’t around, they speak behind his back. Then Cassie asks Mama the reason behind R.W and Melvin hanging out with T.J, Mama explains to Cassie that it makes them feel good to have someone to be able to laugh at and to use.

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

There are many events that can occur to people that will change their lives tremendously. Racism plays a big part in Cassie Logan’s life and it changes her character throughout the novel as she grows in her understanding of inequality. As the narrator and protagonist of the novel, Cassie’s perspective is captivated very closely with the help of the other character’s conversations. At such a young age she is very naïve about certain situations but learns how things really are throughout the novel. As she is growing up she experiences many situations of racism in the American South, but there is one event that she would never forget. The day that Cassie Logan is made to apologize to Lillian Jean Simms for bumping into her is the event that had the greatest impact on her character.

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

First, Cassie dropped Lillian Jeans books in the mud. Then, she tackled her and got her by the hair and she made her apologize. “ You do that, Lillian Jean. You just do that and I’m ganna make sure all your fancy friends know how you keeps a secret.

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

I attended William B. Murrah Highschool for my freshman and sophmore year; however, I auditioned to attend the Mississippi School of the Arts for my junior and senior year. Once I'd auditioned, I was informed I was accepted which was why I left to attend the Mississippi School of the Arts. While I atteneded Mississippi School of the Arts, for my junior year I took a class at Brookhaven

Little Man discovers that the books are old and dirty, and he refuses to use it. The teacher gets him in trouble and Cassie sees the reason why. She stands up for Little Man and takes a switching just like he had to. Cassie shows courage when she says, ¨ Miz Crocker, don’t please!” I Cried.

In both the book and movie, Cassie is thrown out of the Barnett’s store until she “figures out what she is”. She doesn’t understand that Mr. Barnett isn’t going to keep the whites waiting. Right after that, Cassie bumps into Lillian Jean and is forced to apologize. She starts being Lillian Jean’s servant and eventually beats her up, which they don't show in the movie. Also, R.W. and Melvin pretend to be T.J.’s friend.