Stacey's Lesson Quotes

When a person doesn’t say something at the beginning, but instead hides it, it can lead to a break up. In the book, Vince has an affair with a girl named Kendra. They like each other, but the only problem is that Kendra’s father is an FBI agent who’s trying to arrest Vince’s father. When Vincent goes to Kendra’s house, her dad arrives early, causing Vincent to jump out of a window to get out of the house. The next day, Kendra asks why Vincent “play[ed] Spiderman out the window”(79). In her next sentence she explains how her dad “rubs elbows with some pretty bad people”(79). In his head Ken replies: “Yeah, like my nearest and dearest”(79). This is just the beginning of the suspicion that Kendra has towards Vincent. When Kendra finds a picture of Vincent with Tommy Rat, Anthony’s coworker, she accuses Vincent that “You lied to me!...You said you had nothing to do with your father’s business” (109).

“What’s everybody waiting ‘round for?” “And where’s Stacey?” demanded Little Man. Little WIllie smiled. “Stacey inside with Miz Logan. He got whipped today.” “Whipped!” I cried. “Why, can’t nobody whip Stacey. Who done it?” “Your Mama,” laughed Little WIllie. “Mama!” Christopher-John, Little Man, and I exclaimed. “Why’d Mama do that?” asked Christopher-John. “She caught him with cheat notes during the history examination.” So, as the book said Stacey took the blame for a big deal, Stacey didn’t care if he got in trouble. Stacey was just wanting to make sure T.J. didn’t get in trouble. Stacey took and showed a big sign of courage in Chapter

Mildred D. Taylor's Roll of Thunder, Hear my Cry is set during the Great Depression, in the rural areas of Mississippi. The majority of the people in this community are sharecroppers, who are greatly dependent on plantation farming. The Logan family is fortunate because they have a piece of land of their own, so unlike other black sharecroppers they do not have to be dependent on the whites. However, due to the sharp decrease in the price of the cotton crop the family have to work hard to keep it in their hands, whilst also providing food in order for them to survive. The situation is further worsened because of the severity of racism and segregation in the society. The Logans are one of the few families

Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry by Mildred D Taylor shows the ways that black people dealt with injustice and racism in the South. In this novel, it is very clear how people feel about racism. You can also see the ways in which they react and deal with it. It displays how degradation, humiliation and hatred fill the gap between the white and black races.

Well Stacey had to on time, they were just about to go to sleep and then Stacey looks out the window and sees the night men coming up there driveway and Stacey know that they are coming to get T.J because he is always in trouble for doing something like being friends with the sim boys (they are white kids that are kinda mischievous) and trying to steal and cheat (like i said in paragraph 2 line 4-7) he is just not a good kid but he knows better. Whenever Stacey sees the night men to his door he quietly whispers “T.J. get down here the night men are here and they are coming to get you so hurry up” Taylor page 79 then T.J. did what he was told and hid. The night men came to the door and knocked and Big Ma (another character in the story) opens the door and then Stacey come to the door and the night-men then ask “is T.J. here little fella”? Taylor page 82; Stacey then says “no Mr i have not seen him at all” then they leave and Stacey feel like he just took a huge brick off of his shoulders. Then her goes to the room and tells T.J. “you are fine now get up” and that is what he did. This shows how T.J will take up for his friends when there are in need of help or just a laugh or a

Morrison are supposed to come home on a scheduled time from Vicksburg, but they don’t arrive on that time. Then everyone gets very worried and start panicking as if they could tell something bad was going to happen to the three of them. Then later in the night, the three of them come home, but Papa returns with a broken leg. Mr. Morrison explains that a wagon has rolled over it, but not everyone believes so. Then Cassie manages to talk Stacey out from explaining the whole incident. It started when they were coming home from Vicksburg and the two wheels on the wagon came off, then when Papa wanted to fix the first wheel, someone shot him on the left leg, and the wagon rolled over it, then the three men went to attack Mr. Morrison, but Mr. Morrison vigorously throws one of the three men on the ground, and breaks another man’s arm, injuring them both. Then the third man pulls them onto the truck and leaves. Leaving Papa, Stacey and Mr. Morrison finish fixing the wagon and head home. Now Papa is hurt, the only thing Cassie and her brothers can do are just to wait till next morning, and hope Papa’s leg will recover

Spring comes; school lets out for the cotton season. Rumor says that T.J. is spending more time with Melvin and R. W. and that they are just using him. One night in early summer, some nearby farmers come by and tell Papa not to buy anything for them on his next trip to Vickburg. Granger amongst other plantation owners are threatening to decrease pay and even kick the tenants off their land then put the men on a chain gang if they do not begin shopping at the Wallace store. All but seven families stop ordering goods from Vicksburg. Mama feels this is not enough to hurt the Wallaces but Papa will not give up. On the next trip to Vicksburg they are ambushed. While Papa is repairing a sabotaged wagon wheel, a truck pulls up and fires--a bullet grazes his head. Then the horse rears up and pulls the wagon wheel over Papa's leg. L. T. makes short work of the men however, who turn out to be the Wallaces, breaking Dewberry Wallace's back.

After learning that Turtle has been molested, Taylor’s mind has not been calm. Lou Ann and Taylor discussed Turtle’s recovery but Lou Ann was furious. She tried to figure how to apologize to Turtle but it was hard. Taylor then said; “I couldn't sleep nights. I went to work early and left late, even when Mattie kept telling me to go home. Lou Ann took off a week from Red Hot Mama's, putting her new promotion at risk, just to stay home with Turtle. The three of them—she, Edna, and Virgie—would sit together on the front porch with the kids, making sure we all understood it was nobody's fault.” (177). It was hard for Taylor to accept the fact that Turtle got molested. She has it on her mind and it made her sleepless. Fortunately for Taylor, she has got friends by her side that can give her the support she needed. Friends like Mattie that reminds you that you have a life outside of work and that you should look after your kids to friends like Lou Ann that would risk losing a promotion to make sure your child is protected. Taylor has good support from her pals when she needs it the most. They make sure they are no cold blood between other acquaintances and help her recover from tragedies. Thus, there is a sense of community because of the support given by Taylor's

Mr. Granger told the men to give T.J. to Mr. Jamison and run down to put out the fire that could burn all of the cotton. Mr. Granger’s greediness for the land saved T.J.’s life, because though the land was the Logan’s land, he still wanted the land to regain it as Granger

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.

First of all, T.J. is untrustworthy is because he is reckless meaning he doesn’t really think or care about the consequences of an action. One example of this is that near the end of the book, he and two brothers go to a store, steal a gun, hurt a married couple,

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.

Firstly, Stacey was definitely courageous by not only daring to get revenge on the bullies, but being unafraid of doing so. He says, “I’ll show y’all how we’re going to stop that bus from splashing us.” (Taylor, 50). This shows that Stacey is unafraid to stand up and take charge himself,

Jesse's efforts to round up a posse in the town, are met with fear and anger. Some people, worried that a gunfight would damage the town, urge Jesse to avoid the fight entirely. Others are Tom's friends, and resent that Jesse sent him to jail in the first place.

The two characters both have different personalities. For example, "Stacey is blamed for cheating; he doesn't tell the teacher whose cheat notes she caught him with." (Character Foil) This shows the difference between Stacy and T.J., T.J is very lazy he doesn't like to study or even work hard. Stacy, on the other hand, is very committed and is hard working, he didn't blame the cheat notes on T.J because T.J is his friend. In addition, "Stacey tells mom that he went to the Wallace store to find T.J." (Character Foil) This explains that, even after Stacy did something really bad, he confessed it to his mother because he had guilt in what he did. T.J has gone to the Wallace store many times, he has disobeyed his parents many times but he never