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    the main character, Cassie goes through racist things in chapter 5 that make her feel depressed. Here are the things. Racism is still very active at this point, but there are some laws that protect, or give more rights to blacks. The white kids in the book throw rocks and mud at the blacks, and white adults are violent towards black people. Cassie experiences several incidences of racial division during her visit to Strawberry, Mississippi. Through these incidences, Cassie learns that even when

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    former friend, Cassie. Lia suffers from anorexia and Cassie suffers from bulimia and both live their life according to their mental illness. Anderson’s narrative surrounding these two girls uncovers the painful life of disordered eating and its devastating consequences. In examining this novel’s premise, the concepts surrounding emotional, somatic, and behavioral grief, self-harm/suicide, and deathbed visions are explored through Lia’s narrative and actions. Now, Lia and Cassie were best friends

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    treated unfairly. White people did not know the word ¨equal,¨ or even how to be lower than someone. That was Cassie´s everyday life. White people always tried to be higher than her. Cassie shows her community that she has courage by standing up for her brother Little Man, facing her rival Lillian Jean Simms, and helping T.J., despite his actions. Would you take a whipping for your sibling? Cassie Logan stood up for what she believed was right, even though she would get whipped. The school had just got

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    Imagine living in a world where everyone was racist and looked at you with contempt just because you were African American. Well, Cassie Logan lived in a world like this. For Cassie Logan, life is extremely unfair, as is, for every other African American it the Mississippi. But the Logans are in an entirely different situation, they have their own land. They face a lot of obstacles while fighting for justice and equality for others and themselves. In Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry, the setting in Mississippi

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    Taylor introduces Cassie Logan who has a lot of courage. Cassie was courageous because she stood up for her brother even though she knew that she would get in trouble for it, she told the worker at the Wallace store to wait on her instead of the white people, and she beat up Lillian Jean. Would you stand up for something that is not right even when you know you will get in trouble? Well Cassie Logan stood up for her little brother, Little man when he got in trouble. Cassie got whipped because

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    The Pain In Cassandra

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    Throughout the story, Cassandra was shy and quiet not saying much to other people. But all things change when she moved to her new school. One theme readers can find in this story is that change can be hard. From the beginning , You can see the pain in Cassandra eyes from leaving Texas. This problem is not only affecting Cassandra, but her best friend Tammy. Tammy and Cassandra had fun back when Cassandra used to go to North Ridge Elementary School. “Her mind flashback on those images now,

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    In the book “Roll of Thunder, Here My Cry”, by Mildred Taylor, the characters of the Logan family deals with unfairness and racism throughout the whole book. As the story progresses, Cassie, one of the main characters, faces many ordeals of racism and unfairness along side her family and many other blacks in the area. On the first day of school for Little Man, the Jefferson Davis bus drove by super fast enveloping them in a cloud of dust. “not before the bus had sped past enveloping him in a scarlet

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    very suspenseful; the main character is Cassie Sullivan and major supporting characters are Sammy (Cassie’s brother), Evan (the person who saved her life), Ben Parish (her high school crush and is in Sam’s squad) and the antagonist Vosch. The initial mood is thoughtful because Cassie is thinking about the “Others”, as everyone calls the unseen aliens, attacking the world and what if she is the only human on Earth left, what will she do. The conflict is Cassie has to survive the dreadful waves for the

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    anorexia nervosa. The girls Lia and Cassie of the ages of fourteen make on the New Year’s Eve a parole. The friends want to be the thinnest girls at the school. Cassie tries with feeding and crushing attacks to reach the goal and Lia by taking about 500 calories a day to yourself. (This calories doesn’t compliance with the daily requirement of a girl at this age.) Lia ends up very soon in the New Seasons, a clinic for eating disorders. During her second stay, Cassie breaks up her friendship and Lia

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    reasons. Another moment where the importance of family was exhibited was when Cassie was trapped under a vehicle. The situation was simple; Cassie was shot in the leg with a Silencer in the woods. (A Silencer is the name Cassie gave to the Others that killed off the last of the humans.) While she was under the vehicle considering her choices, she took into account the promise she made to Sammy, “But I had made a promise.” Cassie recalls when she told Sammy she would find him and they would be together

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