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    actions. During Roll Of Thunder Hear My Cry, Mildred Taylor has a girl named Cassie Logan, who had to stand up for her convictions during that time. Cassie shows courageous when she stood up for little Man when he asked for a new book. When she stood up for herself and took Lillian Jean in the woods. These are some things that show Cassie is courageous. Can you stand up for your brother/sister and get a whipping? Cassie was not scared of standing up for her siblings when she thought it wasn’t right

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    My Cry. Mildred D. Taylor uses Cassie Logan as an example of a young girl that must stand up for her and her family and she must stand up for her convictions despite many people against her and her family. Cassie proved her courage by standing up for her brother Little Man when he didn’t want the book, Facing Lillian Jean Simms her rival, and willing to help T.J even though his actions against her family were stuff she probably didn't want to forgive him for. Cassie actions in the book shows how

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    She Said Yes Analysis

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    The Life of Cassie Bernall The book “She Said Yes”by Misty Bernall is a story about a girl who died for believing in Christ. Cassie Bernall was born in Colorado on November 6, 1981. Cassie was a student at Columbine High School when the tragedy occurred. Cassie died on April 20, 1999 at the age of 17 by a gunshot. Cassie was claimed to be shot by two of her fellow students, Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold. Cassie showed everyone how strong of a Christian she was by answering “yes” to the question the

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    Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry, Mildred D. Taylor uses an example of a young girl named Cassie Logan , who is colored, that must stand up for her convictions despite many injustices against her and her family. Cassie proves her courage by protecting her little brother Little Man from getting in big trouble, facing her white enemy Lillian Jean Simms, and being helpful to T.J despite his actions against her family. Cassie made many choices that proved her sassiness and how outspoken she was. She loved her

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    person, fiction book about a girl trying to survive during an alien attack. The book switches from Cassie’s point of view to Zombie’s throughout the story, but always remains in first person. The main character of the book is Cassie Sullivan. In the beginning of the book Cassie explains the first, second, and third waves of the Other’s attack. She also explains that the silencers, who are aliens that look exactly like humans, have come to shoot, and annihilate the rest of the human race. The humans

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    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

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    and a human yet he trusts Cassie with all of his heart. When Evan was injured after

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    Roll Of Thunder Analysis

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    In Roll Of Thunder: Hear My Cry Cassie is a young black girl from the 1920s. When Cassie visits a big town for the first time her expectations are shattered, not only is the scenery nothing like she pictured, people gang up on her and cruelly show her “her place.” Cassie experiences several incidents of the racial division during her visit to Strawberry, Mississippi. Through these incidences, Cassie learns that as a black person she is seen as lesser than the whites and expected to act deferentially

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    habit” (138). Evan proves that not all Others are the same when he is about to kill Cassie. He is only cruel because he is ordered to kill over and over again, so much that he gets used to killing. He urges Cassie in his mind to “run, Cassie./Please run.” (142). This demonstrates that he feels remorse and does not actually want to kill Cassie, even though he was ordered to. By having second thoughts prior to killing Cassie, he shows a human characteristic of being weighed down by guilt and other emotions

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    might think you're wrong, but that is the courage you are taking. Everyone has to be courageous one point at least in their life. Cassie shows courage because of her race or color in the novel Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry by Mildred Taylor. In the 1930’s people were judged by their color of their skin, even though slavery was over. She goes to an all black school. Cassie showed intrepidity in the book when she stood up for Little Man at school, when she finally stood up to a white girl Lillian Jean

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