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    Loyalty Means the Most Courage is fighting your fears so you can go above your own limitations. Throughout the book, Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry by Mildred D. Taylor, Stacey Logan is a very courageous person. He will do anything to protect her family, even if it hurts him. Stacey proves that he is courageous when he stands up for Little Man, by telling Mama that he was at the Wallaces store, and when he helps T.J. get back home. Stacey’s actions show that he wants to fight to take away segregation

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    Standing up for yourself is brave, but standing up for others to save them first is true courage. After reading Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry, written by Mildred D. Taylor, I believe that Stacey Logan was the most courageous character. He came up with a plan to stop the bus, he chased T.J. to the Wallace store, and helped the Avery family after the night men beat them. Stacey’s actions show that he’s very brave and opinionated, but also a very kind boy at heart. Firstly, Stacey was definitely courageous

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    unable to defend themselves when it came to this treatment. Cassie Logan, her friends and family had may encounters with the Aames brothers that may leave one of her good friends dead. “The Road to Memphis” was written by Mildred D. Taylor in 1990. The symbolism that Taylor includes illustrates how blacks lived in a time of segregation. In “The Road to Memphis” Stacey Logan, Cassie’s brother, purchases a car which symbolizes freedom. Most blacks at this time did not have cars because opportunities

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    How Is Cassie Courageous

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    If you have courage then you can do anything, and nothing will get in your way. Throughout the book Roll Of Thunder Hear My Cry the Author Mildred D. Taylor uses Cassie as a young person to stand up for her decisions, even though there is a lot of conflict and tension against her family. Cassie proves that she is courageous by standing up for her siblings, facing her rival Lillian Jean, and stand up for her papa when she heard out who shot him. All of these actions prove that Cassie is courageous

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    The Most Courageous Girl Courage is what is right even if others don't like it. In the novel Roll of Thunder Hear My Cry Mildred D Taylor uses Cassie as a character and she fights for what's right.The first time Cassie shows courage is protecting her brother ”Miz Crocker please don't!”I said Miz Crockers dark eyes warned me to not say another word.”I know why he done it” The second one was when she stood up to Mr. Barnett “I ain’t nobody's little n*****!”I screamed, angry and humiliated.The third

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    activist once said, “Racism is still with us. But it is up to us to prepare our children for what they have to meet, and hopefully, we shall overcome.” Little Man becomes aware with the issue of racism, and he realizes he can not let it affect him. Mildred D. Taylor’s, Roll of Thunder, Hear my Cry, depicts a story of The Logans, a black family who has to deal with the struggles of racism, and fighting for their beloved land, in the 1930’s, in Rural Mississippi. Even with all of the racism the Logan Family

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    I enjoyed reading the story The Well by Mildred D. Taylor. Although this story is rather short, I felt as though that this was a powerful read due to the theme of race and prejudice. I also enjoyed how this story discussed topics of generosity as well as themes of dishonesty and selfishness. Although the overarching theme in this story was based on social issues, I also believe there is much to gain from this very short story. I personally believe that this would be a difficult book to discuss with

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    difference. The little difference is attitude. The big difference is whether it is positive or negative.” Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry, a historical fiction novel written by Mildred D. Taylor, tells the story of a black family of seven living in the South, who face racial discrimination from their white neighbors everyday. In the story, Taylor contrasts two boys, with two very different personalities, Stacey Logan, the narrator’s responsible older brother, and T.J Avery, a rude, older friend of Stacey. The

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    cheetahs ready to learn, but without feet because they had the ability to reach high standards, but didn’t have access to a bus to take the children to school that was miles away from their homes.In the book Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry, by Mildred D. Taylor, the Logan children have to go to school that is many miles away ,even so, they still go because there education matters most to them. In the b0ok Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry Cassie states in chapter one that many kids droped out of scoll because

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    “There was a sinking feeling in my stomach and I felt as if the world had turned itself upside down with me in it” (Page 129, Taylor). The author, Mildred Taylor, of Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry has triumphed on writing the book while delivering the painful message of how African Americans were treated in the times of the Great Depression. Cassie has encountered many difficulties when having to accept the way she was treated outdoors along with all the other African-Americans in her society. In the

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