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Prompt 2: The Character Growth of Stacey Logan

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Prompt 2: The Character Growth of Stacey Logan

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Stacey Logan is a very significant character in the book Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry by Mildred DeLois Taylor. He’s shown resilience, leadership, and understanding throughout chapters one through six. For example, he came up with the plan to dig the ditch and damage the white school’s bus and led his siblings to get revenge. He understood how even though Mr. Barnett at Strawberry was being very racist to Cassie, it wasn’t smart to openly act against it. “Come on, Cassie, let’s get out of here,” Stacey says to Cassie on page 84. Though it’s clear he strongly disagrees with Mr. Barnett, he knows it’s not a good idea to publicly stand up and drags Cassie out of the store.

Furthermore, Stacey doesn’t say anything about the day in Strawberry to Uncle Hammer, in contrast to Cassie, Little Man, and Christopher-John. “I don’t recall [Stacey’s] mouth working so hard, do you?” Mama says to Cassie after Stacey had kept quiet to Uncle Hammer on page 94. This shows how Stacey has incredible self-control at a young age of twelve.

While Stacey has demonstrated great self-control, he also has good leadership skills. In chapter three of the book, Stacey comes up with a plan to exact revenge on the white school’s bus, whose driver had humiliated them. He worked with his siblings to dig a large ditch, which would later be filled with water, that would cause the bus to crash when it was driven into it. “Cassie, you start digging over there on that side of the road across from me ... Christopher-John, you and Little Man start scooping out mud from the middle of the road,” Stacey confidently commands his siblings on page 38. Stacey understands how to let his siblings listen to him. He leads them to completing his plan, which was later successful, as the bus had crashed into the water-filled ditch and so needed two weeks for repairs. This chapter demonstrates Stacey’s confident leadership skills and highlights his maturity.

Stacey Logan has many positive traits that make him an admirable character in Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry. As the oldest child in the Logan family, he’s proven his self-control, understanding, confidence, and leadership as a mature twelve-year-old. His strength through the chapters is inspiring, especially during the dark times of the 1930s. Events in the book, like digging the ditch, protecting Cassie, and staying quiet towards Uncle Hammer, prove that he is a character to be admired. “I’ll show y’all how we’re gonna stop that bus from splashing us,” Stacey tells his siblings on page 37. This shows his never-ending determination and strong will, making him a truly inspirational character.

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Theme of Injustice. By Atticus.

Injustice still exists, even though it isn't as obvious. Back when Cassie and Roll of Thunder Hear My Cry, racism was at its peak.

The school bus incident was a very important event in the book. It shows that people are willing to do anything to get their way and that they didn't see black people as actual people. As little Man says, "White ain't nothin!" Cassie says that she wasn't expecting the school bus to try and make them just into the bank or die. They respond by secretly digging a hole so that when the bus comes, it falls into the hole and breaks down. Meaning the white kids have to walk to and from school for a couple weeks. "We were prepared for school, but we were not for the Jefferson Davis school bus, which me considered its most formidable weapon against us." Says Cassie.

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There are many things that are similar between the book and today. People die a lot in the book but that's the same today. Many people have died from many causes like fire, but it has happened today as well. Racism is still a big thing today, but it is not as bad as the book or 100-200 years ago. Most people today who are being racist do it online but, in the book, and the past you could do it in public and no one would do anything. So, racism was extremely bad in the book and the past.

There are still many other things I can talk about but let's talk about inequality in the book. The inequality in the book is bad from the amount of racism the black people get. So, when the white people attack the black people and if the black people retaliate the black people would be the ones to get the punishment. Even if a black person commits a crime, it is far worth than if a white person did it. So, if a black person commits a crime without being caught, they will have to fear that they would get caught because if they do, they would be killed. So, the equality is very bad.

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Prompt 1: Injustice in Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry

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Prompt 1: Injustice in Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry

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In Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry, there is an injustice when Mr. Barnett made Cassie, Stacey, and T.J. wait for him to serve White people before serving them. When Cassie confronts him, Mr. Barnett uses offensive language and asks who Cassie belongs to. Then Mr. Barnett tells Cassie to leave and orders Stacey to take Cassie home and not come back "Till yo' mammy teach her what she is." T.J. does not leave with Cassie and Stacey, and Stacey says that he doesn't because "He knows exactly how to act." Stacey then decides to see what is holding their grandmother up and leaves Cassie. Cassie then walks along the sidewalk and tries to understand why Mr. Barnett was mean to her.

While Cassie is walking, the sister of her White friend Jeremy bumps into Cassie. This girl, Lillian Jean, makes Cassie apologize. When Cassie apologizes, Lillian Jean says that an apology is not enough and that Cassie should get down in the street so she doesn't bump into other White people. Cassie tells Lillian Jean that if she is so scared then she should walk in the street. Cassie then tries to walk away but Lillian Jean was about to push Cassie into the street. The Lillian Jean's father makes Cassie apologize to Lillian Jean again.

The racism and injustice felt and experienced by the Black characters in Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry, is the same kind of racism that was felt in real life. The sorrows of many people can be heard even today. Roll of Thunder, Hear my Cry reflects the shame that was put on people of color in the 20th century. These stories remind us of why it is so important to have a fair justice system. The attacks on Cassie in Strawberry are lessons of the racial injustice in the South in the nineteen hundreds.

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In the 1930s, even decades after slavery ended, racism still persists. In Roll of Thunder, Heary My Cry, many children, such as the Logan family, experience the terrors of racism. In the first chapter, we already see how black children are discriminated by the quality of the books they use, with Cassie's even containing inappropriate slurs and words.

In paragraph 2, the Logans learn how John Henry Berry died of his burns, which greatly saddens everyone. More injustice is shown when the white bus driver purposely splashes the Logan children with mud just for the amusement of the white children. Although they do get revenge, even that almost results in a lynching.

In paragraph 5, we See Cassie being treated terribly at the Strawberry market when she is yelled at by the clerk while reminding him that they were there first. Furthermore, she gets pushed out into the street by Lillian Jean and her father just because she accidentally bumped into her.

Cassie doesn't understand everything that's going on yet, or how sever it is, but she knows one thing—the way she's treated just because of her skin color is unfair. She retaliates at being treated this way, and it inspires us to stand up for ourselves.

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One of the characters in "Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry" with a very strong personality is Little Man, Cassie's youngest brother. Little Man, whose real name is Clayton Chester Logan, has shown much growth in his personality and his understanding of the world he lives in throughout the book so far. Most importantly, he has learned how to deal with some of the racism in his time.

In ROTHMC, Little Man is just beginning his school life. He is meticulous and careful, not wanting to get a speck of dirt on his clothes as the Logans trudge towards Great Faith Elementary School. Little Man cannot wait to get started learning. However, when a white school bus races by and sprays the Logans with dirt, his entire day is practically ruined. This is the first time Little Man encounters serious racism and his understanding of it develops.

In school, Little Man further sees the gravity of racism when he sees that their books are the old and decrepit ones that the white children won't use anymore. He becomes enraged and essentially crashes out, stomping on the ground in anger. Even worse, he only gets a whipping as a punishment. Mama does her best to comfort Little Man and fixes up the books, but I think she wants him to get a taste of reality.

Although it was terrible to experience racism, it is very important for Little Man to gain an understanding of the real world away from the safe confines of his home.

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Injustice is a very common occurrence in the 1930s for the Logan family and these unfair displays make them struggle.

An example of injustice in Roll of Tunder Hear My Cry is the events that occurred in strawberry. Big Ma had to set up shop in the back of the market far away from the entrance. Cassie was annoyed because it was so far away but Big Ma told her the white people were there. This taught Cassie how white people get mor privileges than people of color because there white. This reveals how unfairly blacks people were treated.

Another event that happened in Strawberry that was unjust was how Mr. Barnett treated Cassie. He served the white people first and then left to take a call and when Cassie spoke up, he lashed out at her yelling "Who's little N***** is this?!" in front of the whole crowd. This vulgar display humiliated Cassie and when Stacey tried to separate her from the situation she bumped into Lillian Jean. Lillian Jean Demanded an apology and even after Cassie had apologized, she still wanted her to get down on her knees and beg. The request was incredibly unfair. When Cassie tried to defend herself, he was shoved down by Lillian Jean's dad. She was then forced to apologize. These events showed Cassie the cruel realities of racial injustice and how unfair the system was back then.

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The Logan family and other black families during the 1930's were treated unfairly. They had to work for money and needed multiple jobs because they were paid less than white people. That was one of the many injustices that they had to face. Some of them were burnt. Some were given cheap things and forced to walk on the road. The last thing was that they had to do awful things because they were forced to by white people.

In chapter 2, the white people burnt the Berrys. The 3 were John henry berry who died, Samuel Berry, who was the one who tried to stop them, and Beacon Berry who was badly injured. When Henritta tried to tell the police, they said that she was lying. They had to be resilient so they told people not to shop at the Wallace store. They were also resilient because they had to face that injustice.

In chapters 2-3, the Logan kids and the Avery kids(T.J and Claude) were forced to walk because the education department was white and they didn't give buses to them. The driver tried to run them over for the white kids' entertainment. This was one of the injustices. They decided to be resilient and take revenge. They planed a prank where they got shovels and dug a little ditch so the bus got stuck. It rained and the 12 foot lake looked like any other puddle. Because of this, the bus broke for 2 weeks and they were happy because they were resilient.

So, in conclusion, they ways they showed they were resilient. The first one was that they told people not to shop at the Wallace store because it was bad. The second one was that they rebelled against the bus because it was unfair. People were worse and were more racist back then but the black people were stronger. They made speeches. Thus giving them equality after about 3000 years.

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Do you think that the world we live in is fair to all? Do you think that people are treated equally if they are black? Do you think that people that are black should be discriminated against? We will be exploring the inequality in Roll of Thunder Hear My Cry. We will see how white people looked down to black people and how it made the white people feel and how it made the black people feel. And how both the white and black people fought back. Let's see what both sides did and how white people made black people feel less than when all people are equal.

In the book there are many ways that white people discriminate against them Berry family and almost every black family in the book. In the story the Berrys were looked down upon by white people. We know how this made the Berrys feel, it made Cassie feel sad when she had to apologize to someone that she did nothing wrong to, it made uncle Hammer really angry when Cassie told him that she was thrown in to the street. We know that the Berrys were not happy with this treatment because of how they acted. The adults wanted to do something about the inequality and racism, especially uncle hammer, but most of the adults know better and know that if they fight back or show the slightest rudeness, they will get punished. There is defiantly not as much prejudice towards those who are different, but there is still a lot so we should not stop fighting until it is completely gone.✊

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There are many injustices within the book, but one of the worst is the actions of the Wallaces. They are incredibly racist people, who have been very violent. Many know about this but still shop at their store for convenience and credit. Though less practical, the Logans instead shop in Vicksburg. Yet, they are still mistreated at the store and by the Wallace "night riders". I will go more into depth about the racism of the Wallaces, and how the Logan family has to deal with it.

Throughout the first few chapters, there are multiple mentionings of night riders, the burning of the Berrys, and the tarring and feathering of Mr. Tatum. In the first chapter, the Berrys were mentioned by T.J, and in the second by people at church. Though it didn't make sense at the time, Papa was trying to tell Cassie and her brothers to not buy anything from the Wallace store. It does turn out that the night riders burning innocent African Americans were the Wallaces. The Wallaces are not only violently racist, but casually as well, to their customers and basically anyone who is Black. They insult Cassie, her brothers, and T.J, when they enter the store. They call them slurs and talk about them "stepping out of line".

Now, in what ways does all of this effect Cassie and her siblings? First of all, when they break the bus, the Wallace night riders search around near their house in a caravan of cars. This is enough to scare Big Ma and Mr. Morrison into checking around the house with guns. The Logan family also visits the Berrys, victims of the Wallaces' racism, who are so unwell and hurt that they cannot speak. Their family decides to make good choices about the Wallaces, as they don't shop at the store. They also go around and try to get others to boycott the store, and shop at Vicksburg or the market in Strawberry instead. Their father also makes it clear that Cassie and her brothers to not go near or in the store, as to protect them. Yet, the Wallace family is still only one injustice that affects the Logan family and their well-being.

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Today there is still racism but back then with the Logan family it as 100 times worse.

The Logan family has faced many challenges throughout their lives. One challenge was the books at school where in the inside front cover of the book was something very racist. The chart for the condition would go from new to excellent to very good and so on all the way down to very poor, next to all the conditions were the race of the students and all where white until the last one with very poor and next to it says the n word. This shows that they are treated very bad and not only because of what it said in the book but also the fact that they won't give them any books until they are in very poor condition. When little man saw this, he got very mad, and he threw the book on the ground and stomped on it. When this happened Miss Crocker got very angry.

Another challenge was the school bus incident. When the Logans walk to school there was a school bis only for white kids. When it would drive by the driver tries to entertain the white kids' by spraying the Logans with mud. This shows that they think of themselves as higher because they are white. Then the bus was coming right at them, and they had no choice but to jump into the bank and get all muddy. After the Logan children dug a hole on the street and filled it with water to make it looks like there wasn't a hole, but that night it rained, and the hole became a small lake. The next day once the bus cam the driver speeds up and almost got flipped over from the hole in the road, and now because the bus is stuck in the ditch and the bus is broken the white kids have to walk to school from now on, until the bus is fixed. This shows that the logan family stood up for themselves and the white kids got what they deserved.

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Cassie Logan, from Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry by Mildred D. Taylor, has shown much character growth in chapters 1-6. Cassie Logan is a nine-year-old girl whom has 3 brothers. Her personality is that she is bold and not afraid to stand up for herself. For example, in chapter one, Cassie shows her teacher what's written in her book. She says to her teacher, "S-see what thy called us,". This quote/sentence proves her personality.

Furthermore, Cassie believes that everyone should be treated equally. In the begging/beginning middle, Cassie doesn't exactly know why she is treated unequally. She also is unaware of what consequences will a wait her is she does speak up and stands up for herself. For example, when Cassie was in Strawberry, she accidentally bumps into Lillian Jean. Cassie refuses to apologize and stands up for herself. In this moment, Cassie is unaware of what trouble she could get into. Eventually, she is forced to apologize not knowing why she had to.

In the middle of the book, Cassie learns why she can't stand up for herself and what consequences will follow if she does. She learns this because of Big Ma telling her after their day in Strawberry. To conclude, Cassie shows character growth through out the story by developing more knowingness of her history and why there are many inequalities. Therefore, she changed how much she knew and a little bit of how she acted.

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The Growth of Stacey Throughout the Book

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The Growth of Stacey Throughout the Book

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It is the 1930s. A nearby school building in bad condition full of children who are unjustly treated, treated like second-class citizens is echoing with the words of the pledge of allegiance. "With liberty and justice for all." Later, in the 1940s, Those same words ring through the Japanese internment camps made to keep Japanese people locked in these prisons. Those words still are recited by students today. But those words are obviously lies. Just knowing the places that they are recited show you that. And the children reciting them know that and hate that. In the fictional story Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry, these children are not understanding and only know that life is unfair and that they want to stop this. But the adults know that if they try to stop it, it will backlash out at them extremely. One of the children, Stacey, is originally like these other children, but grows more mature. He goes from planning pranks on the white driver that bullies them to understanding and managing his younger siblings.

Earlier in this book, Stacey is framed for cheating and goes to a place he is forbidden to just to fight the kid who framed him. But just soon after, he is picked up by Mr. Morrison, a guardian, and decides to confess himself and grows into a more understanding person. He understands more how the world around him is. He is wizened by his experiences and people in his life. He gains understanding of how his world works and the consequences of his actions. He becomes more cool-headed and composed while also knowing what to do better. Through this journey, Stacey realizes more, and gains more understanding.