Cause Of T. J's Downfall In Roll Of Thunder

Causes of T.J’s Downfall In the book Roll of Thunder, Hear my Cry a 14-year-old black boy named T.J. Audry gets himself in a lot of trouble. The story takes place in Mississippi 1933. There were many causes of T.J.’s downfall like himself, R.W. and Melvin (two white boys who pretended to be T.J.’s friends), society and racism. One reason for T.J.’s downfall could be T.J. himself. T.J. wasn't always a careful boy, especially when it came to his words. One example of his carelessness is when he said ¨I'd sell my life for this gun.¨ (Page 108) for at the end of the book he let himself be persuaded by R.W. and Melvin to take the gun. T.J. also once was cheating on a test and blamed it on his friend Stacy Logan. On top of that, he even got Stacy's Mother fired from her teaching job. Since the Logans were mad at T.J. he lost their friendship and choose bad friends (R.W. and Melvin). Even though T.J. chose to go with R.W. and Melvin, you can't blame
They believed R.W. and Melvin that T.J. was guilty without any proof at all. They called the Audrey Family names and beat them up. If the Fire in the cotton field hadn’t started, they would’ve hung the family. They are also the ones who fired Mama just because she wouldn’t sell her land back. Society and racism had a lot to do with T.J. amd his downfall (him almost getting hung and he is now in jail).
Therefore, T.J.’s downfall could have been caused by many things. Conclusion society and racism are the main reasons for T.J.’s downfall. It really did have most of the impact on T.J.’s life. It had an impact on how he acted and how others acted upon him. It was the reason T.J. got treated so badly, which lead to him falling so easily into R.W. and Melvin’s tricks, which eventually got him in jail, and now he might get put on the chain gang. Most of those thing wouldn’t have happened if it wasn’t for society and