Roll Of Thunder Hear Me Cry Character Analysis

Stacey Logan Vs. T.J. Avery
According to Dictionary.com, the definition of frenemy is a person that is friendly towards another because the relationship brings benefits but harbors feelings of resentment. The novel, Roll of Thunder, Hear my Cry by Mildred D. Taylor, a family is struggling with financial issues in the south in 1933. T.J Avery and Stacey Logan are both boys who are twelve and thirteen years old in the book. They have similarities and differences in the categories of honesty, personality and financial issues. Each category shows how they are alike, but yet at the same time different. One of the categories where they are completely different is honesty.
T.J. and Stacey vary in different parts of the novel in honesty. One area
Avery and Stacey Logan were completely different with a few similarities. One of the categories where they had similarities and differences was in their financial lives. Stacey grew with more blessings. He was fortunate enough to have a father with a job and to have a successful cotton farm. One night Papa says to Stacey, “You were born blessed, boy. with land of your own. If you hadn't been, you'd cry out for it while you try to survive…” (205). When Papa states this, he is trying to explain to his child that he is blessed, and should not be worried. On the other hand, T.J. is poor, as the text states, “Neither boy has on shoes, and their Sunday clothing, patched and worn, hung loosely upon the frail frames” (8). Taylor is describing how T.J. and his brother Claude were less fortunate in the way they dressed. Both Stacey and T.J. had a similarities with their financial struggles as well, and not just differences. Each of the boys families had something to do with the Granger family. The Logan family, had bought a few acres of Granger land years before, and in present times in the book were paying the taxes on it. “If you remember nothing else in your whole life, Cassie girl, remember this: We ain't never gonna lose this land.” (152). At this point in the story, Papa is telling Stacey's younger sister to not be worried, because they will always maintain this land and not go into debt. The Averys also work with the Grangers. They are sharecroppers for them. Back in 1933, when the book took place, those who were sharecroppers typically did not have much money and went into debt. “I`m gonna be hard put to pay that debt in Vicksburg” (203). At this point in the book, Mr. Avery is explaining to Papa how if they move to Vicksburg it would still be hard on everyone. In the financial struggles, Stacey and T.J. each had struggles, but yet in personality and honesty, they were completely