Courage was a theme that was shown many times in this story. Cassie once defended Little Man when he found something offensive in a book because she was willing to get punished for equality. “I started slowly toward my desk, but as the hickory stick sliced the tense air, I turned back around. “Miz. Crocker,” I said, “I don’t want my book neither”” Cassie was standing up for something she knew was risky to speak against. When the Logan
Courage was a theme that was shown many times in this story. Cassie once defended Little Man when he found something offensive in a book because she was willing to get punished for equality. “I started slowly toward my desk, but as the hickory stick sliced the tense air, I turned back around. “Miz. Crocker,” I said, “I don’t want my book neither”” Cassie was standing up for something she knew was risky to speak against. When the Logan