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Stacey’s Courageous Acts People don't look at your race or age when you show courage but by your actions. Throughout the ups and downs of Roll of Thunder hear my cry, Mildred B. Taylor uses Stacey Logan as a young boy that has to stand up for his convictions, and for his family and friends. Stacey showed courage throughout the book when the Logan’s got revenge on the school bus, when Stacey stook up for T.J cheating, and even when he stayed and helped T.J when they weren’t friends. By those three parts in the book showed that Stacey was a very loyal, courageous, and a good person. Would you risk you and your family getting harmed? Stacey Logan put himself and his family in harm's way. You might think that wrong but he was very courageous and stood strong for his convictions. The Logan kids would set off on their way to school and every morning and afternoon the white school bus would come by and either try to hit them, or splash mud on them. Stacey and …show more content…
Stacey was a very loyal friend, even though they weren’t friends at the time, he risked his life for him. Stacey and his siblings left to walk T.J. home in the middle of the night and the night men showed up as soon as T.J. walked in his house. The night men drug T.J. and his whole family out of their house and beat them. Mr.Jamison and the sheriff came and told them not to do it on Granger’s property and tried talking them out of doing it. “Cassie you gotta get papa now, tell him what happened, I don’t think Mr.Jamison can hold em!” Stacey said to Cassie. What Stacey did was VERY courageous because the night men might have taken Stacey and could have gone up to the Logans house and did the samething to them. Again, he was a very loyal friend to T.J. and he showed a lot of courage.
Stacey standing up for T.J, getting in trouble for T.J, and getting revenge on the school bus showed a great amount of courage and that he was the most courageous

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