Segregation In Roll Of Thunder, Hear My Cry
Segregation-- we all know it. Most of us don’t like it because it makes us feel as if we aren’t wanted. In Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry, the setting was the 1930’s. Segregation back then was hard to deny.
Mr. Morrison was no exception. He was looked down up, and he wanted to improve on that. That makes him righteous, and therefore, the most admirable character in the book. All in all, Mr. Morrison stood up against white people and didn’t accept that others thought of him as a lower person because he was black. Mr. Morrison thought of himself as a normal person despite white people thinking lower of him. He carried himself the same way he would have if he were white. You know what, the whites that thought they were high and mighty had
to deal with him like that as he were their fellow peer. Such as the situation of the Wallaces and their truck. He pulled their truck without a single care. Along with other reasons, Mr. Morrison wasn’t afraid. Such as, on the night the night men came, he was outside on the porch ready to deal with them on the night they came. Mr. Morrison was prepared to take on the Night men if they decided to come over to the Logan house. In fact, Mr. Morrison was not just fearless, but prepared. Even if his preparation was a gun or if it was his mind. Finally, he was honest. Not like thoroughly honest, but he didn’t lie about the shallow issues. Mr. Morrison told Stacey that he wasn’t allowed to come to that store because of racism the day he came to the Wallace store. Mr. Morrison told the truth to Stacey straight, no cover up. That is truly admirable. Although, you may say Mr. Morrison was not admirable because he complained about his parents being killed as a result of segregation and prejudice. That’s true, but that is how everyone would react. If your parents died because of racists you would complain and get angry. That is a natural response to loved ones death along with assigning blame. All together, Mr. Morrison was fearless and honest. Fearless because he didn’t care about what the whites thought. He was also honest because he told the kids what the deal was and that’s how it has to be. So, undeniably the most admirable.
Mr. Morrison was no exception. He was looked down up, and he wanted to improve on that. That makes him righteous, and therefore, the most admirable character in the book. All in all, Mr. Morrison stood up against white people and didn’t accept that others thought of him as a lower person because he was black. Mr. Morrison thought of himself as a normal person despite white people thinking lower of him. He carried himself the same way he would have if he were white. You know what, the whites that thought they were high and mighty had
to deal with him like that as he were their fellow peer. Such as the situation of the Wallaces and their truck. He pulled their truck without a single care. Along with other reasons, Mr. Morrison wasn’t afraid. Such as, on the night the night men came, he was outside on the porch ready to deal with them on the night they came. Mr. Morrison was prepared to take on the Night men if they decided to come over to the Logan house. In fact, Mr. Morrison was not just fearless, but prepared. Even if his preparation was a gun or if it was his mind. Finally, he was honest. Not like thoroughly honest, but he didn’t lie about the shallow issues. Mr. Morrison told Stacey that he wasn’t allowed to come to that store because of racism the day he came to the Wallace store. Mr. Morrison told the truth to Stacey straight, no cover up. That is truly admirable. Although, you may say Mr. Morrison was not admirable because he complained about his parents being killed as a result of segregation and prejudice. That’s true, but that is how everyone would react. If your parents died because of racists you would complain and get angry. That is a natural response to loved ones death along with assigning blame. All together, Mr. Morrison was fearless and honest. Fearless because he didn’t care about what the whites thought. He was also honest because he told the kids what the deal was and that’s how it has to be. So, undeniably the most admirable.