Song Of The Trees Analysis

Stand Has there ever been a time where you said something you believed in but were shut down because of it? Did you fight or back down? In the story Song of the Trees by Mildred T. Taylor, there is a girl and her family who strongly believe that the trees shouldn’t be cut down by white men. The white men of course don’t care that it isn’t their land, or that it is her family's land. Everyone should stand for what they believe. People may not listen until someone fights. “”I won’t let him cut them,” I threatened. “I won’t let him! The trees are my friends and ain’t no mean ole white man gonna touch my trees….”” (Taylor 35) When Cassie and her siblings overheard Mr. Andersen and Tom talking, they were in the woods. As they came out of the woods, Mr. Andersen was talking and negotiating with Big Ma and her mom. “No Big Ma!” I cried, leaping onto the porch. “You can’t let him cut our trees!” Cassie fought with her Big Ma, her mom, and Andersen until she was forced to leave. Her brother Stacey was sent to retrieve Papa. A few days later, nearing the close of the
After the talk involving the black box, Papa, and Mr. Andersen, “Mr. Andersen opened his mouth to speak but no sound came out. Tom and the lumberman were quietly moving away, putting their gear in the empty lumber wagons. Mr. Andersen looked again at the black box. Finally, his face ashen, he too walked away.” (Taylor 40) After Andersen left their house, Cassie and Stacey walked outside to sit on the porch. “We at there in the heat of the quiet room, listening miserably as the first whack of an ax echoed against the trees. When Cassie first saw her dad arrive, they were about to be hit with Mr. Andersen belt. After that, Stacey was ordered to take them away from the forest. They came back to see their Papa with his hands firmly gripping a T shaped handle like thing. Their Papa was trying to convince Andersen to leave and he had no idea if he would have to resort to the