T. Jeremy And Amy's Relationship

Stacy’s perspective of his friendships with T.J. and Jeremy affects the decisions he makes in Chapter Seven. Stacy lets T.J. gets away with so much because Stacy believes that it is his duty to be nice to T.J. because he is T.J.’s friend. I believe that Stacy thinks that T.J. is a good kid and friend deep down. T.J. tries to cheat on Mrs. Logan’s test with cards but slips them to Stay when he sees Mrs. Logan coming toward him. Stacy does not see his mom when he takes the cheat cards. Mrs. Logan catches Stacy with the cheat notes and whips Stacy. In addition to whipping Stacy, Mrs. Logan also flunkeds him. T.J. does not confess and Stacey does not tell his mom. After school, Stacy beats up T.J. , and the next day they are best friends again. Jeremy Simms is a white boy about
Instead, Jeremy waits for the Logan kids, T.J. , and Claude everyday, no matter what the weather. Jeremy also gets red welts from the other white kids because he walks and talks with black people. When Cassie runs into Lillian Jean in Strawberry, Jeremy stood up for Cassie telling his father that Cassie already apologized to Lillian Jean. I think that Stacy respects Jeremy because he waits for them everyday no matter what, Jeremy also wants to be friends with Stacy. I also think that Stacy wants to be friends with Jeremy but he can’t because Jeremy is white. Moreover, on Christmas day Jeremy walked to the Logan plantation without his parents knowing. He gave the Logans some nuts. He also gave Stacy a homemade wooden flute that he made himself. Jeremy wants to have a sincere friendship with the Logan family. The friendship that Jeremy wants is so dangerous because Jeremy is a white boy and the Logans are African Americans. Jeremy’s father is also the man who shoved Cassie into the road in Strawberry. Since Mr. Simms believes that whites are better than blacks, he won’t allow Jeremy to become friends with African Americans. Stacy has a different perspective with his