Jazmin Agsalud #1 Literature 7th May 12‚ 2014 Chapter 7-9 Test Roll of Thunder‚ Hear My Cry 2. The land is very important to many people. To Big Ma‚ the land represents family‚ freedom‚ and her husband’s hard work and never ending love. Big Ma’s the type of person that will do anything to keep her family’s land. Cassie is the type of person who supports and values the land because it means so much to Big Ma and the rest of the family. Cassie still does not truly understand the value of their
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Mildred Taylor’s "Roll of Thunder Hear My Cry": Hardships of The Logan Family In Mildred D. Taylor’s Roll of Thunder Hear My Cry the Logans family is faced with many different hardships‚ some more serious than other . The main character Cassie lives with her Mom‚ Dad‚ Grandmother and three brothers. The book mainly revolves around Cassie and the events that happen to her family. These events make Cassie a much stronger person and help her to understand that having land of their own is her
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The Courage of Cassie Logan The courage that Cassie shows in Roll of Thunder Hear My Cry by Mildred Taylor makes her a character the reader should appreciate and praise. This takes place in Mississippi in 1933‚ where a family of blacks are fortunate enough to be the only black family to own land. Here they have to survive through harsh events and get enough food to eat during the great depression. Here Cassie Logan‚ a nine year old girl who has to show her amount of bravery throughout the entire
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Mildred D. Taylor‚ author of “Roll of Thunder Hear My Cry‚” created an excellent book with many literary elements. Three of these elements demonstrated in the book are setting‚ point of view‚ and genre. Through these literary elements‚ Taylor creates an intriguing book which gives the readers’ insight into the life of an African American family during Great Depression when times are rough and racism is reaching its peak. Roll of Thunder Hear My Cry is set in rural Mississippi‚ 1933 during the
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In the novel Roll of Thunder‚ Hear My Cry many characters took risks the two that stick out in my head the most is of papa and TJ. TJ didn’t study for a test so he wondered his eyes about until he saw some answers on a nearby classmates answer sheet. He could of suffered the consequence of failing the test and only getting into a little trouble with his parents but he got caught cheating‚ since he was a colored child he was thrown out of school. Throughout this‚ whole novel TJ has
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Several characters in the book Roll of Thunder Hear my Cry also learn that they are like one or both of their parents. I’m capable of relating to both of my parents‚ but in my opinion‚ my dad and I have the most similarities. Over twelve years my dad and I have learned much about each other. We are capable of comparing our lives and learning from each other. I realized at a young age that we were very much alike. We had similar hobbies and ideas‚ which made me want to be just like him when I
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The great depression relates to the Roll of thunder hear my cry book in many ways. The Logan’s lived during part of the great depression and also were very affected by it. In Roll of thunder hear my cry it talks a lot about them being in rough times with money and taxes. Papa and Mama worked really hard to pay taxes and then when Mama lost her job they were in a really bad spot. They barely could afford it when they both were working. Nearly 50% of the children did not have good food‚ shelter
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Have you ever imagined what it would be like to live in the early 1900’s when there was segregation and prejudice actions towards blacks? Throughout history‚ African Americans have been dealing with discrimination and racism. In the novel Roll of Thunder‚ Hear my Cry by Mildred D. Taylor‚ and the video “Eyes on the Prize”‚ there are many similar and different struggles that they both face. During the Civil Right Movement‚ African Americans show analogous events of bigotry and determination. For starters
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Courage is not defined by age.In the book Roll of Thunder Hear my Cry‚Mildred Taylor‚had tremendous courageous characters throughout the book.I chose one specific‚and it was Cassie Logan.Courage is being able to say what you want without fear.She proved her courage by standing up with her rival lillian Jean‚and standing up with her brother Little Man.Cassie always stood up with her family and wasn’t afraid to speak out.At first she didn’t know.That people were treated unequal. BAM!Went Lillian’s
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Showing courage isn’t always the easiest thing to do‚ it requires sacrifices to do the right thing. Throughout the book‚ Roll of Thunder‚ Hear My Cry Mildred D Taylor uses Stacey as an example of a boy who shows courage‚ despite everything that is going on during this period of time. For example‚ Stacey took the cheat notes from his best friend‚ T.J. and got blamed for it. Stacey had also showed courage when he helped T.J. get back home after the Simms brothers had beat him up. One last example
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