ipl-logo

Roll Of Thunder Hear My Cry Character Analysis

1071 Words5 Pages

In the novel, Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry, Stacey 's perspective of his friendships with T.J Avery and Jeremy Simms, affects the decisions Stacey decides to make in Chapter 7. Stacey finally, finally, realizes that Jeremy Simms could, and probably would be a better friend than T.J Avery, but is aware of what is going on racially between whites and blacks. I believe that Stacey knows, just how much stuff he lets T.J get away with but, just can 't seem to confront him about the behaviors he is showing and displaying to him, and his family members. Stacey is now conscious of how hurtful T.J Avery can be, but we see he continues to be his "best" friend throughout Chapter 7. For example, in Chapter 1, T.J. makes fun of Little Man when Little Man is …show more content…

would never admit to the notes being his. His mother, right then and there, whipped him and failed T.J and him on the test. This shows that Stacey is willing to sacrifice getting whipped by his own mom, just to keep and maintain his "best friend" friendship with T.J. To add on, in Chapter 7, Jeremy comes over to the Logan 's House on Christmas Evening. Jeremy proceeds to give Stacey a flute, that Stacey accepts awkwardly. After Jeremy leaves, Stacey asks Papa why Jeremy gave him the flute, and that he gave Jeremy nothing. Papa says, "maybe you did give him something". But, Stacey immediately says, no, Papa., I ain 't never given him anything '. Papa says back, not even your friendship! Stacey says that he hasn 't really given Jeremy his friendship and that he 's just a crazy kid that walks to school with them. Papa thinks that Stacey truly, truly, likes Jeremy. Stacey thinks and says that he told Jeremy he didn 't want him walking with them, but he keeps on anyway and the white kids laugh at him because he does. But, Jeremy doesn 't seem to let it bother him at all and Stacey shows that he likes him. He asks Papa if that is wrong, or fallacious. Papa said it wasn 't wrong, and

Show More
Related
474 Words | 2 Pages

Joetta is performing in the children’s choir but after wards kenny goes home with his Mom and Dad and Byron. While Joetta stays with the children’s choir. They hear a huge loud explosion and Mom and Dad run to the church. Byron follows and tell Kenny to stay at the house. But Kenny does not listen.

Read More
622 Words | 3 Pages

Sam feels that he needs to protect his girlfriend, Maxie, so he can show her that he is brave and strong. However, Sam’s only motivation is to get Maxie to like him, which is not very mature, thus meaning he is not really an adult yet. When Sam’s father, Mr. Roland Childs, is stabbed in

Read More
208 Words | 1 Pages

In the book Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry, written by Mildred D. Taylor, one of figurative language examples of personification, “The thunder was creeping closer now, rolling angrily over the forest depths and bringing lightning with it” (Taylor 250), affects the rest of the story in many different ways. To begin, in this novel, the thunder represents racism, so whenever thunder occurs, readers can assume that something racist is occurring as well. When the thunder occurs, the story tends to have a dark, sad, or worried mood contributed to it. In this personification, T.J. is getting dropped off at his house, but at the same time, when the thunder strikes, the white men are coming to T.J.’s abode to take kill T.J. Furthermore, the white men

Read More
1181 Words | 5 Pages

“(page 49). This shows that Jeremy feels at least some compassion for Stacey and his well being and that he cares enough about the situation to even want to know more about it. Furthermore, this displays just how supportive Jeremy is as he does not remain silent when he realizes that his race is the cause of the torment towards the Logan children and how he remains to follow his new acquaintances even if it means that he is forcibly loathed by others in the process. Once again, in the novel, Jeremy gives a thoughtful apology by giving a gift when he realizes that he was wrong for not standing up for Cassie when she had been forced to apologize for an incident not being her fault by Jeremy father, Mr. Simms. According to the text, “Jeremy, who had heard, flushed a deep red and quickly handed Mama a small burlap bag.

Read More
939 Words | 4 Pages

Stacey’s friendship with T.J. is strong. Stacey and T.J. sometimes get in fights, but by the end of the day they’re best friends. For example, T.J. was cheating on the history test with his cheat notes. Then, he saw Mrs. Logan coming so he slipped them into Stacey’s pocket.

Read More
933 Words | 4 Pages

Cassie is the main character in Mildred D. Taylor’s story “Roll of Thunder Hear My Cry”. She is a smart, curious 9 year old. As time goes on, Cassie and her family learn many lessons throughout the book. We can see her grow and get a better understanding of how blacks were treated during the 1930’s. Cassie has many racist moments that occur to her, angering her and her family.

Read More
808 Words | 4 Pages

The novel Roll Of Thunder Hear My Cry by Mildred D. Taylor is a heart wrenching story about an African American family going through very difficult times. Through many twists and turns racism, the Logan children learn what it's like in the cruel world outside their protected farmland. By sticking together as a family, Taylor shows how important a strong family relationship is. Had they not stuck together during these times they may not have made it through. In the end Mildred shows how when everyone works together, obstacles could be overcome.

Read More
743 Words | 3 Pages

While Keith’s actions do not directly affect Lauren’s relationships, the pieces of insight Lauren takes from Keith do. This is evident after Keith runs away from home as it creates tumult in the family. Lauren’s disapproval of this agitation inflicted on their parents forces her to reevaluate her plan of leaving the community as well. The emotional turmoil between her mother Cory’s persistent accusations and the Reverend’s desire to move forward as a family forms a division in the household. In this conflict, Lauren sides with her father and the differences between the two begin to dissipate as similar ideologies spawn.

Read More
837 Words | 4 Pages

But, it was not until the airing of one very emotional episode titled, “Papa’s got a brand new excuse.” In this episode Smith’s father comes to visit him after a 14 year absent and promises to spend as much time with him before the summer ends. Of course Smith was beyond excited until his “father” makes yet another excuse. After been stood up for what seemed like 100th time, Smith confides in his Uncle Phil, “how come he don’t want me man?” The amount of emphasis on the emotion in his voice and the tears that rolled down his face sent chills down everyone’s spine.

Read More
1175 Words | 5 Pages

Thomas Aquinas once said, “There is nothing on this earth more to be prized than true friendship.” In the novel, Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry by Mildred Taylor, Stacey should choose T.J as his friend. T.J would make the better friend because it is socially acceptable, he is able to give important information and finally because Jeremy's family has the power to falsely accuse Stacey of a crime. T.J is a much better choice for a friend because it is socially acceptable by the community. It is Christmas and Jeremy has just come to visit and papa is talking to Stacey about Jeremy and T.J.

Read More
710 Words | 3 Pages

Stacey stayed back in the wagon while Mr. Morrison wanted to make things right. He went over to the boy and picked him up and threw him on the ground. This made the boy break his back! Since he could not move the Logan boys were able to get home safely because of Mr. Morrisons bravery. “I seen Mr. Morrison pick up one of them men like he wasn't nothin but

Read More
1511 Words | 7 Pages

They did have their disagreements but she would always be a daddy’s girl and he promised to always take care of her, “‘Don’t you worry,’ Dad said. ‘You leave that to me. Don’t I always take care of you?’” (Walls

Read More
1519 Words | 7 Pages

They meet with their neighbor, The Witch, who tells them that she has cursed their family tree to never be able to have a child again. They are appalled by this and decided to make a deal with her. She says that they need to

Read More
379 Words | 2 Pages

" Valence claimed to have sent the boys home angrily. “Marcia and I were enjoying our night when a friend of Ponyboy’s began chatting us up in a very rude manner. Ponyboy and Johnny stuck up for us. They were very chivalrous,

Read More
292 Words | 2 Pages

I am interested in their mission, which is to educate families about personal finance and help families to build a solid financial future. Being a financial advisor, I would be given the opportunity to learn how to manage money and help families to choose the right financial products out of a broad range of solutions that would maximize their return on those investments. I would be given an opportunity to work closely with the Marketing Communications Manager and team to assist in the implementation of marketing activities. This would help me in terms of gaining experience in marketing industry, developing relevant skills, making connections, and strengthening my resume.

Read More

More about Roll Of Thunder Hear My Cry Character Analysis

Related Topics

Open Document