Roll Of Thunder Hear My Cry Courage Quotes

Courage. Courage is when you stand up for something or someone around is being treated unfairly. In Mildred Taylor’s book, Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry the character Stacey has to show courage. Stacey is the oldest Logan child, and feels that he has to be the man of the house because Papa ain't there. The book takes place in the 1930s in the south. The Logan family are African American. Stacey had to show courage when he took the blame for the cheat notes T.J. made, when he planned for the bus, and when he stayed when the night men came for T.J.. Would you take the blame for a friend? Stacey showed courage when he took the blame for the cheat notes that T.J. made and passed to him. T.J. was trying to pass the 7th grade again. Stacey was coming

T.J. came to the Logan’s house hurt. He tells them that R.W. and Melvin, T.J.’s white “friends” said they would get him anything. T.J. wanted a pearl handled pistol, so R.W. and Melvin told him that they would get it for him. They went to Strawberry and broke into the store. The owner and his wife came and tried to stop them from taking it but they beat them up, and the man died of his wounds. The woman saw T.J., and the other two, but they were wearing masks so she thought they were three black boys. Stacey, Cassie, Christopher John, and Little Man took him home. At first, Stacey tried to tell the others to stay, because it would be dangerous, but couldn’t convince them. They got T.J. home, but then the night men came. They pulled T.J.’s family out and T.J. to. They hurt T.J. even more. Stacey told the others to get the adults, and he would stay. The night men wanted to Stacey to. They thought that Stacey was one of the other boys who helped break into the store. “Then why don’t we go somewhere else? I say what we oughta do is take him on down the road and take care of that big black giant of a n***** at the same time!” And why not that boy he working for too?” yelled Thruston “Stacey!” I gasped” (Taylor, 194 ) “You come too.” No I’ll wait here” (Taylor, 194) Stacey stayed and waited for the others to bring the adults, while he stayed. He put himself at risk, but made the others not be at risk. He still cared about T.J. even after all the bad things T.J. had done to him and his family. Stacey could've been killed, and the others could of been to, so he stayed. Him being there also made Papa need to come, so Stacey used himself to ensure T.J.’s