Character Analysis Of Cassie In Roll Of Thunder, Hear My Cry

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Standing up for what you believe in will help you throughout many situations. Cassie, from Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry by Mildred D. Taylor, was the most courageous character in my opinion. She showed she could stand up for what she believed in by showing she was courageous and standing up for her family. Throughout the book Cassie showed she was a sassy and outspoken girl who loved her family. Cassie proves her courage by standing up for Little Man, taking back to Mr. Barnett at the mercantile, and helping T.J. when she knew she would get in trouble. Are you willing to take a whipping even though you know you were doing the right thing? Cassie and her brother, Little Man, got a whipping because they were standing up for what they knew was …show more content…

Cassie and her brother, Little Man, got a whipping because they were standing up for what they knew was right. “Sitting so close to the desk, I could see that the covers of the books, a motley read, were badly worn and that the gray edges of the pages had been marred by pencils, crayons, and ink.” (Taylor, 21) Cassie knew the books were very old books from the white schools. Cassie and her brother saw what the whites called them and they got mad about it, so the teacher, Miss. Crocker, gave them both a whippings. “The switch landed hard on Little Man’s upturned bottom. Cassie knew she would get in trouble for helping him, but she helped him anyway. “Everything. I poured out everything. About T.J.’s breaking into the mercantile with the Simses, about his coming in the night fleeing the Simses, about the coming of the night men and what they had done to the Averys. About Mr. Jamison and the threat of the men to come to the house to get him and Mr. Morrison.” (Taylor, 258) Cassie knew she would get in trouble for sneaking out to go help T.J. but she had to tell her dad what happened so T.J. wouldn’t die. “What happened to T.J. in the night I did not understand, but I knew that it would not pass. And I cried for those things which had happened in the night and would not pass. I cried for those things which had happened in the night and would not pass. I cried for T.J. For T.J. and the land.” (Taylor, 276) Cassie knew T.J. would die, but she knew she helped as much as she could. She knew she was

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