Through the book, Roll of Thunder, Hear my Cry, Mildred Taylor put Cassie Logan through hard times, but Cassie never gave up. Cassie shows courage by standing up to her rival Lillian Jean, and she also stood up against the teacher. Through these actions she shows that she is sassy and outspoken girl. This was during the time when white controlled the black, and kind of ruled them. Do you have courage to stand up against your bitter rival? Well Cassie Logan had enough courage because she stood up to Lillian jean Simms. The rivalry started when Lillian Jean made Cassie call her Mrs. Lillian Jean, but Cassie did not beut Mr. Simms pushed her and made her say Mrs. Lillian Jean. Then Cassie came up with a pla. To trick Lillian Jean. SHe acted nice then took her to the woods to throw her books and beat her up. After that Lillian Jean never messed with Cassie again. So if you have courage you can stand up to any rival. “You do that. If you do i will tell the secret” (pg 181 Taylor) …show more content…
That is what happened to Cassed at the end of this argument between Mrs. Crocker and Cassie.It started when Little Man did not want his book. Then Cassie decided to say it to,”I don’t want my book neither,” said Cassie.(Taylor pg 27) After that , Cassie and Little Man got a
Courage is an attribute that someone has when they stand up for what they believe in. In the novel, Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry, by Mildred D. Taylor, Cassie shows some acts of courage. Cassie faces some challenges and she handles them in different ways. Cassie shows courage by standing up for Little Man, volunteering to be splashed by the bus for revenge, and standing up to Lillian Jean. I think that she did the right thing when she stood up for Little Man. She was trying to make things right.
Courage is having to stand up for people who are being treated unfairly or if they have different skin color. In Mildred Taylor’s book Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry, Stacey has to show courage by standing up for his friends and family. Stacey is a seventh grader at Great Faith Elementary School and is the oldest Logan kid. When Papa is gone, he feels like he needs to be the man of the house and watch out for his younger siblings. Stacey had to show courage when he helped Little Man get back on the bus, took the blame for the cheat notes, and took T.J. home when he was injured.
...of you with all her deepest opinions about every event the book contained. Cassie, as an innocent rose, was naive until the day she has experienced racism, or as the day where the innocent rose has grown thrones. Her innocence was gone as she stated that that day was the worst day of her entire life. Cassie hasn’t understood many things of why they had to live differently than others, of why Mr. Simms and other whites treated her the way they did, she hasn’t completely understood all that until the day where Mama was faced with no choice, but to explain it to her. Cassie sneaking and attentively listening to conversations she wasn’t supposed to hear provided the readers with additional information and informed readers how hard times where for the family.
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.
Courage is an act of sacrifice that allows you to face danger without showing fear. A time he showed courage was when he threw the first punch at the rumble between the Greasers and Socs. He threw the first punch for pride, he threw it for loyalty, but he was courageous while doing so. As Ponyboy stated on page 142, "... He was ashamed to be on our side..." It took a lot of courage to throw the first punch being on a side you were ashamed of being on. He was ashamed because the person he punched was what he could've been and that crushed Darry. It would take a lot of courage to look after two adolescent boys while they are growing up. Darry could've gone to college, become a national football player and have a better life than what he had. Darry instead sacrificed that to keep his brothers together after the death of their parents. If Sodapop and Ponyboy could stay together, Darry would've gone to college. Darry was incredibly courageous to give that up for his brothers.
In the beginning, she was young, innocent, tomboyish girl who only wanted to play outside with her older brother and shoot her brand new gun that she received for Christmas. She didn’t want to grow up to be a lady, all prim and proper and dressed up. But in the end of the book, she had become more ladylike, albeit only by a little bit. She learned a valuable life lesson from her father, suffered tragic events that she most likely would never forget, and was taught how to truly be a lady to a man in need. One example of this is in the end of the book, she walks Boo Radley home. “I slipped my hand into the crook of his arm. He had to stoop to accommodate me, but if Miss Stephanie Crawford was watching from her upstairs window, she would see Arthur Radley escorting me down the sidewalk, as any gentleman would do,” (Lee, 278). She acts like a lady by walking Boo home the way a proper lady would. Another example of how she changed is when she learns the lesson that the book is titled after. When Mr. Tate leaves, he says that Bob Ewell fell on his knife in order to protect Boo Radley. Afterwards, Atticus asks Scout if she understands. “Finally he raised his head. ‘Scout,’ he said, ‘Mr. Ewell fell on his knife. Can you possibly understand?’... ‘Yes sir, I understand,’ I reassured him. ‘Mr. Tate was right.’ Atticus disengaged himself and looked at me. ‘What do you mean?’ ‘Well, it’d be sort of like shootin’ a mockingbird,
In conclusion, true courage is the ability to confront something even if one is “licked from the start. Tom Robinson, Mrs. Dubose, and Atticus Finch all display real courage throughout Harper Lee’s novel To Kill a Mockingbird. Tom Robinson, being an African-American, living in a prejudiced town and having a crippled arm, still helped Mayella, gave a truthful testimony and tried to escape prison. Mrs. Dubose courageously overcame her morphine addiction despite her age and pains. Atticus’s real courage drove him to put aside the criticism and risk, and take up and fight the Tom Robinson’s controversial case. It is evident that these three characters in To Kill a Mockingbird display acts of real courage even when they know they are fighting a losing battle.
Scout is a tomboy who has a soft side. Even though she is rough and Strong, she is also a coward, like the time she wouldn’t go to the Radely house. She beats up the kids at school for example she beat up the kids for picking on her for liking black people. Scout is smart and trustworthy. Although most of the town is racist she thinks every body is equal.
"Courage is when you know you're licked before you begin, but you begin anyway and you see it through no matter what" According to Atticus Finch, an honest lawyer in Harper Lee's novel "To Kill a Mockingbird" courage is not a man with a gun in his hand. "Real courage" is when you fight for what is right regardless of whether you win or lose. Atticus fits into this definition of what "real courage" is and demonstrates it several times throughout the novel.
But this isn’t the definition of courage. Courage is being able to act in the face of danger or in an uncomfortable state. Being stubborn and brash is the exact opposite, as someone acting as such may danger others and/or may be comfortable by standing alone. A prime example is shown in 12 Angry Men, as Juror 8 and Juror 3 represent courage and arrogance. At one time in the film, they both stand alone against a room full of people thinking against them, but how they act to it makes them who they are. Unlike how Juror 8 sways others individually, Juror 3 refused to act politely and focuses on himself, making others not appreciate him and seeing him as a barrier to
"Courage." Merriam-Webster.com. Merriam-Webster, n.d. Web. 12 Apr. 2017. In To Kill a Mockingbird Scout learns about courage from Mrs. Dubose, Jem, and Boo Radley. Courage maybe defined as above but I believe that it has more definitions depending on the situation for example Mrs. Dubose fights her addiction shows a different form of courage than Jem when he fights Bob Ewell and Boo Radley when he fights the religion forced on him by his brother.
She tells the story with much curiosity of the era she is in, unable to understand the world she lives in and why the black were inferior to the white people. Her soft childlike sense brings comfort to the readers. As we come to the end of the book Scout is older but still gives us a kids perspective.
When one is young, one is oblivious to the harsh realities of life. The imperfect human nature, suffering, and trauma can influence a child’s view of the world and the people in it. In her novel To Kill a Mockingbird, Harper Lee tells a story about the coming of age of Scout, a young girl living in the post Civil War South, in a context of racism, violence and aggression. As Scout faces these new experiences, she relies upon her African-American nanny, Calpurnia, her reclusive neighbor, Arthur Radley, and her father, Atticus Finch to help her through it all. In the novel, To Kill a Mockingbird, Harper Lee uses the characterization of Scout to illustrate that when a naive child is exposed to traumatic, adult situations, they may develop a deeper and a more mature understanding of the people who influence them in their life.
What she learns from both experiences defines Scout’s youth, and in a parallel fashion, Scout’s perspective is what defines these parts of the story. She has a very unique voice, and the novel is incredibly ahead of its time in terms of having a “feminist center” (Shackelford 3). Harper Lee’s immense talent to harness the naive, brave, spunky voice of a young girl is what has the strongest impact on the reader, and is what Lee is remembered for. She makes it clear to the reader again and again that Scout is reprimanded for every part of her existence, similar to Boo Radley and Tom Robinson’s experiences in Maycomb County. She paints Southern society as “[using] superficial and materialistic values” to judge people (Shackelford 1). This parallelism only serves to further highlight the injustice that many characters in the novel face, and reveals the astounding racism that defined the
Using the systems of the ecological perspective as we start to look at the Microsystem level, in terms of Cassie's case we can identify that this statement from the prompt “she did on occasion meet “friends” of a “friend” who would help her get the money she needed to buy her drugs.” This supports that at the Microsystem level not only did her friends support the decisions Cassie was making but it also played a role in influencing her to continue her behavior. Then as we shift to the Mesosystem level Her friend that was in both Micro level locations such as school and with her at local bar acts as the mesosystem as her friend (s) are linked to her behavior evolving ie. As it’s mentioned that she would only drink but then was introduced to cocaine most likely by her friends “6 months ago”.