Mildred D. Taylor's Roll Of Thunder, Hear My Cry

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You show courage every time you stand up to a bully at school or stand up for what you believe in. The book that Mildred D Taylor wrote called Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry took place in Mississippi around 1933. Cassie showed courage when she stood up for little man on the first day of school, facing her biggest enemy Lillian Jean, and at the mercantile when she reminded Mr. Barnett about them.

On the first day of school all the kids walked to school because the bus didn’t stop for african americans. When they finally got to the school and they went to class, they got out their textbooks and they were in very bad condition. Little man did not think that this was right, he didn’t think they should get worn books. He said something about it, then Cassie stood up for him and joined him. Page 26 says, “I just wanna tell you how come Little Man done what he done.” …show more content…

They gave Mr. Barnett the list and began waiting. A white person came in and Mr. Barnett went to fill the white person’s order. Cassie thought nothing of it since that was normal. A few more white people came in and Mr. Barnett filled their orders. Then, a little white girl came in and Mr. Barnett began filling her order. Cassie was pretty angry and decided to remind Mr. Barnett about them. On page 111, “while you ‘round here waiting on everybody else. And it ain’t fair. You got no right.” In this quote Cassie is telling Mr. Barnett that he has no right to make them wait on every single white person that comes in the store and that they have been waiting a long time.

In conclusion, Cassie shows a lot of courage throughout the book Roll of Thunder, Hear my Cry. The author Mildred D. Taylor wanted to show what life was like back then and why you needed to stand up for yourself. Cassie was really young too, so even young people that are little had to stand up for themselves just like Cassie

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