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| Plot Summary of Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry |
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"Cassie is dealing with the horrors of racism. She is a black nine-year-old who doesn't quite understand why the horrible white people in her town are so mean to the blacks. She is soon told about the night men, the men who go around to different houses and burn them down. This is a riveting story about a girl and her family during the times when blacks were just beginning to be able to speak up for what they think is right."
Qiana Wylie, Resident Scholar
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"The Logan family lives in rural Mississippi in the 1920's-30's, during a socially very tough time for blacks. They work extremely hard to keep the small piece of farmland they own. All the other familes in the area are sharecroppers on Granger land. Granger is a very rich white man who cheats his sharecroppers of their money and rights. The Logans are extremely fortunate to own their own land. Throughout the book, many black characters experience racial injustice. The Logans are very determined, and manage to overcome the obstacles they face. The Logan children are being harassed by a schoolbus of white children so they dig a ditch in the road, trapping it and breaking the axle. Cassie, the Logan daughter takes a trip to the nearby town of Strawberry and is shocked by the disresect she is greeted with.
Meanwhile, two of the Wallace boys (a white, racist family) set two black men on fire, killing one of them. After the burning, the Logan's start a boycott of the Wallace store and encourage others to do so too. Partly because of this, Mrs. Logan loses her teaching job and the Logans are in deep trouble financially. "
Kristina Murray, Resident Scholar
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Ratings are on a 1-10 scale (Low to High)
Plot
Tone of book?
- very sensitive (sigh)
Time/era of story
- 1930's-1950's
Political/social activism
Yes
Plotlet:
- minorities fighting for rights
Is this an adult or child's book?
- Adult or Young Adult Book
Main Character
Gender
- Female
Profession/status:
- student
Age:
- a kid
Is this an ordinary person caught up in events?
Yes
Ethnicity/Nationality
- Black
How sensitive is this character?
- sensitive to others' feelings
- hard edged
Sense of humor
- Cynical sense of humor
- Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
- Very much smarter than other characters
Physique
- average physique
Main Adversary
Identity:
- Female
- society
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- an above average amount
How sensitive is this character?
- hard edged
Sense of humor
- Cynical sense of humor
- Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- average physique
- healthy but a geeky weakling
Setting
How much descriptions of surroundings?
- 5 ()
United States
Yes
The US:
- Deep South
The Americas (not US):
Yes
The Americas:
- South
Style
Person
- mostly 1st
Accounts of torture and death?
- moderately detailed references to deaths
Unusual Style:
- a lot of play on words
- a lot of stream of consciousness
- No single main character?
- written like a journal/diary/letters
Amount of dialog
- roughly even amounts of descript and dialog
- significantly more descript than dialog
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