By: Mildred D. Taylor
Pages: 1-END
Prompt:
-Determine a theme and analyze its development throughout the novel. By looking closely at character's actions, the setting, plot events, and/or the conflict, you can identify clues that are written by the author to help teach you (the reader) a message about life or human nature.
One of the themes in Roll Of Tunder, Hear My Cry is discrimination. This theme of discrimination is essentially the conflict of the story. The Logan family faced problems because they were being discriminated by the whites. They faced injustice, poverty, threats to take thier land, and other physical punishments for getting in the way of the whites.
Cassie, the main character, was often discriminated throughout the book because of the color of her skin. Cassie and her siblings would get purposely splashed by the white kid's bus, just because they were African-American. They were also ignored by the store worker that would go and help the white folks, even if he was in the middle of helping Cassie and her family. Cassie would also get taken advantage of because the whites were in control. She was made to apologize to a white girl, when she did nothing wrong.
The theme of discrimination helped developed the main character more. It made her more determined. In the book, Cassie was determined to get revenge for the splashing that the bus would do to her. She joined Stacy, another character, in helping to get that revenge by digging a hole into the road as a trap. In the end, she did get her revenge. Another way that she was determined was when Cassie wanted to get revenge on Lillian Jean for making her apologize. She pretended to be her friend and carried her books. She put up with Lillian Jean for quite some time, before leading her into woods and beating her up. She got her revenge.
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