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

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people do not get to pick the color of their skin, yet skin color has caused great hardship for people in the world. For many, skin color was a serious problem that caused troubling times. From unfair schooling to physical abuse, blacks suffered it all. The novel Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry , by Mildred D. Taylor, is an excellent example of historical fiction which depicts the many struggles blacks endured in their fight for civil rights. First, blacks suffered through physical violence. When the night men showed up at Mr. Morrison's residence and mercilessly killed his family members, he was hurt badly and felt he had to tell the Logan family. " 'Burst in on us with the rebel sabers, hacking and killing, burning us out. Didn't care who they …show more content…
As Cassie, T.J., and Stacey waited for Mr. Barnett to finish their order in the mercantile, he started filling a white woman's order and completely disregarded their order without a single word of apology to the children. "The woman handed him a list twice as long as T.J.'s and the storekeeper, without a word of apology to us, proceeded to fill it" (Taylor 110). Mr. Barnett was putting the white woman before the black children, and when Cassie objected, almost everyone in the store looked at her strangely. It was a common event that most likely happened to several blacks every day, and it signified how most of the white population may think they are superior to the blacks. The novel Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry by Mildred D. Taylor, give very accurate examples of what life was like for the black population during the fight for their rights. Their people suffered through physical violence, yet they could not do anything to fight back. The black race struggled through harsh slavery and animal-like treatment. The blacks had to endure the white community who thought they were higher beings to the blacks. The black race went through horrible treatment, but they stayed strong through it all and came out stronger than they ever were before because of their determination and
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Courage is when you have the ability to do something that frightens one in the face of discrimination. The author of Roll Of Thunder Hear My Cry, Mildred D. Taylor writes about the main character Cassie, and her facing of the real world in the 1930’s. Cassie shows the most courage by standing up, for her little brother at school, her arch nemesis, and to Mr. Barnett at the mercantile. Would you ever take the punishment for a sibling? In Mississippi, Cassie is an outspoken girl with numerous…

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