A person once said, “Discrimination has a a lot of layers that make it tough for minorities to get a leg up,” and that is exactly what Cassie, her brothers and the Logan Family in general;have trouble with, getting a leg up. They demonstrate that, giving up is not an option through any difficult situation during life, the only option is to keep fighting, and that is what the Logan Family exactly did. They have fought through the loss of jobs and they have fought against the trouble they have faced with people trying to take their land and discrimination. The author of Roll Of Thunder Hear My Cry, Mildred D. Taylor uses symbolism to show the character's motivation, to support the theme and last of all, to set up the problems.
Mildred D.…show more content… T.J symbolizes trouble. Followed throughout the novel, T.J is the source of conflicts that happen in the story. “At first T.J wouldn’t do it, but then he seen Miz Logan startin’ toward ‘em and he slipped Stacey the notes.” In this example, T.J was planning to cheat during the exam but he gives in when Stacey tries to stop him, he slips the cheating notes to Stacey at the wrong timing, “...and by the time he saw her it was too late to get rid of ‘em. Wasn’t nothin’ Miz Logan could do but whip him.” This quote reveals that, this incident resulted in Stacey taking the blame for the wrong doing T.J did. Moreover, T.J knew he was doing the wrong thing that would possibly lead to trouble but, he still decided to make this bad decision. This also resulted in Stacey unintentionally being thrown under the bus and T.J losing Stacey as a friend. Therefore, T.J does symbolise trouble for the Logan Family and anybody that is involved with him, and he does set up the problems. The Wallaces in general and their store is another example that set up the problems. The Wallaces in general and their store symbolize a threat to the Logan family and to the african american people that live near. “We don’t want y’all going to that place. Children going there are gonna get themselves in a whole lot of trouble one day.” This quote reveals that, the Wallaces and their store are a bad influence to young children. Papa is warning his children not to go down to the Wallace store because they are a great threat to their possibly successful futures. Papa also knows that the Wallaces give cigarettes and alcohol to minors freely. Especially if they are african-american, because the Wallaces know it will make them perform wrongdoing and will possibly lead them down the wrong path. Given these examples and therefore followed by
