Uncle Hammer

Uncle Hammer is a interesting character.  He is a lot like Papa, but he is also different in some ways.  He is very friendly to Cassie and her brothers, but when he found out what Mr. Simms did in Strawberry, he seemed ready to kill someone.  He fought in World War I and got a good job in the North after the war.  He bought a nice car, the same one as Mr. Granger owns.  I liked the part where he plays a joke on the Wallaces.

The Wallace Store

In the book there is a store where many people shop for their things called the Wallace Store. It's ran by Kaleb Wallace and his two brothers.But I realized that there is a lot more reason to stay away then they first believed.

Stacey Needs To Think Before He Does

    In chapter 7 Stacey made a silly move by giving his new wool jacket to T.J who said that he looks like a preacher while wearing it but if HE wore it it would fit him perfectly and he 'promised' he'd give it back when it fit him again. But how would Stacey know if it fit him if T.J was always wearing it and T.J would probably give it back when it didn't fit him anymore. I bet it wouldn't fit Stacey either. Why I am wondering is why in the world would Stacey give him a precious jacket just because  T.J called him a preacher back in that time wool jackets were expensive! They were important back then and he just throws it away like he millions of them! Personally I hope Stacey doesn't make a silly move like that again and thinks before he throws it away. 💸

Roll of thunder hear my cry

In chapter 5, Cassie doesn't understand why Mr. Barnett was waiting on the white people before waiting on her.  I think she might not understand that since she is black, she will not be treated as well    as white people.  T.J. and Stacey seem to know this, which makes sense because they are older.  It is wrong that Mr. Barnett didn't wait on them, but in this time period it was okay.

Roll of Thunder: Stacey

I think that Stacey will do anything to do what's right. I think that when Stacey told his mom that he went to the Wallace Store but didn't tell on Cassie and the others was because he knew they wouldn't have had to go if it weren't for him. He acts like a strong tough guy on thoutside, but on the inside he really cares about his siblings. I think he was actually sort of doing the right thing when he went after TJ. TJ had lied and cheated on the test at school, blaming it all on Stacey by tricking him into holding the cheat notes before he could get rid of them. Even though TJ might have done these bad things doesn't mean that he should have gone to the Wallace Store and fought with TJ. Mr.Morrison helped him realize that with the few short minutes that they were together by showing him that doing the right thing is more rewarding then doing the wrong.

In this book Cassie is a really interesting character to look at. She knows that she is treated unfairly just because she is black in many situations. Take chapter five for example. When she, Big Ma, Stacey and TJ go to Strawberry to trade for goods, she goes to a store owned by a white man to get Big Ma's list of things she needs. She gives the man the list and he takes it, but before he could server them he served all the other white folks instead. Even a little white girl no older then her. When she finally goes over to the man to tell him that they were being waited on too long he tells her,"Well you get your little black self over there and wait some more." I was surprised to see that she had the courage to stand up for herself and yell back at the man. She was scared and angry but felt it was too cruel to be left alone. It seems like she thinks everyone else doesn't know the cruel ness of what happened. Like when Big Ma told her she had to apologize to Lillian Jean even though she already had. I think Big Ma only said that because she didn't want any more trouble for Cassie. That's a reason I feel Cassie's character isn't one to leave things left alone.

Roll Of Thunder Hear My Cry

Roll Of thunder started off kind of slow and boring but once you started getting  farther into the Book, it got a lot better.Cassie is a very persistent girl for example, I did not understand why Cassie couldn't figure out why they go to a separate school, and that they don't have a bus and use poor books in school that starts from whites and good condition to Negro and very poor condition. It's all because she is black! So when a white tells you to wait because they have another customer that was white I don't see how Cassie couldn't see that she had to wait for T.J to get his stuff because someone that was a different race then her needed something and was more important. Also I had an inference on why Jeremy talks to Stacy and Cassie. I was thinking that he is against everyone thinking whites are better than blacks. Also that he thinks blacks are nice to people but the whites are treating everyone like slaves even though slavery is over. There is one more thing I was wondering about, is T.Js family poor and that is why they share with Cassie's family or is it normal to have numerous numbers of family's sharing farms together. All in All Roll Of thunder was not that good in the beginning but it got way better since then. 😊