ROLL OF THUNDER, HEAR MY CRY

NARRATOR

• First person point of view-narrator is using the pronouns I and me to refer to his or herself
• "and if you're so afraid of getting bumped, walk down there yourself...."-page 114

Setting

• Much of the book is taking place in a rural area in Mississippi.
• It is a dry, hot place in the summer and spring while the Logan's are picking cotton.
• In this area, prejudice is very abundant. White people are always beating down blacks mentally and physically.

Plot

• Most of the plot is telling the reader what is going on in the area and all about the Logan family.
• It is packed with action, as far as the Logan's go.
• The children are always trying to find a way to get back at the whites. (Page 50-56)
• That was until one day when Cassie saw and heard members of the KKK coming up her drive.
• Luckily, they weren't looking for the Logan's, they were looking for the Tatums.

Theme

• The main themes of this book are prejudice and racism.
• Roll of Thunder, Hear my Cry conveys that racism was and still is alive in this world.
• The book displays how terrible people can be just because of another person's skin.
• racism/rā, sizem/-believing that a certain race is bad and can only do harm
• prejudice/ˈprejədəs/-preconceived opinion that is not based on reason or experience

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