ROLL OF THUNDER, HEAR MY CRY

CASSIE

• Cassie tells the story in first person.
• First person is to tell the story in the main character's point of view.
• "If T.J. kept up with this coat business, he could just hit the dirt like "Miss" Lillian Jean."
• Page 145

SETTING

• Place- Spokane County, Mississippi
• Time- 1933

PLOT

• The kids trick the white school bus into falling in a hole. page 54-55.
• Lillian Jean Simms pushes Cassie down on the sidewalk, and Uncle Hammer gets furious at the Simms'.
• Page 113-114

THEME

• You have to stand up for what you believe in.
• Uncle Hammer tells Stacey to hang on to what you love. page 143

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