Major Work Review

Title and Author:
Roll Of Thunder, Hear My Cry

Genre, Characteristics of Genre:
Historical Fiction;
fascinating, historical, unpredictable, wise

Brief Plot Summary
In this book we meet the Logan family, they own a small piece of farmland where sharecropping occurs, they live in a very racist neighborhood, and everyone in the family has different opinions on racism, some treat it in a fiesty way, some in a calm way; anyway the kids are walking to school when they see some kids on a bus, the bus drives and sprays mud on all their faces, they also realize that they have books in school but that they are old books from the white school. A burning of a black man occurs and it seperates the town, causing a store to have less business because blacks are boycotting the place. The Logans go through many personal, emotional and financial issues but are able to persevere.

Author's Style
Author's Style was very normal not too happy and not too mad, it's very formal because it is trying to be as unbiased as it can be.

Quotes
Check blog entry below titled "Favorite Lines/Quotes"

Characters

Protagonist: Cassie
Symbols: leader, stern, never gives up
Antagonist: Wallaces, Harlan Granger
Symbols: rascist, fire, foreclosure

minor Characters: T.J.- dumb, turns his back on you, Melvin and R.W.
Stacy- confident, friendly, loving

Setting
I'm guessing it takes place in Mississippi because that is where the author, her family and ancestors were born and raised at.

Recurrent Symbols
Land and freedom- as a symbol of never giving up and the courage that gave the Logans strength to go on with life

Three Themes
-Never Give Up, Don't Ever Give Up
-Fight for your rights
-Pain and suffering evolves into healing and celebration

Parallel Situations
-N.C. State 1984? College Basketball Team was being doubted by many because they had'nt won any important regular season games, but the ended up winning the tourney
-Texas Western was doubted because they were an all black team but they ended up winning the title

Resolution
Despite the circumstances, fight for your life and never give up

Other Considerations
Even though mobs threatened to kill them, people threatened to foreclose their house, and nobody supported them in their cause against the Wallaces in the end, everyone of the members of the Logans continued to press on and never moved a step back they always moved forwards.