It had interested me because I never knew that the discrimination against black people was that horrible that some would even get killed for it. For example, in Chapter One when T.J told the Logan siblings about Mr. Berry nearly burning to death by the night men. This part of the text angered me as no one deserved to be burned to death, especially when they have not done anything wrong. After reading the book, I have realized that I could relate to the characters in some way. Even though I have not experienced the cruel hardships that they have gone through, I have had racial slurs being thrown at my face, whether it was because of my eyes or the colour of my skin. I sympathised with the characters, especially with Cassie, because I, too do not understand why we all should be valued differently based on our skin tone. Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry is a novel, so the book had consisted of features like
It had interested me because I never knew that the discrimination against black people was that horrible that some would even get killed for it. For example, in Chapter One when T.J told the Logan siblings about Mr. Berry nearly burning to death by the night men. This part of the text angered me as no one deserved to be burned to death, especially when they have not done anything wrong. After reading the book, I have realized that I could relate to the characters in some way. Even though I have not experienced the cruel hardships that they have gone through, I have had racial slurs being thrown at my face, whether it was because of my eyes or the colour of my skin. I sympathised with the characters, especially with Cassie, because I, too do not understand why we all should be valued differently based on our skin tone. Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry is a novel, so the book had consisted of features like