Roll Of Thunder Hear My Cry Book Analysis

Book Banning is the attempt to remove material. Books are removed for their explicit content. Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry, by Mildred D. Taylor was banned for racism and explicit language. To challenge a book means to try to remove a book (Crum, 1). Over 11,300 books have been challenged. Once a year there is Banned Books Week (Banned, 1). During banned books week readers can see why some books have been banned. In these past few years the main reason for books being banned has been books that contain sexual activities (Crum, 1). A lot of books have been banned for racism (Tracy, 1). Violence is another big reason for books to be banned (Crum, 1). A book containing violence or negative actions could get banned (Banned, 1). If a lifestyle …show more content…
Taylor was born in Jackson, Mississippi on September 13, 1943 (Crowe, 1). Taylor’s parents are Wilbert Lee Taylor and Deletha Marie Davis Taylor. After Taylor was born, her dad got on a train and headed North to find a home. In less than a week he found a job working in a factory. When Taylor was three months old her dad brought the rest of the family with him to the North. Growing up, Mildred heard a lot of family stories (Johnson, 1). She would visit her great-grandfather’s house, which is where she heard the stories. Her great-grandfather’s house didn’t have electricity or running water. The family stories that Taylor heard had a big influence in her writing (Crowe, 1). All of Taylor’s stories are based on one of her family members (Johnson, 1). The character Paul-Edward is based on Taylor’s great-grandfather (Crowe, 1). The memories from her visits is what her books are also based on (Johnson, 1). Taylor’s stories show tragedy, problems with racism, and family success. Taylor writes about her family’s history because she was affected by it as a child. Taylor wrote a book for a contest from the point of view of her dad. Her father didn’t live to see her book get published. Out of all her books that she wrote, Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry, is the one that is most special to her. Taylor is the author of nine novels (Mildred, 1). Song of the Trees is the beginning of the Logan family’s adventures (Johnson, 1). While writing Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry, she was living in Los Angeles and was married. Mildred knew her book was going to be a breakthrough book when she wrote it. In 1961, she graduated from Scott High School. She graduated from the University of Toledo in 1965. After graduating Taylor moved to Los Angeles and joined the Peace Corps. She served in Ethiopia while in the Peace corps (Mildred, 1). After returning home from the Peace Corps she spent the next year traveling. She was traveling to recruit people for the Peace Corps. Taylor has