Roll Of Thunder Hear My Cry Research Paper

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Is using fire really the best way to stop a mob? In Roll of Thunder, Hear my cry by Mildred D. Taylor this question should have come into consideration when papa started the fire that burnt a piece of his crops. Even though it stopped the mob down at the Avery’s place he should have thought of better ways to do it. In depth, there are way better ways to stop a mob than starting a fire. For example,he could have told Harlan Granger what was happening or he could have scared them away by taking his shotgun and firing it into the air. What papa did to stop the fire was completely wrong in multiple ways.
One of the ways that it was wrong for papa to start was that it could have burned down the whole town. This was a likely chance because, he

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