Summary Of The Novel 'Roll Of Thunder, Hear My Cry'

During Roll of Thunder, Hear my Cry Stacey “comes of age” and learns from many trials that make him wiser and grow more as a person. Even though he made many mistakes, it helped him grow by having to solve and deal with the consequences. During the whole novel he learned many lessons such as cutting ties, being the bigger person, and standing up for what is right. Through this process of gaining “thicker skin” he became harsher of a person who in the end, always looks out for his family. Stacy has always been and kind and considerate person even when it came to his “friend” T.J. Throughout the whole story line we see T.J. constantly getting Stacy into trouble and making fun of him. In chapter 4 page 81 it says
“She caught him with cheat notes during the history examination.’
‘Mama knows Stacy wouldn’t cheat!’ I declared
Little Willie shrugged. ‘Well, whether she knowed it or not, she sho’ ‘nough whipped him …. Course, now, she give him a chance to get out of it when he said he wasn’t cheating’ and she asked him how he got them cheat notes. But Stacy wouldn’t tell on ole T.J., and you know good and well ole T.J. wasn’t …show more content…
‘The coat was too big for me and…. and T.J. said it made me look like…. like a preacher…. and he said since it fit him just right, he’d…. he’d take it off my hands till I grow into it, then thataway all the guys would stop laughing at me and calling me preacher.” Of course T.J. used peer pressure in order to convince Stacy to give him the coat. From these past mistakes Stacy finally decides to let T.J. go even though they had been friends for a long time. Unfortunately during this time of transmission Stacy builds up some walls in order to protect himself and his family. According to chapter page “” it would seem that these walls are negative but with a closer look Stacy just wants to protect himself and his family from further