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The theme of family is an essential aspect of the book, Roll of Thunder Hear my Cry,which was written by Mildred Taylor.So,the author created the Logan family as role models in the book.Everyone in the Logan family attributes fairness, community fairness,doing what is best for children,and also sticking together no matter what.This is what makes them such an amazing family and a family most people wish they had.These are wonderful aspects for any family to have.It is the key to a successful and merry family.
For one thing, the Logan Family stick together through thick and thin.To start off,Cassie took a whip along with Little Man for the whole book incident.This shows that when one person gets in some kind of problem, the others stick together
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The theme of family is essential in the book,Roll of Thunder Hear My Cry.Not only is it an important theme in the book, it is also an essential theme for everyone in life itself.A family is important to everyone no matter

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