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    out of a shop because of your race? For Cassie Logan, that was the case. There were many similarities and differences between the book and the movie Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry. The character Mary Logan was the wife of David Logan in both the book and the movie. In the movie she had some scenes that in the book, originally belonged to other characters. In both the book and the movie, Mrs.Logan tries to get people to sign for the store in Vicksburg. Cassie Logan was the narrator for both the…

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    cracks in the sidewalk next to my feet. There were 7 that branched out from one large one. “Well then get on in here, bad things happen when you are alone at night.” She grabbed one of my bags and hurried me inside. Inside the building was sign, “Cassie Larson’s Home for Girls”. With the yellow lighting, faint smell of cigarettes, I could tell this wasn’t the most professional establishment, but as far as I could tell, it was the only orphanage in 50 miles. The girl put my bag down next to a…

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    He’s also Cassie’s older brother, so Cassie trusts him. One reason Stacey important is so he can try to get his siblings out of danger when they make naive decisions. In one scene, when Cassie is in the Barnett’s store, she gets impatient…

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    The Pecan Man was written by Cassie Dandridge Selleck first published January 1, 2012. It is a work in the genre of Southern fiction. The title of the book is The Pecan Man. I think that the title of the book fits the story because the story tells us about Eldered Mims nicknamed the pecan man. The cover of the book shows us the house of Mrs. Beckworth where most of the action takes place. Ora Lee Beckworth is the narrator of this story that takes place over 25 years of her life. Her husband…

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    In the book Roll of Thunder Hear my Cry, By Mildred D. Taylor the main character Cassie is very innocent. The book is about a 9 year old girl named Cassie. Cassie is a black girl in a family of 7. This includes her 3 brothers, a mom, a dad, and her grandma. Their family name is the Logans. The Logans are one of the few black families that have their own land. They are so poor that the father has to work on railroads almost all year. There mother tries to protect them from this racist world. She…

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    Martyrdom of Cassie Bernall. The memoir is written by Cassie’s mother Misty a year after her daughter's death. Misty Bernall writes about her daughter's early life, her rebellious phase, how she found God and how she apply God in her life before her life was tragically taken away during the Columbine High School shooting. Interviews with friends, family and others describe Cassie through her journey and how she lived. Her mother wants everyone to know that even when faced with death, Cassie…

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    the Trees is Cassie Logan who lives during the Great Depression in Mississippi. The problem this character faces is racial discrimination. Cassie needs to protect her family and her land form a bigot. During the course of the story, the main character must save her friends in the forest. Because Cassie loves her trees dearly, she tries to defend her trees. Instead Cassie’s running mind drags her into a difficult position. All Cassie wanted was to continually hear the trees sing. Cassie is a…

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    Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry, Mildred D. Taylor uses an example of a young girl named Cassie Logan , who is colored, that must stand up for her convictions despite many injustices against her and her family. Cassie proves her courage by protecting her little brother Little Man from getting in big trouble, facing her white enemy Lillian Jean Simms, and being helpful to T.J despite his actions against her family. Cassie made many choices that proved her sassiness and how outspoken she was. She…

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    involves racial and class dynamics, and follows the plight of Cassie, a black upper-middle class mother who struggles with her desire to have her son attend a highly coveted institution. The story begins with Cassie and her husband, Duncan, receiving an invitation for an interview at the Institute for Early Childhood Development, which throughout the story, is portrayed as elusive and glorified by many of the upper-class mothers around Cassie. While she had originally applied to the school for a…

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    Cassie was the main character in Roll of Thunder. She is a loving, smart, and a fighter. She cares for some people she is a fighter when it comes to racism. First of all she was loving because, she loves big ma her brothers and sisters, as well as Uncle Hammer, stacey, and little man. Those are the main characters besides the wallaces and other non-important characters. But you can tell that she loves them because she cares about them, like at one part she tells one of her brothers and…

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