Roll Of Thunder, Hear My
Cry
By: Mildred D. Taylor
Protagonists
Some of the Protagonists in the story
are the Logans, Jeremy Simms, and Mr.
Jamison. T.J was a victim of himself. He
was both a protagonist and an antagonist.
He was an antagonist because he left his
true friends and when he was in a time of
need, they left him at first. T.J was a
protagonist because he was struggling to
find his true identity, so he was confused.
That is a good thing because when you
don’t know something, you learn from
your mistakes.
Antagonists
Some of the
antagonists in the story
are Mr. Simms, R.W and
Melvin, Lillian Jean, the
Wallaces, and Mr.
Barnett. They were the
whites who were unjust
to blacks. Everything has
a positive side and a
negative side to it. They
were the negative side.
Foreshadowing
One example of foreshadowing is the song at the
beginning of chapter 11:
Roll of thunder
hear my cry
Over the water
bye and bye
Ole man comin’
down the line
Whip in hand to
beat me down
But I ain’t
gonna let him
Turn me ‘round
Characters
Some of the characters are Cassie, T.J,
Some of the characters are
Uncle
Man, and Mr. Morrison.
Cassie,
T.J, Hammer,
Uncle Hammer, Little
Little
Man,
and Mr.stands
Morrison. Cassie
Cassie
up for her rights, she is
stands up for her rights, she is
responsible,
and she isand
strong she is strong (mentally) and
responsible,
(mentally) and she believes in
sheshebelieves
what
she says or does. T.J is a
what
says or does. in
T.J is
a
bully,
a victim
of himself, of
and himself,
he
bully,
a
victim
and he always has
always has some kind of news to
tell
people.kind
Uncle Hammer
has ato tell people. Uncle
some
of news
high temper, he is impatient, and
Hammer
has
a people
high temper, he is impatient,
he
gets very angry
when
treat
himhe
or his
familyvery
unjustly.
and
gets
angry when people treat
Little Man also stands up for his
rights,
anythingunjustly. Little Man also
himheordoesn’t
his like
family
getting in his way, and likes to be
stands
up for
his rights, he doesn’t like
clean.
Mr. Morrison
is strong
(physically),
calm,
and helpful.
anything
getting
in his way, and likes to be
clean. Mr. Morrison is strong (physically),
calm, and helpful.
Setting and time
The time that this
story took place was in
the 1930s. The story
took place in Mississippi.
Other places that were
mentioned in the story
were Louisiana,
Strawberry, Vicksburg,
the Great Faith
Elementary school, the
Wallace store, Logan
land, Granger land, and
the Avery land.
Plot/Climax
The climax and the events that make up
the plot are:
1. The Logans have been trying so hard
to get the land. Papa burnt a quarter of
the land just to save T.J.
2. Papa got shot on his leg by the
Wallaces.
3. Stacey, Cassie, Christopher-John, and
Little Man are turning into young adults
because they are learning about the
discrimination between blacks and
whites.
Problem
Some of the
problems in the
story were:
1. The Logans were
fighting for justice.
2. T.J was too wrapped
up in his desires,
that he didn’t
realize he was in
great danger.
Solution
The solutions were:
1. The Logans stood up for their rights. For
example: Little Man stepped all over his
book because those books were the ones
that the whites didn’t want anymore.
Cassie didn’t want her book, either.
2. Papa sacrificed the land for T.J because
he didn’t want T.J to get hurt.
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