Have you read the book Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry?!?!?

Question

If you have read this book by Mildred D. Taylor, i would like for you to help me and explain the character named Cassie Logan. I need to write an essay on her and i need YOUR help.
PLEASE!!

Answer 1

It is a great book. I hope you've read it. Here's a little bit from some Amazon reviews (there are plenty) that might give you some insight:

Nine-year-old Cassie Logan, growing up protected by her loving family, has never had reason to suspect that any white person could consider her inferior or wish her harm. But during the course of one devastating year when her community begins to be ripped apart by angry night riders threatening African Americans, she and her three brothers come to understand why the land they own means so much to their Papa. "Look out there, Cassie girl. All that belongs to you. You ain't never had to live on nobody's place but your own and long as I live and the family survives, you'll never have to. That's important. You may not understand that now but one day you will. Then you'll see."

Kids find Cassie to be the most complex of the Logans. Taylor presents Cassie as someone who is naive to discrimination(for lack of a better term). Often my students would write that they wished they could jump into the pages of the text and explain to Cassie what was going on so they could save her from further problems, as we see Big Ma do. My kids also wanted to just "give her a big hug." Reviewer: Trevor M.

Cassie Logan must face racism and descrimination as she tries to survive in a world full of anger and fighting. Reviewer: KAppleFeet2

When the walls that had protected Cassie go down, how does she react? Does she accept her place in society (where the majority race believed blacks were inferior) or does she fight for what's right, for herself as a person, for her family and ultimately for her race? Seems to me she finds her inner strength.

Answer 2

If you have read the book, the character needs no explaination. She is a product of her time, her experience, and her family situation.

It is a fabulous book, with a lot to say about our history, our prejudices, and a must read for anyone born after the Civil Rights Movement. Slavery did not end with the Civil War. It is not a long or difficult book, and it even has some funny parts. Read it.