Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry: Character Description #2

In the falling action, Cassie changes a lot. She has experienced the scene of a lynching. She has been humiliated by white people numerous times. She isn't treated how she wishes she would be. She now understands how cruel people were just because of the color of their skin. The Logan family was not only disliked for their color, but for the land that they owned. Most african american families had to sharecrop. Because they actually own 400 acres of land, their family is immediately a threat to the neighboring white people. Cassie learns the value of the land that they own while walking in the open field with her father. Mr. Logan shares with her some memories of the land. He talks about how the land that they live on has been in their family for three generations and they plan on keeping it. To Cassie's grandfather, the land has sentimental value and her parents plan on keeping it. Even if it meant that their father had to work away from home at the railroads for half the year and their mother had to teach at their school. They grew cotton in most of the fields and that was what they lived off of. They used the money that they made off of the cotton and paid for food and clothes. They had to shop for clothes in shifts and usually made the most of what they had.

She wasn't allowed to hurt people physically of back talk to people that had done her wrong because it could possibly cause trouble for her and her family concerning their well being. Violence in the area that they lived in was going up and if colored people got "out of line," white people would do what they wanted without getting in trouble. She has learned to live without things other people have. She learns when to fight and when to turn the other cheek. She has grown up a little bit because she has matured. She keeps an eye on her younger brothers and becomes more responsible and more helpful around the house. In many ways, Cassie has changed. She still has that same temper, but she has learned to handle it in a positive way. She is still as curious as she's always been.