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Gender Stereotypes In Alice Logan's Characters
Have you ever heard about the four Logan children who stood up for what they thought was right? Back then, African American people were segregated and treated very differently from white people. Despite all obstacles, the children planned to take a revenge on those who made them feel lonely, sad, terrible, and abandoned. They made a bus only meant for white kids stuck in a hole they dug. Also, when Mr.Barnett told Cassie to go back, just because she was black, she yelled at him who was a full grown white man.They were the Logan's children, Stacey, Cassie, Christopher-John, and Little man. They all had their own characters.

First of all, Stacey, 12 years old boy, is the oldest son in the Logan’s family.
He had a lot of tough problems, such
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She stood up to Mr.Barnett, the white man, in his store. She was so mad, because she was waiting to buy the stuff on the list that her grandmother gave to Cassie. But, Mr.Barnett helped a white girl who was waiting behind Cassie. Cassie was sullen that she yell at Mr.Barnett by saying, “ We being waiting on you for near an hour!” Even though, she knew it was wrong to wail, she did really matter about what she did. Also, she thinks that she did the right thing. Not only that, she did one more thing that she stood up for. She stood up to Mrs.Crocker, Cassie’s teacher, when her brother, Little Man, was in trouble by throwing the old dirty book that they didn’t like. Cassie knew that why Little Man threw the book, so she out spoke to Mrs.Crocker.

The second son in Logan family is Christopher-John, 7 years old, who was very scared to broke the rules what Mrs.Logan not to do. But he cares of his brother and sisters not to get hurt. He is very timid for almost everything except when his sibling go to somewhere they are going except him. When Stacey was going to Wallace store, the store that his mother told them not to go, Christopher-John refused to go to place he didn’t wanted to go, but he decided to go when they said they were all going except

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