Roll Of Thunder Hear My Cry Analysis

Roll of Thunder, Hear my Cry is a John Newbery award winner by Mildred D. Taylor. It talks about how life was tough for Black people because of the Jim Crow customs that still lingered and caused a hard time for people like Stacey Logan, and her family. Jim Crow customs causes Stacey to become more mature. He takes responsibility for things he didn't do, he accepts the unfairness, and thinks about others before himself. Stacey shows maturity by accepting the unfairness of the bus. On their first day of school, they were walking and a bus filled with white children spewed red dust on Little Man’s church outfit. Little Man asked Stacey why they did what they did, Stacey replied with a truth that dug deep into Little Man’s mind, “Cause they like to see us run, and it ain’t our bus.” (page 13). This shows that Stacey is telling Little Man the devastating, naked truth as mature as he can bear.
When Stacey came back from Vicksburg with Papa and Mr. Morrison, Papa’s head was skimmed, and his leg was busted. Stacey took responsibility for busting papa's leg, when papa, Mr. Morrison and Stacey knows himself that it wasn't his fault, he still took responsibility for the leg, proving that Stacey, is slowly becoming more and more mature, due to the chain of events
When Stacey, Cassie, Little Man and Christopher John were walking to school during rainy days, Stacey got annoyed of the school bus that passed them every day and splashed them with water. He got an idea of revenge, and dug a big hole along with his siblings, showing that, that was the cornerstone of Stacey’s immaturity. After the bus rode in the hole, Things got serious, and people were suspecting that the person who did it was black. When the night men started coming out at night, Stacey started to become more mature, than before, proving that Jim Crow caused Stacey to become more mature and