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ROLL OF THUNDER HEAR MY CRY

The book Roll of Thunder Hear My Cry is about a black family who experiences a lot of racism and is a victim in an unfair community which puts blacks down. The main contention for this essay is - fear is one of the main themes in the book. Fear is a main theme in the book because the black people are always scared of white people. The book has shown how black people have felt powerless against whites and therefore wanted revenge. The book has also revealed that blacks are careful when becoming friends with white people for there is fear of betrayal.


In the book many incidents are shown of how blacks feel powerless against whites and want revenge. Because blacks are treated so badly they have no power about what goes on within the community. Every morning as the Logan children would walk to school, the white kids bus would speed past showering them with mud and water. The Logan children were powerless to stop them and wanted revenge. So, at lunch time, they dug a hole in the road ...

Posted by: Anthony Pacella

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