Challenges of the Logans

The Logan family lives in 1933 Mississippi. They live in a segregated town with lots of racist white folk. The Logans face tough challenges and hatred from the white towns people, but they don't accept the hate without fighting. They are strong, tough people who do not take anything from anyone.

The Logans face hatred and segregation from the white folks in their neighborhood. Like the day the Logan kids were waiting for the school bus. The bus took a long time to come, but when it finally came, the bus splashed water and mud from the ground onto the kids. While the bus was driving away, kids on the bus yelled, " Nigger Nigger Mud Eater", at the kids. Another example of the hatred shown to the Logans is when T. J, a friend of the Logans, was framed for the murder of Jim Lee Barnett. TJ was befriended by RW and Melvin Simms. One night, Melvin, RW, and TJ went to Strawberry. They had a plan to steal a pistol, but when Mr. Barnett came they got scared. So RW hit Jim Lee with a flat axe and then they all T. J was blamed for the murder Mr.Barnett. I feel bad for TJ and the Logans.

Even though they have tough, frustrating problems, the Logans do not stay down and have the racist whites walk all over them. After being humiliated by the bus driver, the Logan children hatch a brilliant plan. At school, during lunch, the kids went to the garden house and stole some shovels. In the heavy rain, the kids dug up holes near a sidewalk. " Good, the more rain, the better," said Stacey. See, the plan was to have water from the road fill in the holes and as the bus came by, it would get stuck after hitting the holes.

Roll of Thunder Essay

The Logans have a very tough life to live. They have to deal with segregation, hatred, and racism. I would feel the same way about some of the challenges, but I would've done things different. I' m glad that I'm not the Logans right now.

The Logans deal with a lot of challenges in the story. The Logans feel scared and angry at the same time about their situations. I would feel the same way if I were the Logans. I would react just like Uncle Hammer. Hammer was furious when Cassie told him, " Lillian Jean tried to knock me off the sidewalk then her daddy came along and he twisted my arm and knocked me off the sidewalk. I would want to choke the life out of Charlie Simms and his daughter. I would've had a sense of anger like the Logans kid had when the bus driver splashed them with water. When the bus was driving off, some of the kids on the bus yelled, " Nigger! Nigger! Mud Eater!" I would want to splashed all of them with lava. I think the Logans and I have similar feeling.

Although I would feel the same way as the Logans, I would do something different than them. The Logan kids dug up holes in the road while the rain was falling so when the bame bus came by, it would hit the holes.

Papa

Papa is the head of the family. He lays out tracks for a living. One day he had to leave his to go on business trip. He soon return with a man name Mr.Morrison. The family soon learned he had to leave the next morning. He learned that kids were going to a store dancing and drinking.

Christopher-John

Christopher-John is the second yougest child of the Logan kids. He is more laid back than the his siblings. He doesn't like troublesome things. He is less active than his siblings. According to Cassie, there's nothing that can make Christopher-John.

Cassie

Cassie is the narrator of the story. She has three brothers. The little one, Little Man who's six , Stacey, who is twelve, and Christopher-John, seven. They live in Mississippi in 1933. Their father owns 400 acres of land. Now they have trouble paying taxes, so the father has to go to Louisana to lay track. Her father said to her,"Look out there Cassie girl. All that belongs to you. You ain't ever had to live like that, you ain't never had to live on nobody's place but your own and for as long I live and this family survives, You'll never have to." ( page 7 )

On the first day of school, Cassie was in the same class as Little Man. After Little Man through a temper tantrum, she got in trouble for agreeing with Little Man that the book was mean and
bad.

One day, Cassie and her brothers were waiting for school. When the school bus came, the bus driver splashed the kids with water. Kids from the bus yelled, " Nigger! Nigger! Mud eater!"( page 48) So at lunchtime, Cassie and her brothers wanted revenge, so they dug hole and the bus came by and got stuck in the hole.