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A paper which looks at Cassie as the narrator of Roll of Thunder, and the reasons why the author chooses to present events from the child's perspective. Bibliography lists 1 source.
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view of Cassie, the eldest girl in the Logan family, whose experiences during the period covered by the narrative give her deeper insights into issues of which the adult characters
are already aware. These include the dynamics of the relationship between black and white sectors of the local community, the importance of land-owning and self-sufficiency, and the difficulties which one
encounters in trying to challenge an unjust system, and fight for social justice. Cassie herself is intelligent and, at the
start of the novel, confident and often outspoken. She has been brought up to have a healthy sense of self-esteem, and to understand that the familys lack of material wealth
is no disgrace: the fact that they are hard-working and have sound moral principles is far more important. Their ownership of their land is central to the familys identity and
their place in the community, although Cassie does not understand this when her father first explains it to her. She is too young to realize how significant it is for
a black family to own land in a society where, comparatively recently, black people themselves could be owned. Stacey, her
older brother, is somewhat more worldly-wise: although there is only a small age difference between the two children, Stacey is more strongly aware of the adult world, and whilst he
is not yet able to appreciate fully the consequences of all his actions, it is evident that he sees himself as capable of instigating changes which affect others. He understands,
for example, the problems inherent in his friendship with TJ and with Jeremy, something which is not yet clear to the younger children, and not only does he perceive the
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