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Courage is the ability to do something that frightens one and be strong even if it is hard. In the novel Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry, Mildred Taylor uses Cassie Logan to explain how life and the world was back then through the stories her grandma had told her when she was little. Cassie proves that she has courage by standing up for her little brother, standing up to Mr. Burnett, and helps TJ even though he is a convicted criminal. Cassie has also proved that she is a sassy little brat sometime. She also proved that she can do anything even if she might get in trouble. Cassie has proved it even by beating up a white girl for being mean to her because she was black. Cassie also had to stand up for her little brother. On page 26, Cassie …show more content…

Brunette. “ I ain’t nobody's little N****, ” Yelled Cassie on page 111. She had yelled this at Mr. Brunette when he asked “who’s little n**** is this?”. When Mr. Brunette had yelled at Cassie, she screamed back at him “i already know what I am! ButI betcha you don’t know what you are! And I could sure tell you, too, you ole-”, but Stacey came to the rescue and took Cassie out of the store. After Cassie yelled at him, she was forced to leave, and was escorted by her brother, Stacey. When she left, she walked on the sidewalk to think about what had happen, when she ran into Lillian Jean. WHich brings us to our next courageous …show more content…

Courage is everything our society depends on. Courage is the basic laws of our life. Without courage, our lives would be full of meanness, hurtful words, bullies, and people who don’t know how to stand up to those they get taunted by. Courage is what the most important people in our history have shown. Martin Luther King has shown courage. Rubby Parks has shown courage. Abe Lincoln has shown courage. The list continues to go on and on. The people you look up to have shown courage. In the book Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry, Cassie has shown courage by stand up for what she believes in and not for what she has been told is the way things flow. She has done so much that has changed her

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