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Roll Of Thunder, Hear My Cry - Research Paper

Roll Of Thunder, Hear My Cry

"Jeremy Simms & TJ Avery are two relativly minor characters in the story ROTHMC. However, they both reinforce the themes." Discuss Aprox 1000 words
There are many important Themes in the novel, . These themes include: racial prejudice, loyalty, honesty, friendship, personal integrity and respect for others. Although Jeremy Simms and TJ Avery are fairly minor people in the book, their characters are used to inforce and strengthen the themes of the novel.
We first meet TJ Avery when Cassie, Stacey, Little Man and Christopher-John are walking to school. Right from the very start we find out that none of them actually likes TJ, except for Stacey. The reader sees that he is a liar, a ...

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that was only an excuse." (Pg 151)

This highlights some of the themes by TJ’s total lack of loyalty and personal integrity.

One of TJ’s biggest mistakes in the book is befriending two white boys, R.W. and Melvin Simms (Jeremy’s brothers). He thinks they are his friends and he doesn’t know that they are just using him. By hanging around with these two he ends up getting himself in a lot of trouble. They talk him into stealing the ‘pearl-handled pistol’ from the Barnett’s store.

"R.W. broke the lock off the gun case with an axe and gave TJ the much-longed- for gun."

But it goes terribly wrong and TJ wants out, R.W. and Melvin force him to stay.

"...R.W. whopped Mr Barnett solidly on the head from behind with the flat of the axe...Mrs Barnett dashed across the room and flailed into R.W....Trying to escape her grasp, R.W. slapped at her and she fell back, hitting her head against one of the stoves, and did not move..." ...

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Added: 3/18/2005 04:27:26 AM
Category: English
Type: Free Paper
Words: 910
Pages: 4

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