Roll Of Thunder Quotes Flashcards
This shows mrs crocker is white
That’s what you are
This shows that Papa is determined to keep the land.
Look out there, Cassie girl. All that belongs to you. You ain’t never had to live on nobody’s place but your own and long as I live and the family survives, you’ll never have to.
When cassie gets in trouble with mrs crocker she delays telling Mama
I would wait until the evening to talk to her; there was no rush now. She understood.
This shows cassie trusts papa
Papa always meant what he said–and he swung a mean switch
The Logan’s have to get their vehicle fixed in strawberry.
All y’all gonna be walkin’ for atleast two weeks by the time we get this thing hauled outa here and up to strawberry to get fixed.
This shows the night riders were riding again
It’s them again. They’d ridin’ tonight
Tj wants Stacey to trust him
“Friends gotta trust each other, Stacey, ‘cause ain’t nothin’ like a true friend.”
The wallaces lit mr. Berry on fire
The wallaces did that, children. They poured kerosene over Mr. Berry and his nephews and lit them afire.
Mr. Barnett being racist to Cassie
Well, you just get your little black self back over there and wait some more.
This shows cassie was very upset about how she was treated in Strawberry
No day in all my life had ever been as cruel as this one.
Cassie finds out that Big Ma didn’t want to hurt cassie
Big Ma didn’t want you hurt. That was the only thing on her mind.
Stacey gets in trouble for giving TJ his coat
Seems to me if Stacey’s not smart enough to hold onto a good coat, he don’t deserve it.
Mama being proud of teaching black history
These are things they need to hear, baby. It’s their history.
This shows papa is determined once again that he won’t lose the land.
We ain’t never gonna lose this land
Mama talking about white people
We Logan’s dont have much to do with white folks. You know why? ‘Cause white folks mean trouble.
