11. Setting
1934
Logan’s House at first
Averys’ house
Woods
Segregation
12.
13. THE POEM
Roll of thunder
hear my cry
over the water
bye and bye
Ole man comin’
down the line
Whip in hand to
beat me down
But I ain’t
gonna let him
Turn me ‘round
16. OUR INTERPRETATIONS
★Your not going to let anyone get you down
★Don’t give in and always be true to who you are
★ Represents the Logans’
★ It talks about segregation and the night men (“ Whip in
hand to beat me down”)
19. ❃ ❃ ❃ EVENTS ❃ ❃ ❃
Rescue incident- T.J comes to the Logan’s house because he is hurt and needs
help. He told them what happened & how he wanted to go home. He was used as a
decoy by R.W & Melvin.
Uh-Oh incident- When the Logan kids returned T.J back to his house, they stayed
there to make sure that T.J would be okay, as they were waiting they saw head
lights coming their way. Quickly they hid behind a bush, they watched as Kaleb and
Thurston Wallace knocked on the Avery’s door. Stacey commanded Cassie to take
Little Man and Christopher-John back home.
Mercintle Robbery- T.J, Melvin, and R.W decide to rob the Jim Lee’s store in
Strawberry. They decide to steal the pearl-handled pistol, but they get caught by
Mrs. Barnett. As defense, Melvin and R.W attacked her. T.J gets threatened by the 2
Simms’ brothers after the robbery and finds Stacey for help.
22. Characters
• Stacy- he feels responsible for T.J and is more forgiving than the others, mature
• T.J- gullible, hurt, asking for forgiveness, stupid, vulnerable, lonely
• Cassie- Doesn’t believe T. J at first but believes him after she sees how hurt he is,protective,
worried, scared (usually she’s confident), brave
• R.W and Melvin Simms- Devious, dangerous, liars
• Averys’- in danger, being threatened
• Mr. Jamison- brave, savior, without him T. J would have died, isn’t afraid of standing up to the
Wallace’s, treats everyone the same
• Harlan Granger- only cares about his land, doesn’t care if T.J is beat up somewhere else,
selfish, cruel, just as bad as the Wallace’s, sneaky
25. Similes, Metaphors, and
Dialect
“He would stay there for a while, walking on cat’s feet
through the quiet yard, then eventually return to the
front porch again.” ( Mr. Morrison)
“Hey ya’ll look over yonder”
“Y’all decided to hold court out here tonight”
“ Y’all be sure to mind now,” ordered Big Ma gruffly.
28. Themes
Racism- After the mercantile robbery, Melvin and R. J
didn’t even get in trouble! T.J gets blamed for
everything even though he soon regretted what they
were doing. Instead of believing T.J, they believed
Melvin and R.J just because they were white. The
night riders really didn’t care about the incident,
they just wanted a reason to kill an African
American.
Bravery-The Logan kids were very brave when faced
with horror. Even though they saw really horrible
things being done to the Averys’, they stayed calm.
They could have just completely freaked out and
started yelling at the Night men, but they kept their
32. Vocab and
Foreshadowing
Despicable- Deserving hatred and contempt White-
vocab
Vulnerability- Susceptible to physical or emotional attack or
harm Yellow-
Affirmation- state as a fact assert strongly and publicly
foreshadowing
The poem “Roll of Thunder” Hints on what might happen
later on in the book.
The illustration- it shows fire. Hmm????
The poem- talks about thunder, crying.... Foreshadows
something sad because people are crying and something
tragic because of the thunder and the beating
Mercantile Robbery- because of the incident, the T.J and
Melvin must have ratted T.J out, it foreshadows the attack
on the Averys’ since T.J had just done something very bad.
40. ❤❤Events❤❤
Telling Incident- Cassie and her brothers tell Papa, Big Ma &
Mama what happened. Papa and Mr. Morrison come to the
rescue!! The Logans’ soon all get involved. Even though the
kids want to help, all they can do is take care of each other
and hope that everything is okay.
Fire incident- Papa burned 1/4 of the land he had. There was
no there was no other way to stop the lynching from
happening. This was the only way Harlan Granger would come
outside. Since he cared so much about his land, if he heard
that it was burning up, he would finally do something about it.
Working Together- Once Harlan Granger found out that there
was a fire, he immediately took control of the whole situation.
He gave T.J to Mr. Jamison and told everyone to fighting the
fire. The Night Men finally backed off the Averys’ and stopped
harassing them. Instead they were more worried about the fire.
44. Characters
Papa- courageous,strong, sacrificed his cotton for T.J
Stacey- really cared for T.J even though he betrayed them, mature and understands
why things are the way they are
Cassie- feels sorry for T.J, finally understands why African Americans are being
treated badly (She knows that it won’t go away), protective, brave
Little Man and Christopher-John- want to help, become more mature
Mama- brave(fought off the fire), strong, worried but doesn’t show it, cares more
about her family than anything else,
Mr. Morrison- loyal (didn’t leave Papa go by himself), part of the Logan family
Harlan Granger- only cares about land, coward, tries to act innocent, the real BAD
GUY, doesn’t care about T.J, no responcibility,
Mr. Jamison- has the nerve to stand up to Harlan (he went over to his house and
honked the car continuously), really care’s for African American rights
47. Similes,Metaphors, and Dialect
“Like a cat, Mama sprang after them and grabbed
Papa again. “
“Dry as that timber is, a fire catch hold it won’t
stop burning for a week.” (Mr. Granger, talking
about the forest)
“You set one foot from this house and I’m going to
skin you alive..... do you hear me now?” (Mama)
48.
49. Themes
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Working together- The
African Americans and the Whites worked
together to stop the fire! Instead of them trying to
kill T.J, they put their differences aside to stop the
fire from burning all of the land. The
Wallace’s knew that if Harlan
52. Vocab and Foreshadowing
Traipsing- walk or move wearily or reluctantly
acrid- having a strong or unpleasant taste or smell
Intent- intention or purpose
Menacing- threatening, especially in a malignant or hostile
manner (adj.)
Chain Gang- a group of convicts chained together while
working outside the prison
54. Vocab and Foreshadowing
✓Papa stared out as a bolt of lightning splintered the
night into a dazzling brilliance. The wind was blowing
softly, gently toward the east. “ Perhaps....” Foreshadows
what Papa might do instead of just shooting at the night
men.
✓“ He’s in jail right now.” “And-and what then?” asked
Stacey. Papa studied us. “ He could possibly go on the
chain gang...” Foreshadows what might happen in the 2nd
book and what happens to T.J later on.
