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__Roll of Thunder__ by Mildred Taylor by Judy Milling Submitted March 26, 2011

__Roll of Thunder__ by Mildred Taylor brings awareness to the struggle and pain that blacks encountered after the Civil War and before the 1960's movment for rights for African-Americans. The story is told through the eyes of Cassie, a young girl living in period when blacks were free but not accepted. Her story takes place in Mississippi where Cassie's family is struggling with the Great Depression and life as cotton farmers. Mildred Taylor uses the genre of drama to tell Cassie's story. The beauty of the novel is the innocense that Cassie possesses because she doensn't feel she is any different than anyone else, black or white. The horror of the novel is how Casse slowly and painfully realizes that the white people of her community do not see her as equal.

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