By Tori Hare. o “In the first place no one care enough to come down here, and in the second place...

ROLL OF THUNDER,

HEAR MY CRYBy Tori Hare

THEME: FIGHT FOR WHAT YOU BELIEVE IN

QUOTE: PAGE 30, MAMAo “In the first place no one care enough to

come down here, and in the second place if anyone should come, maybe he could see all the things we need current books for all are subjects not just somebody's old throwaways desk, paper, blackboards, erasers, maps, chalk…”

LYRICS: Nobody cared about us about me, about

you. Nobody cared what we’d think. What we’d say what we’d do your going through changes everything around you rearranges. But you have got to be strong. And you’ve got to carry on. Everything will wash away in the rain.

HOW LYRICS RELATE TO THE THEME: How lyrics relate to nobody caring was

before mama got fired nobody cared about them, what they did or how they lived there lives. What they wanted was for somebody to see how they lived and for somebody to care about them.

QUOTE: PAGE111, CASSIE “We been wanting on you for an hour

while you round here waiting on everybody else and it ain’t fair. You got no right”.

LYRICS: You can take everything I have You can

break everything I am Like I'm made of glass Like I'm made of paper Go on and try to tear me down I will be rising from the ground.

HOW LYRICS RELATE TO THE THEME: How the lyrics relate to Cassie when she

had to wait is no matter how long she had to wait or how bad they treaded her she was not going to be defeated.

QUOTE:PAGE 50, STACY I’ll show y’all how we’re gonna stop that

bus from splashing us”.

LYRICS: It's the eye of the tiger It's the thrill of

the fight Rising up to the challenge of our rival.

HOW LYRICS RELATE TO THE THEME:o How lyrics relate to the splashing is he is

going to rise up to the challenge and show the Logans how he is going to stop the bus from splashing them.

EVENT: PAGE 52 The Logan kids dug a hole in the road so

the bus will not splash them anymore and show the whites how it feels to get dirty everyday.

LYRICS: One way or another, I'm gonna find ya'

I'm gonna get ya', One way or another, I'm gonna win ya' I'm gonna get ya', One way or another, I'm gonna see ya

HOW LYRICS RELATE TO THE THEME: How the lyrics relate to the logans

digging the hole is they were going to show the whites how it feels to walk every day to school and they were not going to quit until they showed them what it was like to walk.

SYMBOL: Logan’s land

LYRICS: Cotton on the roadside, cotton in the

ditch.We all picked the cotton but we never got rich.

HOW LYRICS RELATE TO THE THEME: How lyrics relate to the land is they all

worked hard and they just made ends meet.

SYMBOL: THE FIRE

LYRICS: She's just a girl, and she's on fire Hotter

than a fantasy, lonely like a highway She's living in a world, and it's on fire Feeling the catastrophe, but she knows she can fly awayOh, she got both feet on the ground And she's burning it down Oh, she got her head in the clouds And she's not backing down.

HOW LYRICS RELATE TO THE THEME: The lyrics relate to the fire because in

the lyrics it said she’s not backing down and the whites and blacks were not going to quit until they got the fire out.

EVENT:PAGE 231 Papa had to pay the payment that mr.

granger wanted now and the payment was not due then it was to early.

LYRICS: "The time has come to say fair's fair to

pay the rent to pay our share"

HOW THE LYRICS RELATE TO THE THEME: How the lyrics relate to the payment

papa had to pay is papa wanted to be treaded fair and Mr. Granger made papa pay the payment early and papa wanted to pay on the time he always has.

SYMBOL: Uncle hammers car

LYRICS: Oh lord won't you buy me a Mercedes

Benz. My friends all drive Porsches, I must make amends. Worked hard all my lifetime, no help from my friends. So oh lord won't you buy me a Mercedes Benz.

HOW LYRICS RELATE TO THE THEME: How lyrics relate to the symbol is uncle

hammer worked all his life and he wanted a better car when he seen Mr. Grangers car.

QUOTE: PAGE 79,T.J. “Well naw, I ain’t, planning on it just if I

gotta” said T.J. Well now you ain’t gonna” said Stacy.

LYRICS: Your cheatin' heart, Will make you weep,

You'll cry and cry, And try to sleep, But sleep won't come, The whole night through, Your cheatin heart, will tell on you...

HOW LYRICS RELATE TO THE THEME: How the lyrics relate to cheating is T.J.

knows in his heart that he was cheating and no good will ever come from that.

QUOTE: PAGE 99, MAMA “For the past year now are family been

shopping at Vicksburg. There are a number or stores down there and we’ve found several that will treat us well”.

LYRICS: There are two paths you can go by, but

in the long run There's still time to change the road you're on.

HOW LYRICS RELATE TO THE THEME: How lyrics relate to the different paths is

they were treaded fairly In Vicksburg so they chose to shop there instead of shopping at the Wallace store were they were treaded unfairly.