Why does Mr Granger want the Logans land?

Why does Mr Granger want the Logans land?

Granger primarily wanted the land because he believed it rightly belonged to his family (Reconstruction polices not being particularly poplular with the defeated Southerners), and he probably did not like the idea of Negroes owning it. The Logans want to hang on to the land at all costs.

What did Mr Granger say to the Logans?

Mr. Granger threatened the Logan’s by saying he would take there land and by saying he will make other families pay.

Why is land so important to the Logan family?

Land represents independence, family, and community in Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry. The land represents the Logans’ independence from the power structure around them, since by working their own plot of land the Logans are free, in both the sense they have no master and can shop where they like.

What does the land mean to Cassie?

BIG MA LAND REPRESENTS FREEDOM AND HER DECEASED HUSBAND’S LOVE AND HARD WORK. SHE WILL DO WHATEVER SHE CAN TO KEEP IT IN THE FAMILY. CASSIE. SHE VALUES THE LAND BECAUSE IT MEANS SO. MUCH TO BIG MA.

Which event did Mr Granger’s smug secretive smile foreshadow?

Mr. Granger’s smile foreshadows that he has a plan in mind to hurt the Logans.

What does Mr Granger’s smile foreshadow at the end of the chapter?

What is Uncle Hammer’s principle?

Uncle Hammer’s guiding principle in life is that people should always take responsibility for their actions; a man should not blame others for his own stupidity.

Why does Uncle Hammer’s new Packard symbolize freedom and equality?

Why does Uncle Hammer’s new Packard symbolize freedom and equality? Once Uncle Hammer returns in his car, Mr. Granger is no longer able to threaten the Logan family. The fancy Packard suggests that the entire Logan family deserves to have money, power, and respect.

Why did Uncle Hammer sell his car?

When Mr. Granger is about to foreclose on the Logan land, we expect Uncle Hammer to come up from Chicago and go all 1930s Punisher on him. Instead, he sells his snazzy car to help pay off the bank loan. And then leaves town to doubly make sure his anger won’t spill over.

Why does Mr Morrison go after Uncle Hammer?

Why does Mr. Morrison go after Uncle Hammer? He went to talk him out of doing anything rash or unpleasant to Mr. Sims.

Why did Mr Morrison get fired?

Morrison was fired from his previous job, because he got into a fight with some white men.

What happens between Cassie and Lillian Jean?

As Lillian Jean begins trusting Cassie, she tells her all her own secrets, as well as those of her friends and brothers. Cassie eventually exacts her revenge by leading Lillian Jean into the woods, where she drops her books on the ground and starts taunting her. Lillian jean punches her and they fight.

Who is Mr Barnett in Roll of Thunder Hear My Cry?

Like many of the white characters in the book, Mr. Barnett is racist. Openly, gleefully racist. He interrupts his transaction with T.J. several times to help out white people, and, when Cassie calls him out on it, he calls her a “n*****” (5.62) and demands that she leave his shop.

Who died in Roll of Thunder Hear My Cry?

Mr. Barnett

How old is Stacey Logan?

thirteen-year-old

Who is Big Ma’s husband?

Paul Edward

Who does Cassie Logan marry?

Howard Millhouse

How did the Logan family get their land?

How did the Logan family get their land? The Granger’s had sold it and Cassie’s grandfather bought it.