Courageous Stacey

Sometimes, it is hard to show courage but, sometimes, it is the right thing to do. In my opinion the character that is the most courageous in the book “Roll of Thunder, Hear my Cry,” by Mildred D. Taylor, would be Stacey. Stacey is Cassie Logan’s oldest brother who keeps his younger siblings out of trouble. Stacey showed courage by helping T.J when he was hurt even though he could have easily said no, Stacey took away T.J’s cheat notes that he had to cheat on a test, and, even though it was risky, he told Cassie, Little Man, and Christopher John to leave him there and go and and tell papa about T.J.

“Knock knock!” If T.J. showed up in the middle of the night hurt, would you have helped him get home? Stacey was courageous by helping T.J. get home in the middle of the night when he was hurt. For …show more content…
Stacey was courageous to stay behiind and make sure that nothing happened to T.J. The book says “I ain’t going without you!’ I declared, afraid he might do something stupid like trying to rescue T.J, alone.” (Taylor, 256) This quote explains that Cassie did not want Stacey to stay behind but he did anyway to make sure nothing happened to T.J. nother quote is “I hesitiated ‘Y-you promise you won’t go down there by yourself?’ ‘Yeah, I promise. Just get Papa and Mr.Morrison ‘fore they- ‘fore they hurt them some more.”’ Stacey was courageous because even though T.J. had not been loyal to Stacey, he still didn’t want anything to happen to T.J. or his family. Would you have done that? Stacey was courageous by helping T.J. when he showed up hurt at his door in the middle of the night, Stacey took away T.J.’s cheat notes and took the blame for cheating, and even though it was risky, he told Cassie, Little Man, and Christopher John to go tell Papa about T.J. and leave him behind. Would you have done these things for a friend who had betrayed you? Even though it would be