Law and Justice Essay

 

 

 

 

 

 

Law and Justice Essay

Roll My Thunder, Hear My Cry

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Multiculturism is associated with the political philosophy of reflecting on understanding and responding to cultural diversity challenges. It encompasses nationalities, ethnicity, and religious differences. It is mostly used as a descriptive term; however, the focus is on the normative ideal in the context of liberal democratic societies such as the United States of America. The emerging challenges associated with liberalism is also due to multiculturism. However, the origin of America is in its sort of multiculturism. Extreme sports of multiculturism are indeed frowned upon in all cultures. Although, there is freedom of cultural diversity up to an extent in each region (Volokh, 2015).

The advent of racism in America is not new. American history is rich with the stories of racism where white Americans treated black African Americans poorly. Millions of incidents with black slaves prove that America has been a huge contributor to racism. The incidents of brutality and injustice have been seen throughout ages and even today. Recently, the Black Lives Matter movement shows that America is still full of racists. The racist society compels authors to write about these issues. One such novel, “Roll My Thunder, Hear My Cry,” has been written by Mildred D. Taylor. The novel focuses on the Logan family and portrays the injustice suffered by the family, and the way of taking the law into their own hands can prove right.

Cassie is a very smart child as she works hard to step persecution or injustice from white people’s hands. The book refers to different incidents where she tries to deliver justice in the unfair system. The issues with Lillian Jean have shown it at several points as she plots her plan strategically as her father taught her while talking about racism in her society. A discussion on the law and justice in the hands of Cassie has described her actions in words like “Cassie plots carefully about how to deal with Lillian Jean. This is very different from how Cassie dealt with her problems towards the beginning of her book. Instead of yelling insults or saying directly how she feels, Cassie has learned to keep quiet and plan revenge strategically, carefully, and on her own terms” (Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry Chapter 8 Summary & Analysis | LitCharts, 2020).

As the Logan children live in an unjust society, they are forced to create their form of justice. It is to maintain their dignity, respect, and safety while living in the same society. There are several points in the book where it shows that it is very difficult to manage. The narrator, Cassie, gets fed up with many points and loses her temper. The struggle to try to be just as an African American family was too much to ask for. This led to getting her family kicked out when she yells at the store manager. There is a strong relationship between law and literature. Most of the time, the tragedy in the novels are rooted in injustice and violations. Other writers have discussed this as, “The phrase “Civil Disobedience” is also never used, but the many times the Logan family bends the rules in order to maintain their dignity, freedom, and welfare are prime examples of breaking the law for a higher good” (Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry, 2020).

Throughout the book, the development of the children is shown as the clouds of danger surround the landownership of the Logan family. The novel has portrayed as a context of continued guaranteed rights from a social and political point of view. That is why the book portrays a strong message of law and justice in society (Bosmajian, 2009).

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Bosmajian, H., 2009. A search for law and justice in a racist society. Children Literature: Classic Texts and Contemporary Trends, pp.231-237.

LitCharts. 2020. Roll Of Thunder, Hear My Cry Chapter 8 Summary & Analysis | Litcharts. [online] Available at: <https://www.litcharts.com/lit/roll-of-thunder-hear-my-cry/chapter-8> [Accessed 24 October 2020].

Sparknotes.com. 2020. Roll Of Thunder, Hear My Cry. [online] Available at: <https://www.sparknotes.com/lit/rollofthunder/study-questions/> [Accessed 24 October 2020]

Volokh, E., 2015. The American Tradition of Multiculturalism. [online] The Washington Post. Available at: <https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/volokh-conspiracy/wp/2015/01/27/the-american-tradition-of-multiculturalism/> [Accessed 24 October 2020].