"Well, to tell you the truth, I was real upset for a while there. But my papa told me it don't do no good sitting around being mad. Then I seen how things was. I mean, I should've seen it all along. After all, I'm who I am and you're who you are."
Lillian Jean looked at me with astonishment that I could see the matter so clearly. "Well, I'm glad you finally learned the way of things."
"Oh, I did," I piped readily. "The way I see it – here, let me take them books for you, Miz Lillian Jean – the way I see it, we all gotta do what we gotta do. And that's what I'm gonna do from now on. Just what I gotta."
—Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry,
Mildred D. Taylor
How does this scene motivate Cassie?
It makes her angry that Lillian Jean thinks she is apologizing.
It makes her astonished about Lillian Jean’s behavior in Strawberry.
It makes her sad that she and Lillian Jean cannot be friends.