Question

Read the excerpt from Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry. When I reached the church steps, I looked back again. T.J. Was still there, an indistinct blur blending into the gathering dusk, and I began to think that perhaps he would not go with the Simmses. But then the rude squawk of the truck's horn blasted the quiet evening, and T.J. Turned his back on us and fled across the field. How best could a reader make a text-to-self connection for this excerpt? by thinking about a time when one was worried about a friend's choices by listening to a friend's story about learning how to drive a truck by thinking about a time when one wanted to be with friends instead of family by listening to a story about a bad decision someone made that caused problems

Answer 1

A. By thinking about a time when one was worried about a friend's choices.

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Answer 2

By thinking about a time when one was worried about a friend's choices.

Step-by-step explanation:

Mildred D. Taylor's "Roll Of Thunder, Hear My Cry" is a novel about racism that was prevalent especially during the Great Depression and the Jim Crow Laws. The story follows the narrator Cassie Logan through the story and deals with themes such as racism, freedom, and inequality, etc.

The given excerpt is from the 10th chapter of the story where Cassie and her friends encountered their former friend T.J. Avery just before their church revival meetings. He was dressed in new clothes which have been obviously stolen and also brought the Simm twins- Melvin and R.W Simms. The excerpt shows the scene where T.J. seems to be in a dilemma, stuck between his old friends while also wanting to be among the White 'friends' who have the means to get things more easily than his own black people.

The scene makes us think of the time when one was worried about the choices that a friend makes, which we couldn't do anything about.