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About Me
Let the Circle Be Unbroken
by Mildred D. Taylor
Plot Summary
The Logan family goes through hard times, trying to raise their children the correct way. In the story, T.J. Avery, Stacey's friend, is accused of murdering a white man, Jim Lee Barnett. Although he is innocent, he is tried by an all-white jury and convicted. Stacey does everything in his power to try and to help his friend, although in the end, T.J. Avery gets the death penalty.
Afterwards, David Logan (Papa) goes back to the railroad to work.
Meanwhile, a man tries to start a union to join blacks and whites together so the cotton would be sold for fair prices. The union does not succeed and the man who wanted to start it is beaten badly. Some people were told that they had to pull up the acres that had already been planted because they planted too much. The plantation owners lied and said the government ordered it, but it was the plantation owners who did it in order to get the money that was supposed to go to the sharecroppers.
Also, during this time, Mama's cousin Bud's daughter Suzella, who has a black father and a white mother, is living with them. Suzella is exonerated for being attractive and mixed, making her seem like a prize to all the males in the town because she is technically black and therefore accessible, but still has the lighter skin, hair, eyes. Because of her lighter features she can be assumed as white. Suzella struggles with identity issues that put a strain on her relationships with family, friends, and suitors. She catches the eye of Stuart Walker, a white boy who sometimes flirts with colored girls to start trouble. Though when he approaches her, he genuinely respects her, assuming she is just another attractive white girl. This takes a great toll on Stacey and he believes that somehow he must take care of his family before they lose the land they own. He and his best friend Moe runs away to a cane field to earn money. As time goes by, with the help of Mr. Jamison, a white lawyer who is kind and fair to black people, Mama, Papa, and Caroline Logan (Big Ma) contact police stations in the next couple of towns. They address the letters in his name so that when the sheriffs receive the letters they will respond. Mr. Jamison says that if they see a black family name on the letters they probably will not respond. After roughly seven months of searching for Stacey, they find him in town a couple of hours away from home in a town called Shokesville (pronounced "Stokesvile"). When they enter the jail, the officer carries out a boy who is too tall (in Cassie's opinion) to be Stacey. When he enters into the lighted area, his family realizes it is him, and they tearfully hail him. Stacey and Moe had been wrongfully accused of stealing which put them in jail. During that time Stacey and Moe became really sick. While Stacey was at the cane field a poll rolled over his foot and broke it. Before they drive home, they stop by the house of a lady who took care of Stacey and Moe while they were in jail and thanked her. They stay the night there and the next morning left for home. The Logans held a party to celebrate their loved one's return. Mildred Taylor discusses racism throughout this book and the previous book, Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry and the sequel, The Road To Memphis.
Reference:
"Let the Circle Be Unbroken." Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. 5 Jan 2010, 21:54 UTC. 6 Jan 2010 <http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Let_the_Circle_Be_Unbroken&oldid=336079114>.
Afterwards, David Logan (Papa) goes back to the railroad to work.
Meanwhile, a man tries to start a union to join blacks and whites together so the cotton would be sold for fair prices. The union does not succeed and the man who wanted to start it is beaten badly. Some people were told that they had to pull up the acres that had already been planted because they planted too much. The plantation owners lied and said the government ordered it, but it was the plantation owners who did it in order to get the money that was supposed to go to the sharecroppers.
Also, during this time, Mama's cousin Bud's daughter Suzella, who has a black father and a white mother, is living with them. Suzella is exonerated for being attractive and mixed, making her seem like a prize to all the males in the town because she is technically black and therefore accessible, but still has the lighter skin, hair, eyes. Because of her lighter features she can be assumed as white. Suzella struggles with identity issues that put a strain on her relationships with family, friends, and suitors. She catches the eye of Stuart Walker, a white boy who sometimes flirts with colored girls to start trouble. Though when he approaches her, he genuinely respects her, assuming she is just another attractive white girl. This takes a great toll on Stacey and he believes that somehow he must take care of his family before they lose the land they own. He and his best friend Moe runs away to a cane field to earn money. As time goes by, with the help of Mr. Jamison, a white lawyer who is kind and fair to black people, Mama, Papa, and Caroline Logan (Big Ma) contact police stations in the next couple of towns. They address the letters in his name so that when the sheriffs receive the letters they will respond. Mr. Jamison says that if they see a black family name on the letters they probably will not respond. After roughly seven months of searching for Stacey, they find him in town a couple of hours away from home in a town called Shokesville (pronounced "Stokesvile"). When they enter the jail, the officer carries out a boy who is too tall (in Cassie's opinion) to be Stacey. When he enters into the lighted area, his family realizes it is him, and they tearfully hail him. Stacey and Moe had been wrongfully accused of stealing which put them in jail. During that time Stacey and Moe became really sick. While Stacey was at the cane field a poll rolled over his foot and broke it. Before they drive home, they stop by the house of a lady who took care of Stacey and Moe while they were in jail and thanked her. They stay the night there and the next morning left for home. The Logans held a party to celebrate their loved one's return. Mildred Taylor discusses racism throughout this book and the previous book, Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry and the sequel, The Road To Memphis.
Reference:
"Let the Circle Be Unbroken." Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. 5 Jan 2010, 21:54 UTC. 6 Jan 2010 <http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Let_the_Circle_Be_Unbroken&oldid=336079114>.
I think this is a good summary beacuse it is short and to the ponit(:
ReplyDeletejessika .
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ReplyDeleteI agree it is not that long and it gets right to the point about the chapter=)
ReplyDeleteIm mean really think about how she felt before she ran away then try to make those thinks better so that she would come back that's what i would do.
ReplyDeleteI think she ran away because she wanted people to feel what it would be like without her around
ReplyDeletei had very nice detail and gets to what the what the chaper about =]
ReplyDeleteThis summary is short and needs more information
ReplyDeleteThis is the the best short summery that i've read so far.
ReplyDeleteThis is a very good summary.
ReplyDeletethis is a good summary and i like tht it is short and to the pint but i wouold have made things right and not ran away like she did..
ReplyDeleteAW!!! THATs SAd THAt He WENt ANd RAn AWAy!! He SHoULDNt Of LEFt HiS PARENtS LiKE THAt..i HOPe THEy DiDNt GEt A DiVORCe!! :[
ReplyDelete~KySHANNa
I agree with amanda it is a good summary because it is short but i would not of run away
ReplyDeletethis a good short and snappy summary that is staight to the point. i kind of understand Stacey coz he is at that point of life where his whole world is upside down and hes changing and stuff. at this stage, he needs his dad more than ever.
ReplyDelete~ celesta
Hey I think that its bad that he ran away and that papa and uncle hammer went to find him even if it would harm mama's and papa's marrage. Nice paragraph by the way.
ReplyDeleteit should have told hwy stacey ran away, wasnt it because she thought mama need to let her grow up?-kyndra
ReplyDeleteTo be so short it covered the main parts of this chapter, good summary
ReplyDeleteThat is a really short summary.
ReplyDeleteI didn't understand this! Why did it not tell why Stacey ran away? This is also really short. It could use a little more information.
ReplyDelete-Kaylee(: