After the market ends, Big Ma has an appointment with Mr. Wade Jamison. We find out that Cassie respects him: he is the only white man who calls Mama and Big Ma by "Missus" (5.25). Plus, he's kind of like Papa.
Why did Cassie like Mr. Jamison? Cassie liked Mr. Jamison because he treated her like he was her father.
Jamison. A local lawyer; a white man. His forefathers bought land from Harlan Granger during the reconstruction, and sold some of it to the Logan family. Mr.
In fact, Mr. Jamison is one of the few sympathetic white characters in the book.
They are around 18 and 19 years old and they befriend T.J. Avery so he will steal things for them. In the end, R.W. accidentally kills Mr. Barnett and lets T.J.
Clayton Chester LoganLittle Man is the youngest of the Logan children. His real name is Clayton Chester Logan.
ten years oldCassie is the first-person narrator of the novel. At ten years old, she is the second oldest and the only female child in her family. Cassie is intelligent, outspoken, and self-confident, even when those qualities threaten to get her in trouble for speaking her mind in a white-dominated world.
What lesson did Papa give to Cassie about respect? Papa taught Cassie that respect is done without being forced to. You aren't really being respectful if you are being forced to respect someone.
David Logan ("Papa")
Cassie sits down with Mama that night to talk about what happened in Strawberry. Mama explains to Cassie that Big Ma was only protecting Cassie, and that Lillian Jean Simms and her father think they are better because they are white.
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