Mr. Morrison is not a relative of the Logans, the main family in Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry, but he comes to live with them and plays a large part in their lives.
Mr. Morrison first appears in the second chapter of the novel. He comes with the Logans' father, who has just returned home. Cassie, the main character and novel's narrator, says this when she first notices Mr. Morrison:
In our excitement,...
Mr. Morrison is not a relative of the Logans, the main family in Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry, but he comes to live with them and plays a large part in their lives.
Mr. Morrison first appears in the second chapter of the novel. He comes with the Logans' father, who has just returned home. Cassie, the main character and novel's narrator, says this when she first notices Mr. Morrison:
In our excitement, we had taken no notice of the other man standing quietly at the side of the road. But now, gazing upward at the most formidable-looking being we had ever encountered, we huddled closer to Papa.
Cassie then describes Mr. Morrison as "a human tree in height" and very large and muscular, which is probably why she was frightened him at first.
Later in the chapter, Cassie's father explains that he brought Mr. Morrison to the Logan's house because he lost his job, and her father asked if he'd be the family's "hired hand" who would do work around the house in exchange for a place to stay and a little money.
Later on in the novel, however, it becomes clear that Cassie's father had another reason for bringing Mr. Morrison to the Logan house: so he could protect the family while their father wasn't there.
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