"When I said you were a friend of Tom's, he started to abandon the whole idea. He doesn't know very much about Tom, though he says he's read a Chicago paper for years just on the chance of catching a glimpse of Daisy's name" (p.152)
Wiglaf is presented as a model of loyalty. He understands what the anglo-saxon code is like and believes in Beowulf without any doubt. He is brave and willing to help Beowulf and criticizes the other warriors for not behaving the same. This is why he is later appointed as Beowulf's heir.
Answer:
It shows that there were white citizens who treated African American citizens in unjust and humiliating ways.
Explanation:
In <em>Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry</em> we follow the story of the Logan family through the lives of all of its members. The abuse on a racial basis that is described in the given excerpt was just one of the minor discomforts that African Americans experienced, or in this case - the Logan family. From being beaten, falsely accused of doing something they did not do, to not being served in a store or getting second-hand books from white schools that were too old and useless<em>. </em>So, in this novel, we have a very detailed and realistic description of the everyday life of average African Americans and how they coped with it.
