In the novel, Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry the setting has affected the story and characters in many ways. Cassie and her family live in Mississippi 1983 during the great depression. The great depression was the deepest and longest-lasting economic downturn in the history of the United States, the Great Depression began soon after the stock market crash of October 1929. It was also when the law plessy vs ferguson was passed(Also known as separate but equal).

An event that was caused by the setting is when the text says, “sitting so close to the desk, I could see the covers of the books, a motley red, and badly worn” cassie. This is and example of The separate but equal law. In our circle we had taken no notice to the other man standing at