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* FirstInstallmentWins: ''Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry'' is the most well-known of the series, and while the other books are well regarded in their own right, none have achieved its same level of popularity.

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%%* * IronWoobie: Mr. Morrison.Morrison, a nice and strong (In all senses of the word) man who has as one of his earliest memories being thrown outside his house by his family after it was set on fire by "night men", and being forced to watch the flames consume them, the burn scars on his body being a living reminder of that night.



%%* NightmareFuel: The burning incident, and meeting the victims.
%%** Mr. Morrison's backstory.

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The burning incident, Wallaces burn the Berrys alive for the "crime" of allegedly flirting with a white woman, and meeting when Cassie is taken to see the victims.surviving Mr. Berry he's a literal husk of a man barely holding on to life.
%%** ** Mr. Morrison's backstory. "Night men" attacked his house and set it on fire, killing his parents. The only reason he survived was because he was physically thrown out the building, though he still carries the physical and mental scars to this day.

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Some Anvils Need To Be Dropped got cut and this example doesn't even mention the lesson to be drawn. I could hazard a guess and I'd probably be right, but I don't even know the work, so I'm not going to speak on it.


* NightmareFuel: The burning incident, and meeting the victims.
** Mr. Morrison's backstory.
* SomeAnvilsNeedToBeDropped: The novels don't just feature borderline rabid racists, but also white characters who seem uncomfortable with blatant racism yet are unwilling to speak out against it. Stacey's friend Moe describes his employer's son as decent, yet when the young Montier's friend Stuart Walker begins sexually exploiting black women, Montier is unwilling to stand up to him.
** Dialed UpToEleven in ''Road to Memphis''. After Jeremy Simms gets pressured into joining his cousins in a "prank" that results in the injury of a black man, Stacey fully acknowledges that he didn't mean for it to happen, and is angry that Jeremy wanted to be thought of as a helpful friend when he'd never given any genuine help.

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* %%* NightmareFuel: The burning incident, and meeting the victims.
** %%** Mr. Morrison's backstory. \n* SomeAnvilsNeedToBeDropped: The novels don't just feature borderline rabid racists, but also white characters who seem uncomfortable with blatant racism yet are unwilling to speak out against it. Stacey's friend Moe describes his employer's son as decent, yet when the young Montier's friend Stuart Walker begins sexually exploiting black women, Montier is unwilling to stand up to him.\n** Dialed UpToEleven in ''Road to Memphis''. After Jeremy Simms gets pressured into joining his cousins in a "prank" that results in the injury of a black man, Stacey fully acknowledges that he didn't mean for it to happen, and is angry that Jeremy wanted to be thought of as a helpful friend when he'd never given any genuine help.
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* SomeAnvilsNeedToBeDropped: The novels don't just feature borderline rabid racists, but also white characters who seem uncomfortable with blatant racism yet are unwilling to speak out against it. Stacey's friend Moe describes his employer's son as decent, yet when the young Montier's friend Stuart Walker begins sexually exploiting black women, Montier is unwilling to stand up to him.
** Dialed UpToEleven in ''Road to Memphis''. After Jeremy Simms gets pressured into joining his cousins in a "prank" that results in the injury of a black man, Stacey fully acknowledges that he didn't mean for it to happen, and is angry that Jeremy wanted to be thought of as a helpful friend when he'd never given any genuine help.
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* IronWoobie: Mr. Morrison.

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* %%* IronWoobie: Mr. Morrison.
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* TearJerker: The ending.

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* %%* TearJerker: The ending.
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* IronWoobie: Mr. Morrison
* JerkassWoobie: T.J. is far from a pleasant individual and has made some poor choices in life, but he doesn't deserve to be [[spoiler:falsely convicted of murder and sentenced to death]]

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* IronWoobie: Mr. Morrison
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* JerkassWoobie: T.J. is far from a pleasant individual and has made some poor choices in life, but he doesn't deserve to be [[spoiler:falsely convicted of murder and sentenced to death]]death]].
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* CompleteMonster: The Wallaces burn three men alive because one of them supposedly flirted with a white woman, shoot David in the head for organising a boycott against them, [[spoiler: attempt to lynch T.J. for a crime he didn't commit]] and [[ArsonMurderandJaywalking sell alcohol to teenagers]]
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* CompleteMonster: The Wallaces burn three men alive because one of them supposedly flirted with a white woman, shoot David in the head for organising a boycott against them, [[spoiler: attempt to lynch T.J. for a crime he didn't commit]] and [[arsonmurderandjaywalking sell alcohol to teenagers]]

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* CompleteMonster: The Wallaces burn three men alive because one of them supposedly flirted with a white woman, shoot David in the head for organising a boycott against them, [[spoiler: attempt to lynch T.J. for a crime he didn't commit]] and [[arsonmurderandjaywalking [[ArsonMurderandJaywalking sell alcohol to teenagers]]
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* CompleteMonster: The Wallaces burn three men alive because one of them supposedly flirted with a white woman, shoot David in the head for organising a boycott against them, [[spoiler: attempt to lynch T.J. for a crime he didn't commit]] and [[arsonmurderandjaywalking sell alcohol to teenagers]]

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* CompleteMonster: The Wallace brothers
* HighOctaneNightmareFuel: The burning incident, and meeting the victims.
** Mr. Morrison's backstory.


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* NightmareFuel: The burning incident, and meeting the victims.
** Mr. Morrison's backstory.
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* CompleteMonster: The Wallace brothers


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* IronWoobie: Mr. Morrison
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** Mr. Morrison's backstory.
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* HighOctaneNightmareFuel: The burning incident, and meeting the victims.
* JerkassWoobie: T.J. is far from a pleasant individual and has made some poor choices in life, but he doesn't deserve to be [[spoiler:falsely convicted of murder and sentenced to death]]
* TearJerker: The ending.

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