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L.T. Morrison
Papa’s brother, Hammer Logan, works in Chicago and earns a very decent living with his job. He’s able to afford a luxury car and dresses well. He has a short temper and reacts angrily to the injustices he sees when he visits his family in Mississippi, though his recklessness almost puts the family in danger.
Uncle Hammer Quotes in Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry
The Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry quotes below are all either spoken by Uncle Hammer or refer to Uncle Hammer. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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Chapter 7
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“Then if you want something and it’s a good thing and you got it in the right way, you better hang on to it and don’t let nobody talk you out of it. You care what a lot of useless people say ‘bout you you’ll never get anywhere, ‘cause there’s a lotta folks don’t want you to make it. You understand what I’m telling you?”
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Chapter 10
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Uncle Hammer put his arm around Papa. “What good’s a car? It can’t grow cotton. You can’t build a home on it. And you can’t raise four fine babies in it.”
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Uncle Hammer Quotes in Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry
The Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry quotes below are all either spoken by Uncle Hammer or refer to Uncle Hammer. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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Chapter 7
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“Then if you want something and it’s a good thing and you got it in the right way, you better hang on to it and don’t let nobody talk you out of it. You care what a lot of useless people say ‘bout you you’ll never get anywhere, ‘cause there’s a lotta folks don’t want you to make it. You understand what I’m telling you?”
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Chapter 10
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Uncle Hammer put his arm around Papa. “What good’s a car? It can’t grow cotton. You can’t build a home on it. And you can’t raise four fine babies in it.”
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