The best way for a reader to relate to T.J.'s feelings in the excerpt is by thinking about a time when one felt helpless. T.J. is expressing fear and desperation about his situation, feeling trapped and without options, which can resonate with anyone who has experienced a sense of helplessness in their own life.
Read the excerpt from Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry.
T.J. gulped and leaned over, his head between his legs. "I . . . I'm sick, Stacey. I gotta get home 'fore my daddy wake up. . . . He say I stay 'way from that house one more night, he gonna put me out, and he mean it, too. He put me out, I got no place to go. You gotta help me."
How best could a reader relate to T.J.‘s feelings in the excerpt?
by asking one’s teacher to explain T.J.’s feelings
by asking a friend’s opinion of how T.J. feels
by thinking about a time when one felt proud
by thinking about a time when one felt helpless
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