Refer to explorations in literature for a complete version of this story. how do james withencroft's and charles atkinson's actions develop a theme in “august heat”? withencroft works all day to draw the best picture of his life. atkinson works all day to create a tombstone to show his customers. this develops the theme that at the end of the day, hard work is its own reward. withencroft walks to the home of stone carver, charles atkinson. atkinson invites him in but sharpens a knife, making withencroft feel threatened. this develops the theme that people should be wary of kind strangers. withencroft describes the most remarkable day of his life while atkinson goes about his day as he would any other. this develops the theme that people should live each day to the fullest. withencroft draws a picture of a man being sentenced for a terrible crime. the man turns out to be atkinson who, by chance, has carved withencroft's headstone. this develops the theme that some coincidences defy explanation.

this text from the short story depicts what atkinson made:

"the inscription which i read for the first time was this—

sacred to the memory 
of 
james clarence withencroft 
born jan. 18th, 1860 
he passed away very suddenly 
on august 20th, 19— 

“in the midst of life we are in death.”"

each man have not seen nor met each other in any circumstance. they only drew and wrote what they did based on their inspiration.

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i have read the novel roll of thunder hear my cry by mildred d. taylor.

1. this isn't like any other story i've read or watched because it is about a black family in mississippi right after slavery in the u.s. had become illegal. most of the novels i have read were about slavery. another point is that the author of the novel used symbolism in a way i haven't seen before. for example she uses thunder as something negative meaning something bad will happen. but by the end of the novel, she made thunder a good thing.

2.   one character that changed during the novel was stacey. stacey is the eldest child of the black logan family. around the begging of the novel stacey was avoiding the white boy jeremy simms. he had a dislike for jeremy's family. but at the end of the novel stacey began to like jeremy.

3. the author starts the novel with the problem that the children of the logan family have to avoid the white kid school bus while walking to school.