In the book Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry by Mildred D. Taylor, it tells some similarities and differences between the characters T.J Avery and Stacey Logan. If you read the book you could also pick out some similarities and differences between the two.
First off, some similarities between T.J. and Stacey. Both of them are black. They are the oldest siblings in their family. Both of them are in 7th grade with Stacey’s mom, Mary Logan.
They also have differences between them. Some differences between T.J. and Stacey are that T.J. and his family are sharecroppers on Mr.Granger’s land and Stacey and his Family own land that their grandpa bought. In the book it also has T.J. cheating and he shows Stacey the answers outside of school, but Stacey takes them and rips the answers up because he does not cheat. Also, T.J. got his brother in trouble when he went to the Wallace Store; when Stacey went to the Wallace Store with his siblings he took all the blame.
This is why in the book Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry there are many similarities and differences between T.J. and Stacey. If you read the book there is a lot more you can find.