"Well, to tell you the truth, I was real upset for a while there. But my papa told me it don't do no good sitting around being mad. Then I seen how things was. I mean, I should've seen it all along. After all, I'm who I am and you're who you are." Lillian Jean looked at me with astonishment that I could see the matter so clearly. "Well, I'm glad you finally learned the way of things."

"Oh, I did," I piped readily. "The way I see it – here, let me take them books for you, Miz Lillian Jean – the way I see it, we all gotta do what we gotta do. And that's what I'm gonna do from now on. Just what I gotta."

—Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry,
Mildred D. Taylor

How does this scene motivate Cassie?

A It makes her angry that Lillian Jean thinks she is apologizing.
B It makes her astonished about Lillian Jean’s behavior in Strawberry.
C It makes her sad that she and Lillian Jean cannot be friends.