Help Please – I Have 3 Questions For “a Lesson Before Dying”.?
August 21, 2009
1. What things did Mr. Wiggins do to get Jefferson to learn?
2. What did Jefferson do to convince you that he had learned the lesson?
3. What does the death of Jefferson symboize for his community?
I hope by asking these, you guys do not mind helping. Its been a while since I read the book, but I would appreciate any help you guys can provide so that I can be guided in answering these questions. Thanks so much.
A Lesson Before Dying By Ernest Gains – Questions?
August 16, 2009
1. What things did Mr. Wiggings do to get Jefferson to learn?
2. What did Jefferson do to convince you that he had learned the lesson?
3. What does the death of Jefferson symbolize for his community?
4. Who is Paul and how important is his role in the story?
A Lesson Before Dying?
August 2, 2009
This question if from the book/movie A Lesson Befor Dying. . .
What is Grants relationship like with his Tante Lou?
Anyone Who Has Read A Lesson Before Dying?
July 26, 2009
What lesson about life was learned in “A Lesson Before Dying?” I know this should be easy for me to understand, but it’s not. I overanalyze things, so pleeeeeease just help me. Thanks!
Comparing The Green Mile With A Lesson Before Dying?
July 23, 2009
the movie green mile and the book a lesson before dying
Similarities???
differences???
Who Knos Where I Can Find ”a Lesson Before Dying” The Movie??
July 3, 2009
does anyone kno??
In The Movie “a Lesson Before Dying” What Does Jefferson Do To Assert His Humanity?
July 2, 2009
A Lesson Before Dying is set in the fictional city of Bayonne, Louisiana in the late 1940s. It tells the story of two African American men struggling to attain their manhood in a deeply prejudiced society. Jefferson, a young man with little formal education, is an innocent bystander at a deadly shootout between a white store owner and two black robbers. He is later convicted of murder and sentenced to death. During the trial, Jefferson’s defense lawyer calls him a “hog,” claiming he is less than human and therefore should not be killed. Jefferson’s distraught godmother Miss Emma asks Grant Wiggins, the local school teacher, to “make Jefferson a man” before he dies. Over the course of the novel, Grant must find the courage within himself to face many diverse situations: a hateful white society; an indigent black community with high expectations; a pained young man slated for execution; and his own reluctant feelings to shoulder the many burdens of the black community.
Grant faces many different types of opposition during the novel. Though Miss Emma, Jefferson’s Godmother, has worked for Henry Pichot, the plantation owner, for years, he is reluctant to help Grant make Jefferson a man. At one point, Miss Emma gets down on her knees and begs for help from Mr. Pichot. Grant is often asked to visit Mr. Pichot’s house to meet with him, and then is forced to wait in the kitchen for hours until Mr. Pichot is ready to see him. During his many trips to the jail to visit Jefferson, Grant is scrutinized and ridiculed by the white sheriff. The plantation school is horribly under-funded, yet when the white superintendent of schools, Dr. Joseph Morgan, visits, he only examines the children’s teeth as though they were cattle, and instructs Grant to place “more emphasis on hygiene.” (p. 57) When Grant suggests that the children have never seen a toothbrush before, the superintendent replied, “Get (the kids) off their lazy butts, they can make enough for a dozen toothbrushes in an evening.” (p. 58) Not only does Grant face oppression from white characters in the novel, but also must face the struggles within the black community. Grant grapples with his own ability to even make an impact on his students. Grants’ former teacher, Matthew Antoine, had told him that teaching was useless, “You’ll see that it’ll take more than five and a half months to wipe away-peel-scrape away the blanket of ignorance that has been plastered and replastered over those brains in the past three hundred years.” (p. 64) He constantly grapples with his internal motivation for staying at the quarter and not leaving for an easier life. Though Grant is educated, he is, unlike the majority of the other characters in the book, not Christian. As such Grant constantly wrestles with the local black minister, who wants to save Jefferson’s soul before he dies. Both men are looked up to in their community, but both have sharply contrasting views about what is best for people.
A Lesson Before Dying The Movie And Book Comparioson Name 3 Thing That Did Or Didnt Happen In The Movie Orbook
June 30, 2009
Dude, seriously!!!!!!! Do you really think by posting this online you’re going to find someone stupid enopugh to do the homework you were obviously too lazy to do.
A Lesson Before Dying. Differences Between The Book And The Movie. Plz Look For More Details?
June 28, 2009
i read the book already, but i could not find the movie. So i was wondering if anyone had seen the movie and read the book. I would like to know what scenes in the book were changed or left out?
Download “a Lesson Before Dying” The Movie, Legally?
June 25, 2009
I’m looking to download, “A Lesson Before Dying” as soon as possible, or just watch a stream of the movie preferably legally. I’ve checked sites like movielink and cinamenow but they don’t have it available. I don’t want to enroll in any subscriptions like Netflix. Is there ANYWHERE I can rent the movie online to be able to watch in on the computer. I don’t want it delivered. Thanks! Please help!