A Lesson Before Dying
I thought that the book A Lesson Before Dying was all right overall. I think Ernest Gaines did a good job with the plot but the idea of the book was not to interesting to me. A book about a black man becoming a man on his way to the electric chair is a very dull plot to me. I give Gaines credit for making the book semi-interesting even though the plot was terrible. Personally after reading Things Fall Apart and Song of Solomon I was looking for a little more action in this book. Those two books were ten times better than A Lesson Before Dying so I can say that I was probably expecting too much. A Lesson Before Dying has a superb depiction of the theme "you can't judge a book by its cover". Grant went to help Jefferson with a notion that Jefferson was sewer trash and he would not learn anything from this situation. In the end Grant was wrong because he learned a lot from his short relationship with Jefferson. Grant had certain feelings for Jefferson he never had for a man
He didn't really know how to handle his job as teacher in the Quarter. These things are not necessary but they add to the story. She begged to the Guidry's on several occasion to help Jefferson feel more comfortable while he was in jail. There was something special about each character in the book. In the book each character had their own characteristics and personality. He didn't know what to do about Jefferson at first and wondered why he had to teach him. It was a realistic story that might have happened to anyone caught in that situation at that time period. Each of them had their strong points and weak points for example Grant was always running away from his problems. He couldn't make his mind up about God so he just decided to leave it alone. This individuality of each character made the book very interesting because you could watch how each characters personality would clash with the others. There were a lot of things in his life that he could not handle and he just wanted to run away. He died with dignity and pride like a man should. There were many strong characters in the book but there were also weak ones. They became real close friends and talked about a lot of things.
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