A Lesson Before Dying
gA Lesson Before Dyingh is a famous book written by Ernest J. Gaines. The story is set in a small Cajun community in the late 1940s which is a background with racialism between white and black. The author characterizes each characterfs mentality in their situation; give up as hopeless, sense of inferiority, being selfish, and those whom putting too much hope on othersc The lives have no choice, or have to alternative something important in their life. Gaines characterizes how the charactersf psychological changed from their hearts. Jefferson was unfortunately got caught as a homicide. Two white men dead, Jefferson have to die either he did it or not, thatfs the way things have to be to settle down the whites in the late 1940s. Grant, a
He tells Jefferson what a hero and he can be that hero to do a thing that nobody else can do but him. In gA Lesson Before Dyingh, Grant see his weakness, he changed from numbness for other peoplefs business to caring others. Once Grantfs aunt and Miss Emma is not going to the cell but ask him to go, then he knows Miss Emma set all this up and his aunt is helping her to make it up. Jefferson learned to care others instead of complaining others. Grant talk from the bottom of his heart, he said: gDo you believe Ifm your friend, Jefferson?h gDo you believe I care about you?h He tell the things he canft do and afraid to do but Jefferson can. Everybody learned a new lesson from dying. Grant goes to the cell with his aunt and Miss Emma, but Jefferson not talking to them, hefs giving up himselfChe even call himself a hog. Then he accepted Grant, talk to him and do what he say to him is right. Jefferson got locked in to the cell by the courthouse to waiting for his execution date. He gets mad but he still going by himself, he can drop the foods to feed the fish like he said but he didnft do it, by this hint, we know hefs changing. After they know the execution date, Grant do all the things he can do to please Jefferson. school teacher, understand thoroughly what he want and what everyone else want from him, hated the situation he facing, hated to do things he donft like to do but have to do. Grand asked by his aunt and Miss Emma to make Jefferson a man before he dies, Grant refused to do it but he has no choice, he must to do it because his aunt controls him. He disappointed from the people, abandon him to despair.
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