A Lesson Before Dying

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the one who had the whole idea of Grant going up to the jail and talking to Jefferson, showing him that he is a man. Tante Lou is Grant’s aunt. She is the person who raised Grant to be the good, kind person that he is. She is also the one who talked Grant into talking to Jefferson. Vivian is Grant’s girlfriend; she is Grant’s encouragement. Whatever problems he has, he always talks to her about them and she makes him feel better, and helps him through them.
Summary: This story is about racism in the south and how it affects the people it concerns. It starts out with Jefferson being sentenced to death for a crime that he did not commit. He was in the wrong place, at the wrong time, and because he was black, they assumed he did it. Grant Wiggins is told to go up to the jail and convince Jefferson that he is a man. At first he doesn’t know how to make Jefferson see that he is a man, but through visiting Jefferson, talking to Vivian and witnessing things around ...

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wants to marry her.
Point of View: The point of view in this novel is first person. We see the story from Grant’s point of view, so we only see the things the way that he sees them. Because of this we as the readers tend to be partial to Grant in any situation. For example when he gets in arguments with Vivian, or when he’s trying to talk to Jefferson, and he won’t respond. In a way this can be good because we know how Grant is feeling and we can see how the events affect him.
Method of Characterization: Ganes uses mostly indirect characterization to reveal the things he wants the reader to see. Especially with Grant because we can see his thought and analyze his ...

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