Week one
The Lesson Before Dying is a book about a black man that was in the wrong place at the wrong time. Jefferson is the man that was sentenced to death in a electric chair, because the people said that he murdered the man of the store where all this shouting happen. the people call him a hog bus a teacher called Grant will turn him to a man before he go to the electric chair.
Lesson before dying
ernest gaines
- Protagonist: Mr. Grant WigginsMajor Characters: Miss Emma, Tante Lou, Jefferson, Henri Pichot.
- Point of view: First person.
- Setting: 1940s Bayonne, Louisiana.
- Tone: the narrative is changing moods, shifting from brooding cynicism to awareness and confidence.
- Irony:
- Symbols: The notebook; the chair; the church; food and drink.
- Theme:· Recognizing injustice and facing responsibility; redemption in death; the inescapable past.
sentences 4x4
Electric chair is death
Die like a man
Black teacher helps jefferson
Jefferson judgment was unfair
Jefferson will be electrify
jefferson is a hog
Grant's lessons are good
Wrong place, wrong time
Man sentenced to death
Whites rules overr black
white opinion is important
sheriff helps Ms. Emma
Grant went visit jefferson
Ms. Emma need help
Sheriff accepted Grant's visists
Ms. Emma is sad
Die like a man
Black teacher helps jefferson
Jefferson judgment was unfair
Jefferson will be electrify
jefferson is a hog
Grant's lessons are good
Wrong place, wrong time
Man sentenced to death
Whites rules overr black
white opinion is important
sheriff helps Ms. Emma
Grant went visit jefferson
Ms. Emma need help
Sheriff accepted Grant's visists
Ms. Emma is sad
Bernan's 4X4 on PhotoPeach