All the characters in A Lesson Before Dying by Ernest J. Gaines are motivated by a single word: "hog." Jefferson's attorney has compared him to a hog because he thinks that Jefferson is stupid for go with the Brothers to rob the store; Miss Emma wants Grant to prove that her godson is not a hog; and Jefferson at first eats the food she has sent him on his knees, because "that's how a old hog eat."
Grant's task is to affirm that Jefferson is not a hog, but a man. The mission is doubly difficult because Grant isn't sure he knows what a man is. 

My mother is the person who has made an impact on my life because, she is a person who is so confident and assured that he will never cease to accomplish my goal - to let his son be the best person. She has always filled my confidence with his best efforts, and has lifted me up with his relentless style. Leaving all of his ambitions and dreams, she sought to fulfill my hopes.

Since my childhood, she has been working as a secretary who works in a small company. I can still remember her cheerful and contented eyes after she comes from her wearying work, asking, and “How do you do?" The fact that she never shows her exhausted face has always surprised me, and though we may be an ordinary family living in a small apartment room, our family is always distinguished by our everlasting love, strong support, and inspiriting courage.

It has always been my mother that inspired me in many ways. "You must never ever be a lazy and boring man," she says whenever she tries to reprimand me. Since our family is from Honduras, where most of the people "loiter" in malls stores or hang around chatting people, my mother is really worried that I will be one of them. Instead of hoping things to become a "dream come true," you must "strive and struggle" to get what you want and so will you be successful.