1. Lesson Before Dying
In his latest novel, A Lesson Before Dying, Gaines continues to assess these ideas. ... Miss Emma, knowing that Grant was her godson's teacher, pleads for him to talk with Jefferson and make him into a man before he dies. ... A few days after Wiggins agrees to help, Miss Emma, Tante Lou and Grant begin to visit Jefferson. ... After this experience it is obvious as to why Jefferson has immense resentment of the past. After the trial Jefferson is so angry that he will not communicate with anyone. ...
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