In his latest novel, A Lesson Before Dying, Gaines continues to assess these ideas. ... Ernest Gaines's novel, A Lesson Before Dying, begins as a teacher named Grant Wiggins is recalling a recent trial of a slow-witted man named Jefferson, who is being convicted of murder. ... Yet, his godmother, Miss Emma, only wants her godson to die like a man. 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. ... The fight started when the mulattos were talking very sadistically about Jefferson and his situation. ...

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The last lesson is that the children are unaware about other people's lives. ... According to her views, she died beholden to nothing and nobody. ... " (Lee 39) Scout learns from Atticus to think about people's situations before judging them, like Walter Cunningham. ... As the story progresses, she learns more about him and learns to understand him a lot more by the end of the book. ... This lesson is important because it teaches the children to take the time to be aware of other people and to learn about their way of life before condemning them. ...

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Albom details the six months he spends with Morrie Schwartz, his former sociology professor from Brandeis University who is dying of ALS, and the life lessons he receives. ... The book is full of lessons. ... I learned many lessons of life while reading this book. ... Morrie teaches Mitch lessons about marriage, greed, and family those young adults can learn from.Love each other or perish?... I like the idea of knowing that you are about to die now that I have read this novel. ...

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In my opinion Jonah wanted to die because he was ashamed and did not want to commence God's mission, but since he cannot commit suicide he wanted them to push him of the ship. ... But since Jonah was not in the mood to reason, God used a lesson to help Jonah understand the problem with his uncompassionate way of thinking. ... While Jonah had been happy the day before, his circumstances changed to become "unbearable." Jonah again begs to die, apparently with more earnestness than he had before. Now, using the lesson of the plant, God confronts Jonah's problem of misplaced compassion...

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Critical Evaluation This book left me with a joyful feeling; troubled with doubts about God's true will for my life, this book enabled a fresh new point of view. ... We saw in the book, the story of Moses unfold, born into a family of amazing faith; he died a man of amazing faith. ... Meyer died in 1929 yet the publication date of Moses: the Journey of Faith dated 1954. ... The only clue given to solve the mystery about when the author wrote the book hides itself in the foreword. ... This book lends itself to introspection at many points; a suggested pattern of reading would include mo...

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Before you sign my death-warrant, be sure that you are yourself safe " (152). ... Concerning moral lessons about family issues, the moral lessons regarding family in the film are more worth pondering for the readers than that in the novel. ... In sum, these moral lessons about family issues are conveyed through the novel: Parents must take their responsibility to their children. On the other hand, the moral lessons about family issues in the film Mary Shelly's Frankenstein (1994) are delivered through the discussion of revenge with blood relationship. ... He dies in the North Pole during...

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I quickly scanned over this book several times before I remembered a friend telling me that it was one of his favorite books. ... My summer course teacher discuss the book with us during the lesson which really helped me to get through the book easier. ... However, Guy soon begins to think about what he is doing. ... He seems to just stay in place like he is ready to die. ... Most people stopped reading books long before they were ever burned. ...

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Morrie demonstrates tremendous caring in this book and expresses his never-ending wisdom in teaching people life lessons. ... He once said that you must learn how to die, before you learn how to live. ... One of the greatest lessons Mitch learned through death was material items aren't everything. ... It is important to understand that everything dies away naturally. ... I think that the one major part of the book that affected me personally was the way that Mitch went to see Morrie after about seven years of being apart. ...

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In Native American culture, many stories teach a lesson. ... There is often a trickster figure that learns the lesson for the child, but the child learns the lesson through the trickster's mistakes. ... It was the year that my parents died and my sister's husband had a heart attack. ... Native American myths teach lessons to their people. ... This book tells the creation and evolution of the Kiowa's. ...

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You could know about what's going on in the big picture, instead of just what the narrator was seeing or thinking. ... He also gave Pip lessons to becoming a gentleman himself. ... Describe the lessons which GE teaches. ... Though before Abel dies, Pip puts Abel's heart and mind at ease when he tells him that his daughter is alive, beautiful, and Pip is in love with her. Abel is able to die peacefully. ...

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The reason she wrote Beloved was to show more about how ones past haunts their present and also about self-sabotage. ... She lives in a house at 124 Bluestone with a woman referred to as Baby Suggs who actually dies shortly after the book begins. ... Her youngest daughter, Denver, was grabbed by Stamp Paid, an old friend of Sethe, before Sethe could kill her by another violent and gruesome act. ... However, some people are mentally prepared and able to deal with tougher material and the lessons to get out of these writings. ... This novel was packed full of different emotions to feel and ways ...

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In his book Letters to a Young Doctor, Richard Selzer addresses some aspects of our own mortality and vulnerability that are not "pretty" to think about. ... Most of Selzer's essays in this book are cases he has had or advice he has for young surgeons. ... He ends with the line, "For I have heard the siren song of the slug, and I shall hold that garden in my arms until I die, and thereafter" (130). ... This lesson is applicable to many aspects of life. ... Every generation is marked by different styles, views, and experiences than the one before it. ...

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Tuesdays With Morrie is the true story of the remarkable lessons taught by a dying teacher to his pupil. ... He had died a slow, painful death from pancreatic cancer, and watching him die had made Mitch feel helpless. ... "Instead, I buried myself in my accomplishments, because with accomplish- ments, I believed that I could control things, I could squeeze in every last piece of happiness before I got sick and died, like my uncle before me, which I figured was my natural fate." ... They should have been all along." " (p 175) The signature line from the book is "Death ends a life, n...

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In fact, he only saw her a handful of times before she died. ... Auld had never owned a slave before and was initially much k! ... He obtained from them lessons in reading, which he deemed much more valuable than the food. ... This book in particular served not only as a lesson plan, but also as a new viewpoint that put the slave in a position of power. This book broadened his mind, but he could not get caught reading or he would face severe punishment. ...

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At promptly 7 oclock, Rypma began her introduction about the book Sewing Lessons, which she would be reading from that evening. ... Rypma read 14 of the 19 poems in Sewing Lessons. ... Ray also enjoyed The Spoils of Death, which brought to his mind the thought of [w]ho does the benefactor become when someone dies? ... He stated, Life is about collecting things, but also about letting go of things. Before reading this poem to the audience, Rypma said that her great aunt who d...

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This quote from the book sums up his feelings on the matter, as he makes his final address to the court: ?..... A prominent example is when he teaches his son Jem a lesson by insisting that he go and read to the sardonic, ageing neighbour, Mrs. ... This excerpt from the novel illustrates the lesson he was trying to teach:..She had her own views about things, a little different from mine maybe. . .son, I told you that if you hadn't lost your head I?... re licked before you begin but you begin anyway and you see it through no matter what. ... According to her views, she died beholden to no...

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While young, he started taking piano lessons, but these lessons dulled him. ... In 1935, Daisy Ellington was dying. ... Duke's father died two years later. ... Before that, he played for a short time with Louis Thomas. ... To receive publicity, Duke had the idea to put an advertisement in the telephone book (Turkell 85). ...

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In his book Carrie, Stephen King writes about a young teenage girl named Carrie White who has been teased and ridiculed throughout her life by her peers. ... When Carrie had her first period, she thought that she was dying. ... She eventually spread the fire and ended up destroying the school, and half the town, and killed hundreds of people before she eventually died herself. ... The book " examine(s) our concern about what happens to the outsider in high school." ... The lesson that we should learn from this book is that just because someone is a little different, that doesn't mean ...

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The best thing about this community was that it was pretty involved, which was a good thing, relating to this book. ... And then the other part of the book took place in the Sanaria Mountains. ... Summary This book started off introducing Susan McConnell. ... The year before he was caught cheating by Mr. ... Although it was completely unexplainable and not their fault he died, they still felt responsible for kidnaping him and if they would had never done that he would of never died. ...

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Q- How do you feel about Totori of the Lion? ... Activity D) What happens to the main charecters after the book ended? ... Than forth brought Katchiko (mother of Scorpions) whom Sotorri always fantasied about, he declaired her his bride. ... However I believe the author intentionally did this because this book is part of a series and he wants you to go out and buy the second book to get the happy ending we expect... (10) A) State the theme Life does not always teach us the lessons we expect, nor are the most effective lessons learned in the way we expect them. ...

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SUPPLEMENTARY READING: BOOK ANALYSIS In "The Crucible", a play about the Salem witch trials of 1692, by Arthur Miller, the author showed how a reverend, Rev. ... Each generation must learn the lessons of history or risk repeating its mistakes. ... Parris puts himself and his job before his daughter. ... Besides putting himself before his daughter, Parris also puts himself before the community. ... Overall the book w...

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This paper talks about two religions and how they started and began to shape people's views. ... Christians believe Jesus died for our sins. ... Christians pray before dinner, before bedtime, or important events. ... Just seven days after his birth his mother died. ... The book is called the Tripitaka. ...

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He hears from countless people gossip about Lily. ... The rumors about her spread around town like wildfire. ... There he found that she had died in her sleep. Although several lessons can be drawn from this story, one of the most evident, especially at the end of the book, is that one must never take someone else for granted. ... This book is one that I would definitely recommend to a friend. ...

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He also wrote parts of a book that were later published. ... Eleven years later, Baeck died on November 2. ... If I could travel back in time before Hitler assumed the role of Fuhrer of the National Socialist Party, knowing exactly what I know now about the 12 million people killed in the concentration camps, I would have to let Hitler live. ... In all, 12 million people died in Hitler's concentration camps. ... For the majority of the population they have learned a valuable lesson, as for those out there with that hatred, they will soon learn their lesson from the Holocaust and Hitl...

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Family background is the second shortsighted way of judging people in the book. ... This is a very important message to send off in a children's book. ... He cares very much about the well being of others. ... Right before Harry continues on his way she proves this by saying, "Books! ... Rowling not only teaches a lesson by rewarding the good characters, but she also teaches a lesson by punishing the immoral and corrupt guys. ...

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• Grade Level: High School