Lessons before dying Chapter 29,30,31 NEEDED

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A Lesson Before Dying

Lessons before dying Chapter 29,30,31 NEEDED

6. Shift in perspective of the narrator; we go from person to person on the morning of the execution. Why?
7. Does the chair, and the truck (it’s black) serve as some form of symbolism?
8. Someone in the courthouse notes that “The lord died between 12 and 3.” Why mention this?
9. What role has Paul come to play in this novel? Why does Gaines include him?
10. In the end, Jefferson walks straight and tall to his death. What messages can we take from this beyond the significance to this particular story?
11. Why does Gaines end the story with a conversation between Paul and Grant? Why Paul, and not the Reverend or Pichot?
12. Who is this story really about?
13. Is it important that Grant cries at the conclusion? What does it signify?

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Answered by Aslan on 1/19/2024 3:27 AM

Gaines uses the first person point of view to tell the story of Grant Wiggins. That is, Wiggins tells the story himself as the events affect him. By using his voice, Gaines can easily portray the intense emotions that Wiggins feels in relationship to the other characters and the struggles they endure. The resulting narrative enables Gaines to connect his fiction with historical reality. Gaines shares his own life experiences and perceptions with his readers through the lives and emotions of his characters. He aptly weaves fact and fiction to present his reflections on the Southern world that he knows existed. A twist to the typical personal narrative, though, is Jefferson's journal. Reading the entries, Wiggins knows Jefferson's innermost thoughts. By definition, a first-person narrator does not know what another character is thinking.

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