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A Lesson Before Dying

In the movie, A Lesson Before Dying, the characters who interest me the most are Jefferson and Grant. Both men have their own goals to reac such as understanding what life really means to each of them. Also, Jefferson and Grant were both raised in the same neighborhood and are alike in many different ways.
Jefferson is a young black man with dark skin, brown eyes, and has good manners. Next, the young man wa at a shooting in which three men were killed. Being the only survivor, he is sentenced to death. Therefore his life is coming to an end and the one thing that bothered him the most was when the prosecutor called him a "hog." Feeling frightened and confused, Jefferson excludes the people that love him the most. Before Jeffersnon is put in the electric chair, however, Miss Emma wants to see him die like ...

Posted by: Sheryl Hogges

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