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A Lesson Before Dying
Jefferson, Brother, and Bear went to a liquor store with no money. They demanded the store owner to give them drinks on credit. The owner refused and the ensuing argument led to a shootout. Brother, Bear, and the owner all died except for Jefferson, so he decided to take some money out of the cash register. Then he was convicted of murder and was sentenced to death. -
A Lesson Before Dying
In court, Jefferson's attorney defended him by calling him a hog. He think he is too stupid to come up with a plan on stealing the money. Because Jefferson is black in a racist society, he will be guilty no matter what. -
A Lesson Before Dying
Grant, an elementary school teacher came home one day to find his aunt and Jefferson's godmother, Miss Emma waiting for him. They wanted him to teach Jefferson how to be a man before he dies, but he refused. His aunt then forced him to. -
A Lesson Before Dying
Grant, Tante Lou, and Miss Emma visited Henri Pichot's house because his brother in law is the sheriff and he might let them see Jefferson in his cell. Henri Pichot hesitated on that, but Miss Emma kept begging and tell him how much she had done for his family. -
A Lesson Before Dying
Dr. Joseph Morgan, the superintendent came for an inspection at Grant's school. He sees the black children as physical laborers and should be working in the fields as they did when they were slaves. -
A Lesson Before Dying
Miss Emma, Tante Lou, and Grant visited Jefferson in his cell for the first time. He would not speak to them or eat anything which upsets his godmother. -
A Lesson Before Dying
During Grant's first solo visit, Jefferson showed that he took offense at his lawyer's words by sticking his head into the bag of food Grant brought him and start eating like a hog. -
A Lesson Before Dying
Jefferson asked Miss Emma does she have any "corn for a hog" asking viciously and repeatedly until she grew so distressed that she had to slap him. -
A Lesson Before Dying
Miss Emma went behind sheriff Guidry's back to ask his wife that Jefferson's cell is too small and they need a bigger room for his companies to sit. -
A Lesson Before Dying
Grant's class put on a Christmas program. Every year they put on the same play and sing the same songs. He wonders whether anything will ever change in his town. -
A Lesson Before Dying
Sheriff Guidry made an announcement that Jefferson will be executed on the second Friday after Easter. -
A Lesson Before Dying
Grant visited Miss Emma, who lied under a quilt on her bed, looking extremely ill. Vivian, Grant's girlfriend whispered something into Miss Emma's ear and she looked pleased. -
A Lesson Before Dying
Jefferson begins to gain his dignity. He asked Grant to thank his students for bringing him the bag of nuts. -
A Lesson Before Dying
Grant sat at a bar and overheard two guys talking about Jefferson, so he stood up for Jefferson and a fight breaks out. Grant was knocked out unconsciously.
