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A Lesson Before Dying (Five star)
by: Ernest J. Gaines

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Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 813
EAN: 9781852427238
ISBN: 185242723X
Label: Serpent's Tail
Manufacturer: Serpent's Tail
Number Of Pages: 256
Publication Date: February 23, 2001
Publisher: Serpent's Tail
Studio: Serpent's Tail
Sales Rank: 31662

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In a small Cajun community in the late 1940s, a young black man named Jefferson is an unwilling party to a liquor store shootout in which three men are killed. The only survivor, he is convicted of murder and sentenced to death.

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Average Rating: out of 5 stars

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- book
Wonderful book although almost identical to the lecture. A great read for everyone to help put things in perspective.

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- Impossible not to be "moved"
Story set in 1940's in a small town in Louisiana. Young black man (Jefferson) happens to be an innocent bystander at a liquor store when two men attempt a robbery and gun shots break out. Jefferson is charged with the crime - he is unable to prove his innocence in a town where a black man is guilty before proven innocent - and he is sentenced to death. Jefferson's godmother realizes that Jefferson has no way out of his fate and wants him to hold his head high before his death. She enlists the help of Grant, a young local school teacher to mentor Jefferson during the time he has left. At different times in this book, you are nauseous over the racism - you feel the pain and suffocation of the main characters - you are inspired at their determination despite the hopelessness. The author ... Read More

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- A Lesson Before Dying Comes to Life
So, we were all assigned our summer reading and completely hated the fact we had to actually read during summer, but to my surprise I actually enjoyed one of the books I read. A Lesson Before Dying by Ernest J. Gaines is a heartwarming novel of how man can overcome enormous obstacles which are set against him. The story is set in the late 1940's in the small Cajun community of Bayonne, Louisiana. Racism continues to haunt this small town and all of its members.
This story is told through the eyes of a young teacher named Grant who finds himself struggling to find happiness in the small community he lives in. Early in the novel you learn that the story is going to surround a young black man named Jefferson who is caught in the wrong place at the wrong time. When two men attempt ... Read More

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- A Black Man Standing
This is the type of book that makes you want to turn off the phone and not move a single inch until it's been read from cover to cover. The dense, rich writing and characterisation reminded me of 'To Kill a Mockingbird' and the quirky multi-dimensional characters of 'the quarter' reveal themselves by degrees through subversive tactics and sly splashes of humour. The storyline contains elements of 'The Green Mile' and 'Dead Man Walking' but it is more than that. Despite a situation in which a black youth finds himself victimised and a community marginalised the characters find small ways in which to empower themselves. The story demands that the narrator and main character, Mr Wiggins, and Jefferson, the 'hog', both stand as heroes in different ways in order to give their female relatives ... Read More

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- A Lesson For All!
Overall I feel that this book is extremely well written. The book is centered on one main character and gives you the ability to get into his mind. While reading this book I was never bored or disappointed. The chapters were not long and drawn out which kept my attention and forced me to read on. I enjoyed how the author used descriptive detail in order to give me a clear understanding of the setting, characters and moral of this novel. I loved the fact that this book touched me so much even though it wasn't happening to me. I felt as if I was there, yelling at the white people for treating the blacks so poorly and feeling their pain. This novel will forever stay with me; it has opened my mind to a new perspective on how something that occurred so far away can have an effect on me, right here, ... Read More

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