Transformation of grant wiggins essay
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Book Essay
11/25/13
Transformation Essay
Ernest J. Gaines writes a novel, A Lesson Before Dying. The story takes place in Bayonne, Louisiana in the 1940’s. Jefferson a black man is accused of a murder he did not do and is called a hog by his defendant lawyer. Mrs. Emma, his godmother, wants Grant, Jefferson’s cousin, to teach Jefferson how to be a man before he dies. Grant is a black man living in the south as a teacher who wants to run away. He is an inconsiderate and selfish man who is needed by his godmother to teach Jefferson to be a man. Grant’s transformation has a big effect on the story.
In the first couple of chapters, Grant does not want to go to the courthouse because he already knew what the outcome would be (Gaines 1). When Grant comes home from the school on the afternoon of the trial, he sees Tante Lou and Miss Emma sitting at the table. He hurries to his room because he knows they want to talk about the trial and he is trying to avoid the subject like the cold hearted person he is. They try convincing him to talk to Jefferson because they want Grant to teach Jefferson to be a man (Gaines 10). At the school that Grant teaches six graders, he finds a kid playing with an insect. Grant slaps the kid in the back of his head. He told his students that he needs to teach Jefferson to be a man, and by doing so he will be teaching his students the same (Gaines 45). In his acts of hitting the students and being very strict with them, shows that Grant is a very inconsiderate man with no heart.
Grant is the type man who has his pride over everything. When he goes to visit Mr. Pichot to talk to him about speaking with Jefferson, he is stuck waiting for him for over two hours. When Mr. Pichot walked into the room to speak with Grant, Grant says he was waiting for two and a half hours for him (Gaines 47). Not only does this show he is a man of pride over heart, but it also shows his problems with holding in his anger.
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Book Essay
11/25/13
Transformation Essay
Ernest J. Gaines writes a novel, A Lesson Before Dying. The story takes place in Bayonne, Louisiana in the 1940’s. Jefferson a black man is accused of a murder he did not do and is called a hog by his defendant lawyer. Mrs. Emma, his godmother, wants Grant, Jefferson’s cousin, to teach Jefferson how to be a man before he dies. Grant is a black man living in the south as a teacher who wants to run away. He is an inconsiderate and selfish man who is needed by his godmother to teach Jefferson to be a man. Grant’s transformation has a big effect on the story.
In the first couple of chapters, Grant does not want to go to the courthouse because he already knew what the outcome would be (Gaines 1). When Grant comes home from the school on the afternoon of the trial, he sees Tante Lou and Miss Emma sitting at the table. He hurries to his room because he knows they want to talk about the trial and he is trying to avoid the subject like the cold hearted person he is. They try convincing him to talk to Jefferson because they want Grant to teach Jefferson to be a man (Gaines 10). At the school that Grant teaches six graders, he finds a kid playing with an insect. Grant slaps the kid in the back of his head. He told his students that he needs to teach Jefferson to be a man, and by doing so he will be teaching his students the same (Gaines 45). In his acts of hitting the students and being very strict with them, shows that Grant is a very inconsiderate man with no heart.
Grant is the type man who has his pride over everything. When he goes to visit Mr. Pichot to talk to him about speaking with Jefferson, he is stuck waiting for him for over two hours. When Mr. Pichot walked into the room to speak with Grant, Grant says he was waiting for two and a half hours for him (Gaines 47). Not only does this show he is a man of pride over heart, but it also shows his problems with holding in his anger.
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