Did Jefferson Influence Grant Wiggin's Life In A Lesson Before Dying

Influence on Grant Wiggin’s Life In “A lesson Before Dying”, Grant Wiggins, who was the main character, learned some life lessons that started to help him see life more importantly throughout the story. There were characters throughout the novel who helped influence Grant Wiggin’s life. Vivian and Jefferson were two of the characters that influenced Grant’s life. At the beginning of the novel, Vivian and Jefferson both helped teach Grant various very important life lessons that he had needed to know. Grant was taught to love someone other than himself, that he could make a difference in someone's life, and also that he could make a difference in the community he was living in. Many times in the story when Grant wanted to give up on helping Jefferson, he turned to Vivian. Vivian was there to help Grant whenever he needed help, no matter how hard he was being on himself or anyone else. Grant continued to visit Jefferson with the help of Vivian. There were days when Grant wanted to give up on going to visit Jefferson, trying to change him, but Vivian was there to make him go visit him by telling him that it was something that he needed to do. She constantly reminds him that his efforts of trying to …show more content…
Grant was taught to love someone other than himself, that he could make a difference in someone's life, and also that he could make a difference in the community he was living in. At the beginning of the novel, nothing mattered to Grant other than himself. He had many feelings about how the community was but never make any moves to change the community in any way. By the end of the novel, Grant learns a lot from Vivian and Jefferson. Grant learns to love others, other than himself. He learns that other people actually need help and that he could actually give help to someone even when he thought that he couldn’t. Grant also realizes that he could strive for a