A Lesson Before Dying

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Qn1. A Lesson Before Dying Response
Page 87-91: The narrator's discussion of Joe Louis and Jackie Robinson reveals heroism
in black public figures in the 1940s. According to Grant's argument, heroes of this time works
towards developing a definite human sense and personality by working together through their
strength. Heroes in this context are people who work together for the benefit of others and
themself. The narrator's descriptions of this account, mainly when recall reading about execution,
show as if the narrator was present during such an event. The narrator creates a living situation,
and the proceeding of the events are predictable. Besides, this context illustrates how black
characters have absorbed the racist ideas they are the victims. The narrator depicts a struggling
situation for them, to live or even die like humans – with dignity and self-respect – within a
cruelly racist world. The criminal justice system also stirred this conception by wrongly
convicting people of color without any apparent reason. This chapter depicts Grant's character as
individuals with a helping attitude and brave to face this era's injustices.
Women in the Novel: The novel depicts the life of women during the 1940s. The
narrator uses women such as Emma Lou to show that gender, while not overcoming racial
allegiance, creates a bridge across it. Their interactions with others also show heroism, as defined
by the narrator, to sacrifice their happiness for others’ sake. These women are significant because
they seem to be more in touch with the innate human instincts in helping others compared to men
in the text. Generally, women in A Lesson Before Dying significantly contribute to our
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understanding of the novel’s heroes. Women sacrifice themselves for others’ benefit without the
promise of being identified as heroes. This reveals their genuine selfless.
“How do people come up with a date and a time to take life from another man? . . .
Twelve white men say a black man must die, and another white man sets the date and time
without consulting one black person. . . . They sentence you to death because you were at the
wrong place at the wrong time, with no proof that you had anything at all to do with the crime . .
. . Yet six months later they come and unlock your cage and tell you, We, us, white folks all, have
decided it’s time for you to die, because this is the convenient date and time.”
This quote is significant because it tells the reader more about Grant's attitude towards
Jefferson. This quote attracted me because of the first sentence that poses a question that I found
it challenging to answer. The passage shows that Grant's attitude towards Jefferson on capital
punishment has changed. These are Grant's thoughts after he was told about Jefferson's execution
date. In this plot, the narrator is stating the central problem of the novel, capital punishment. As
illustrated in this quote, the time and setting happened during the 1940s when slavery was
widespread and white people were deciding the fate of black people. Various themes can be
derived from this quote, one of them being class and power. Whites belong to high-class elites,
which gives them authority to control the lower classes, the black people. This also presents
racism of high caliber between whites and African-Americans. Class, power, slavery, and racism
show illiteracy since most educated black people were given significant roles compared to their
counterparts. This quote relates to my daily activities where most significantly, racism is voiced
individuals being encouraged not to tolerate any act of discrimination.
Question 2
Editing Concerns on Narrative Essay 3

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The three editing errors identified are punctuation, grammar, and readability.
Error passage: Every teacher would complain about students, not following instruction
until we would know they would Mrs. Johnson would say anytime she would start a sentence
with “I have been warning you to follow assignment instructions…….” and in my mind, I would
complete the sentence with the right words that she was about to say which were “but my
warnings are ignored, but one day you will come to learn that following instructions is not
meant to benefit me or any of your teachers. It's for your benefit.
Corrected Passage: Every teacher would complain about students not following
instructions until we would know they would. Mrs. Johnson would say anytime she would start a
sentence with "I have been warning you to follow assignment instructions..." and in my mind, I
would complete the sentence with her words, "but my warnings are ignored, but you will come
to learn that following instruction is for your own benefit.

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Works Cited
Gaines, Ernest J. A Lesson Before Dying: Hauptbd../Annot. by Hartmut K. Selke. Ernst Klett
Sprachen, 2009.

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promise of being identified as heroes. This reveals their genuine selfless.

individuals being encouraged not to tolerate any act of discrimination.

Editing Concerns on Narrative Essay 3

meant to benefit me or any of your teachers. It's for your benefit.

to learn that following instruction is for your own benefit.

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