Lesson Before Dying, A

Type

Book

Authors

Ernest J. Gaines

ISBN 10

0375702709

ISBN 13

9780375702709

Tags

english, anglais, fiction, classics, classiques, Historical, historique, cultural, culturelFamily Life, Domestic Life, African-American, Literary, Lexile 750L

Abstract

set in a small Cajun community in the late 1940s. Jefferson, a young black man, is an unwitting party to a liquor store shoot out in which three men are killed; the only survivor, he is convicted of murder and sentenced to death. Grant Wiggins, who left his hometown for the university, has returned to the plantation school to teach. As he struggles with his decision whether to stay or escape to another state, his aunt and Jefferson's godmother persuade him to visit Jefferson in his cell and impart his learning and his pride to Jefferson before his death. In the end, the two men forge a bond as they both come to understand the simple heroism of resisting and defying the expected.

Description

Compétences : Lire Débutant complet : non
Thèmes : Culture et civilisation -- Droit et éthique -- Société
Documents inclus : Texte littéraire original
Descriptif : Roman, écrit en 1993, déjà un classique de la littérature américaine.
Résumé : Dans la Louisiane des années 1940, Jefferson, un jeune homme noir, est accusé à tort de meutre. Il sera condamné à mort. Grant Wiggins va le visiter en prison et petit à petit une relation se crée entre les deux hommes. Un roman qui raconte la vie dans le sud des Etats Unis, la communauté noire, la pauvreté, la foi et l'athéisme, les relations humaines...

Biblio Notes

Reader resources and discussion questions from the National Endowment for the Arts:
https://www.arts.gov/sites/default/files/Readers-Guide-LessonBeforeDying.pdf
Good for you English workfile.

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