A Lesson Before Dying Book Report

I chose my book report on “ A Lesson Before Dying”, the title of this book drew me in because I wondered what it was like and what was going to happen at the end of the final pages of the book. The first scene of the book, starts in a courtroom with the central character also known as Jefferson. The story then changes to a flashback of a robbery that they accused Jefferson of killing the stores keeper during the attempted robbery her name was Alcee Grope. The attempted robbery was by two black men, their names were Brother and Bear. Brother and Bear went to the store to get a bottle of Apple White, and they did not have enough money to purchase it. The men already were drinking so Mr. Grope became suspicious then, Grope moved towards the …show more content…
The grandmother is the only reason why Jefferson is living and the judge wants to take that away from her. While Jefferson is awaiting his death, Miss Emma is going to get Grant Wiggins a teacher, Miss Emma does not want her son to die with dignity. At first Grant did not want to help Jefferson because he already thought that he was a dead man and nothing would help him. Grant agreed to teach Jefferson until it was his time to execution. Grant stops by almost everyday after school, and brings Jefferson food to eat. The teacher Grant since he shows up almost everyday, he soon begins to be friends with the deputy that walks him over to Jefferson's cell. The day then before Jefferson’s death, Grant tried talking to him and wanted to talk to him because Jefferson would not talk that much and only watched the birds out of the window in the tree. The day after that was the day Jefferson was the day he had to go to the electric chair for his death. Overall the story was really good and I enjoyed it, it makes it focus on life is too short to be focused on the little things and to enjoy and cherish every moment there