Jefferson was going to the White Rabbit Bar when Brother and Bear drove next to him and offered him a ride. Instead of going to the bar, Brother and Bear took Jefferson to a liquor store. When Alcee, the liquor store owner, wouldn’t give them any drinks, there was a shootout. The next thing Jefferson knew was that Brother, Bear, and Alcee were all dead. Not knowing what to do, he drank some liquor, took some money, and started running. The jury found him guilty of murder and robbery. The punishment was death by electrocution. Miss Emma didn’t want Jefferson to die like a “hog”, so she pleads Grant to help Jefferson die like a man. Jefferson wasn’t the only one learning however; Grant was too. The book gives a couple of lessons that everyone can learn from.
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Although at first Grant was reluctant to help Jefferson, his persistence paid off when Jefferson started behaving like a man. The same lesson can be learned when Miss Emma kept asking for permission to meet Jefferson in the big room.
Patience is an unspoken lesson in the book. Racism is hinted at all over the book. Grant and all of the other characters had to live with this their whole lives. The white characters in the book treated the black characters as if they were inferiors, but the blacks didn’t retaliate. Grant showed patience when he sat through Edna’s self-answered questions and when he waited “about two and a half hours” to speak to Sam Guidry.
Another example is a lesson that Grant learned. Rev. Ambrose accused Grant of being uneducated and for not acting like a man. He taught Grant that being a man is about comforting others and making them feel good by relieving their pain, even by lying. Grant then relayed this information to Jefferson by telling him to pray for his
Although at first Grant was reluctant to help Jefferson, his persistence paid off when Jefferson started behaving like a man. The same lesson can be learned when Miss Emma kept asking for permission to meet Jefferson in the big room.
Patience is an unspoken lesson in the book. Racism is hinted at all over the book. Grant and all of the other characters had to live with this their whole lives. The white characters in the book treated the black characters as if they were inferiors, but the blacks didn’t retaliate. Grant showed patience when he sat through Edna’s self-answered questions and when he waited “about two and a half hours” to speak to Sam Guidry.
Another example is a lesson that Grant learned. Rev. Ambrose accused Grant of being uneducated and for not acting like a man. He taught Grant that being a man is about comforting others and making them feel good by relieving their pain, even by lying. Grant then relayed this information to Jefferson by telling him to pray for his