Reflection On A Lesson Before Dying

Before I get into who I think has the best leadership qualities in A Lesson Before Dying, I’m going to give you a quick overview of the book first. I won’t go totally in depth in the book, because if I did that, I would basically be telling you the same story twice in a row.

There’s a man named Jefferson who is basically caught up in the wrong place at exactly the wrong time. He’s a little on the slow side, but he’s not stupid by any means. He was on his way to a bar, but then decided to tag along with some guys who were going to a liquor store. During all of that, the two guys got into an argument at the store, and it got pretty heated. There was a shootout in the midst of all that, and everyone was killed, except Jefferson. When the police arrived, he was the only one at the crime scene. The police took him into custody, assuming he did it. And of course the …show more content…
Personally, I think Grant is the main leader in this story. In the beginning of this story, he seems like the bad guy. But in actuality, he’s not, he’s actually on Jefferson’s side the entire time. He was first hired by Jefferson’s godmother, Miss Emma. At first, he denied her request, even though he was showing his deepest sympathy to him, he did not want to get involved in this case. Jefferson was refusing Grant’s help, making the situation for all three of them even more complicated.

Grant tries to communicate with Jefferson several times, to no avail. Jefferson keeps being very difficult with Grant, but Grant never loses his patience. He is very kind to Jefferson. He goes out and buys him some ice cream, because he loves ice cream but has never had a lot at one time. He also buys him a small radio, along with a notebook. Grant tells him to write down his thoughts or whatever he’s feeling in it. Jefferson then tries to talk to Grant about his faith, and he finds out Grant is an