In A Lesson Before Dying it is evident that women play an enormous role in influencing Grant and his life decisions. The women that surround Grant in A Lesson Before Dying motivate Grant to become more open to the life that he could be living. In the beginning of the book, Grant is a very stubborn man, but as the book progresses, and as he continues to visit Jefferson, there is a major shift in his attitude. He was never up for visiting Jefferson because he saw no use in “making a man” of someone who was going to die either way, but Miss Emma and Tante Lou kept on Grant about visiting Jefferson, and Grant visits him out of respect for the two women. Grant also feels a sense of obligation to prove himself to Tante Lou and Miss Emma. They
