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Summary: Quite possibly the most wonderful book I have ever read!
Review: I am not an avid supporter of reading for pleasure, but this novel changed my mind. The novel tells the truth about racism that no one really wants to know about. It reavels the lazieness that has plagued court rooms since as far back as we can remember. This novel shows how promoinent scapegoating is, and how dangerous it can be. The predjudice described in the novel still exists in Louisiana.
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Summary: A book filled with truth of the haunting racism in the South
Review: A Lesson Before Dying is a story that everyone can easily relate to. The setting takes place in the 1940's however it expresses a valuable lesson that can still be applied to society today. Ernest J. Gaines captures the reader's attention with his use of dialogue. He takes his audience back in time to the Southern United States where racism haunted blacks of all ages. Although this story is somewhat predictable the way it is told still causes tears to collide with the truthful words on the pages. These tears bring the realization of the events that really occured between white and black people in the 1940's and what still often happens today.
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Summary: A fairly well written novel
Review: Ernest J Gaines' A LESSON BEFORE DYING, takes place during the late 40's, in a Cajun community within Louisiana. A LESSON BEFORE DYING is the story of a black teacher helping another black man on death row.The young teacher, Grant Wiggins, has moved back to the small town he had once called home to teach at the local school. After Grant's move back, the other young black man, Jefferson, is found guilty of a murder he took no part of. He is sentenced to death by the electric chair. A LESSON BEFORE DYING put a new idea in our head's about the rights of colored people in the 1940's. Grant Wiggins tells the story from a first person point of view. This book is well written, but is about a disturbing subject. It is hard to imagine the lives of some. We believe Ernest J. Gaines chose a good subject to write about. Alex Wallis Patrick Clarke Cassie Edwards
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Summary: One of the most down to earth books I've ever read.
Review: A Lesson Before Dying is a wonderfully written book by Ernest Gaines. Having read this book to it's completion I feel confident in saying I give this novel 2 thumbs up.
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Summary: Great, Pleasing, Interesting, I couldn't put it down!!!!
Review: When I began this book, it was mearly for a school project. It took me in from the start. I loved this book and I do recomend this to anyone looking for a good read.
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Summary: One of the worst books I've ever read.
Review: While reading this novel, I felt I like I was reading the work of an immature high schooler, trying to relate a thought-provoking story. Gaines took what could have been an interesting idea, and sculpted it into one of the cheesiest, most boring novels ever written. Gaines poorly develops an unlikable, selfish protagonist, Grant, and then drags us through the hardships in his relationships with his aunt, girlfriend (whose relationship with Grant definitely brings out the worst in Gaines' writing abilities), and his death-row inmate charity case Jefferson. Jefferson's diary is perhaps the only effective part of the book in provoking emotion. There was no lesson to be learned from this novel, other than NEVER LISTEN TO OPRAH!!
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Summary: We need to find motifs or symbols on the "hog".
Review: We are writing an analytical research paper on this book and we need some ideas please.
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Summary: My review will explain what the book meant to me
Review: The book was very inspirational to me. It made me believe that no matter where you are in the world never forget where you came from. You need to know where you are from in order to get where you are going. I love this book and I would recommend it for every one to read.
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Summary: Sometimes life isn't as bad as you once thought.
Review: I have never read a book quite like this. The language is a bit hard to get used to in the begining, but as you read it gets easier. This is a good read. It really makes you stop and think about how your life is and how lucky most of us really are. Sometimes life isn't quite as bad as you once thought.
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Summary: Good, but not too original
Review: In A Lesson Before Dying, Gaines succeeds in capturing the reader's interest through the tale of a black man sentenced to death. The emotions, ideas, and struggles that he brings out in the novel are not totally original, but very emotional. I also found several parts of the book to be hard to believe, (perhaps Gaines tried to overdo the trauma and character personalities), although I could relate to most of the characters and their actions in the story.
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