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    <title>A Lesson before Dying Group at eNotes</title>
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        <title><![CDATA[How important is setting to the central theme of the story? Explain...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[How important is setting to the central theme of the story? Explain using at least three different examples from the novel to support your thesis.]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[Is Gaines modelling Grant on his own life? If no, are the similarities...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Is Gaines modelling Grant on his own life? If no, are the similarities between the two men significant? Why or why not?]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Tue, 24 Nov 2009 12:37:25 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[ Is Gaines modelling Grant on his own life? If no, are the similarities...]]></title>
        <link>http://www.enotes.com/lesson-before/q-and-a/gaines-modelling-grant-his-own-life-no-116437</link>
        <description><![CDATA[ Is Gaines modelling Grant on his own life? If no, are the similarities between the two men significant? Why or why not?]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Mon, 16 Nov 2009 16:31:55 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[During the 1940's, life in Louisiana was mostly rural, except for New...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[During the 1940's, life in Louisiana was mostly rural, except for New Orleans which a hub of trade, being on the gulf coast. Temperature was mainly hot, humid, tropical...a lot of people died from scarlet or yellow fever and other diseases.  Kate Chopin, a popular novelist (The Awakening) lived in the area and lost her husband to this tropical disease.  The soil conditions were great for growing sugar cane, cotton, and most other vegetables...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 17:06:26 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[In regards to A Lesson Before Dying, what was life like in Louisiana in...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[In regards to A Lesson Before Dying, what was life like in Louisiana in the 1940's?]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Fri, 23 Oct 2009 09:23:24 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[what does grant do at the end of the story in his involvment with jefferson]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[what does grant do at the end of the story in his involvment with jefferson]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2009 11:56:50 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[After his first visit alone with Jefferson at the jail, Grant goes to...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[After his first visit alone with Jefferson at the jail, Grant goes to the Rainbow Club because he is upset by Jefferson's behavior and isn't ready to face Miss Emma with what happened. While he's thinking of what to tell her, Grant decided to get a drink and take some time for himself. I guess the irony is that rainbows are a symbol of hope and a bright future, neither of which Jefferson has.]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Fri, 9 Oct 2009 14:52:23 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[where does grant go after he leaves the jail?]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[where does grant go after he leaves the jail?]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Sun, 4 Oct 2009 07:26:47 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[In Ernest Gains' " A Lesson Before Dying," Grant is in love with...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[In Ernest Gains' " A Lesson Before Dying," Grant is in love with Vivian.  She, however, is still married to another man.  Vivian is in the process of getting a divorce, in order for she and Grant to be married. 
Grant tells Vivian that he loves her very much.  He wants to marry her and make her his wife.  He wants to give Vivian security and love.  He also wants to be a good father and role model to her children.  Grant wants very...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Thu, 17 Sep 2009 10:20:31 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[What does Grant want to do for Vivian and her Kids?]]></title>
        <link>http://www.enotes.com/lesson-before/q-and-a/what-does-grant-want-do-vivian-her-kids-101847</link>
        <description><![CDATA[What does Grant want to do for Vivian and her Kids?]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Thu, 17 Sep 2009 08:47:07 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[A Lesson Before Dying Reading Quiz and Essay Questions]]></title>
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        <title><![CDATA[A Lesson Before Dying Happiness and Values Inventory]]></title>
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        <title><![CDATA[How does Jefferson compare to Jesus, Jakie Robinson, and Joe Louis. How...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[How does Jefferson compare to Jesus, Jakie Robinson, and Joe Louis. How does Grant?]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Sat, 29 Aug 2009 10:19:59 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[How did Joseph change from the beginning of the story to the end?]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[How did Joseph change from the beginning of the story to the end?]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Fri, 28 Aug 2009 11:11:16 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[I have a question on Religious Symbolism in A Lesson Before Dying.. help...]]></title>
        <link>http://www.enotes.com/lesson-before/q-and-a/have-question-religious-symbolism-lesson-before-94035</link>
        <description><![CDATA[I have a question on Religious Symbolism in A Lesson Before Dying.. help please :D click]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Fri, 31 Jul 2009 22:12:02 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[The concept of betrayal in "A Lesson Before Dying" is evident in several...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[The concept of betrayal in "A Lesson Before Dying" is evident in several of the relationships. Grant feels that he is being betrayed by his Aunt Lou when she askes him to enter the back door of the sheriffs house. He had told her many years ago that he would never cross the threshold of that house again, but his aunt insists that he go to the house to ask permission to see Jefferson in jail. He doesn't want to go to the home and he doesn't...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Tue, 28 Jul 2009 13:24:05 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[In Ernest J. Gaines, "A Lesson Before Dying," Reverend Ambrose...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[In Ernest J. Gaines, "A Lesson Before Dying," Reverend Ambrose approaches Grant to request his help in getting Jefferson to turn to God before his execution.  Grant tells the Reverend that the soul is his job.  Grant says all he does is teach Reading, Writing, and Arithmetic.  The Reverend becomes angry with Grant and frustrated because of Grant's lack of faith.  He tells Grant that he is uneducated because he doesn't understand the...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Mon, 27 Jul 2009 21:33:59 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Why does Reverend Ambrose call Grant uneducated?]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Why does Reverend Ambrose call Grant uneducated?]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Mon, 13 Jul 2009 19:03:08 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[In trying to save him from being executed, his defense lawyer argues...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[In trying to save him from being executed, his defense lawyer argues that Jefferson has no more sense nor intelligence than an animal - specifically a hog.  Miss Emma is deeply hurt by this blatant, racist negation of her godson's humanity.  She acknowledges that the defense lawyer is "just trying to get him off", but his allegation brings her pain that comes "from many years past". 
In his argument, the defense attorney creates a...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Thu, 2 Jul 2009 11:37:24 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[What is Miss Emma's pain and primary concern regarding the use of the...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[What is Miss Emma's pain and primary concern regarding the use of the word "hog" in A Lesson Before Dying?]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Tue, 23 Jun 2009 09:53:59 PST</pubDate>
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