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//__**A Lesson Before Dying**

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//**I really liked this book. I think it was a little bit slow in the beginning, but it became better and better to the end. I didn’t like Jefferson’s diarys, because it took me some time to read it, because of the way it’s written. In my opinion, Grant should have walked Jefferson to the chair, that would have been a little more dramatically or so. In addition I like that Grant and Paul, the deputy, become friends. I didn’t get the story between Vivian and Grant, because they were like a couple, but somehow it seemed to me that there was something else than Jefferson that was between them. I don’t realy now how to express myself in this. All in all, I liked the book and sometime I just couldn’t stop reading and that’s always a good sign. -Jelena Helmer **// ** This book got me interested into reading, not by judging the book by its cover but also by its title and the author who wrote it.. With what I have read so far, a white man, known as Grope, is killed during the robbery by a guy named Brother. Two of the robbers were killed on spot, which are Brother and Bear. Only 1 was captured, which was Jefferson. Before Grope died, Jefferson (the innocent one) tries to tell him that he did not do it, but he did not make it and the police officers came and saw Jefferson with money in his pockets with 3 men dead in the grocery store. As they go to court, the prosecutor said that he meant to rob the man, but he doesn't know that! He just assumed it since Jefferson just had bad timing. Jefferson's defense called him a fool and not a man to show them that someone like him could not pull off something as criminal as that. The jury came out and found him guilty of charges and would be electrocuted to death. I think they should have investigated more on the scene instead of calling him guilty right on the spot. I dont like how Miss Emma doesn't want Jefferson to die as a hog but to die with dignity because a man who is innocent shouldn't be put to death until otherwise proven guilty. I know she wants to help Jefferson, but I just think its wrong to have to go visit the prison to learn to die with integrity and not as a fool. When i read the part about Grant slapping the poor little boys head for playing with a bug, it saddened me. The fact that the little boy just wants some excitement in his life, he gets punished. But, i guess that is just how life is and Grants just wants to prove to be a man. Grant is kinda of racist when one white boy failed to recite his bible verse. He should know that they struggle with the verses but i dont think he should have put all his anger towards him. i know he maybe is nervous but it doesnt prove that he doesn't know anything. I finally finished the book and i absolutely loved it. I must say that everyone should read this book because it teaches you valuable lessons. In conclusion, although it was a "sad" ending, i truly did enjoy reading A Lesson Before Dying. **