A Lesson Before Dying Study Guide
As I put this book down, I felt both sad and enlightened.
As I sat there having completed A Lesson before Dying, I thought to myself that inner strength and faith cannot be taught, it comes from within.
1. Historical Context:
The story takes place in a small Cajun town in Louisiana in the 1940’s. The story mainly takes place in the Quarter, area on the plantation where the black people who work there reside, and in Bayonne, the town nearest the plantation. Life for African American people in this era was one of segregation. Though slavery was over, they still were not treated with respect or equality.
2. Antebellum – A period before war. Usually associated with the Civil War.
Relating to the story, the term antebellum, I would think, is referring to this period of time before the civil rights movement began in the 50’s and 60’s. I believe this because of Jefferson being wrongly accused and sent to a trial of “his peers” which were all......
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