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Question

I have an essay to write about the book, A Lesson Before Dying by Ernest Gaines. I am writing how Grant and Jefferson are alike and similar. I know what I'm going to write for the body but how should I start the introduction?

If you haven't read the book, the book is about Jefferson, a uneducated black man who is wrongfully convicted of murder. He is sentenced to death by the chair. Grant a educated, black teacher. Jefferson's godmother, Miss Emma is friends with Grant's Aunt, Tante Lou. Anyhow, Miss Emma wants Grant to teach Jefferson how to be a man before he dies. Grant unwillingly accepts. In the end, Jefferson dies like a man and Grants life changes.

Answer 1

We don't all learn valuable lessons before we die but in this book, insert here, our character Jefferson learns some lessons before he dies. If we're lucky someone will mentor us and make our life worthy. Not only did Jefferson achieve this but during this task Grant , an educator, also learns his own lessons.

Answer 2

Use essay format.
Introduction: tell your reader what you're going to tell them (for example, "In Ernest Gaines' novel, "A Lesson Before Dying", the characters have many traits in common. Jefferson and Grant's lives are altered forever by the influences of their relatives", or something similar.
The body of the essay gives you the place to explain your introduction.
The conclusion is a wrap-up of what you said in the body of the essay.

Answer 3

Perhaps a discussion of death as a universal condition, and that our way of dying says a lot about us and is our last chance to make a statement. A famous example, as seen often in the movies, is the Indian looking at the sky (home of the Great Spirit) before a hopeless battle and saying "Today is a good day to die!" I have had several near-death experiences myself from a botched operation, have lived with a family member who eventually died of cancer (with great grace and dignity), and I believe to face death on your own terms is the ultimate statement of who you are. Regardless of your beliefs, the dead are never really dead, they live on inside the living, so your death is your last testament to the world, your last chance to influence the future.

I don't know your age, but that book has lessons for people of all ages.

Answer 4

When you are writing imagine that the person reading it has never read the book. I would start off by giving a little introduction about the book. Then stating what you are actually talking about in the essay. I hope I could help. Good Luck!

Answer 5

a tenet it much less stressful now and back to jot down the essay first with end then write the hollow fact in college for first time at 38 instructor suggested and it works