A Lesson before dying pages 56-66

Dr. Joseph complimented Grant for having a good class and a good method of teaching. Dr. Joseph told Grant that he should teach them more about the pledge. He also told him that they should be a little bit more clean. Grant complained that the kids needed more materials and a better heater, but Dr. Joseph told Grant that it wouldn't be fair to the white school if the colored school gets better things. The next day, workers came with wheel barrels filled with wood. When they were dumping all the wood at the back, Grant saw them and can see that they were immature. They were joking around a lot and slowed down the work time. When they left, Grant told the kids to go chop the would outside. Then Grant realized his past, before he was a teacher. He remembered when he was the guy who chopped wood. He also remembered another guy named Matthew Antoine. They really didn't like each other and always had weird conversations.

A Lesson before dying pgs. 48-56

Grant, and Sam Guidry had a meeting together talking about Jefferson's death sentence. Sam Guidry is this fat man and he is not a nice guy. What they talk about is basically about the whole "hog" situation. He asks Grant a bunch of questions and he answers them all. After Grant told Sam Guidry about Jefferson dying like a man, Sam didn't like the idea at all, but he told Grant to meet with some person later. Grant had to go to school the next day, so he got all ready. It was an important day because the superintendant was coming that day. He told his class to come all clean. When the superintendant named Dr. Joseph came in, he told a girl to come up and recite a bible verse. After she sang it, he was quite amazed and told her she should be proud of herself. Dr. Joseph then called a kid who wasn't that bright and told him to recite the pledge. After he did it, Dr. Joseph wasn't as amazed.

A lesson before dying pages 29-48

In this part, Grant and Vivian were still talking about moving. They still didn't clarify if they should move or not. Grant started to talk about Jefferson, how he is going to die. He told her the story about Aunt Lou making Grant tell Henri Pichot to change Jefferson into a "man" when he dies. She starts to cry and tells Grant to do the right thing. When Grant goes to school to teach kids, he goes a little harsh on them since he was in a terrible mood. He hits the kids with a ruler if they don't pay attentionor if they don't do something right. Grant decided to tell the kids about Jefferson who is going to be sentenced death. A young girl cried because she was cousins with Jefferson, but Grant didn't really care about it. Later that day, Grant decided to stop by Henri Pichot's place. They all had a meeting with a fat man named Sam Guidry.

A lesson before dying pages 17-30

What happened before was a man named Jefferson, Miss Emma's son, was going to be on the death penalty. Miss Emma, Tante Lou (Grant's aunt), and Grant Wiggins went to Mr. Henri Pichot (a lawyer), and was upset because they called Jefferson a "hog" when he was on trial. Miss Emma didn't care if her son would die, but she just wanted him to die like a man. Mr. Henri said he will talk to Jefferson and see if he likes it or not. Now that they left Mr. Henri's place, Grant can go to Bayonne which he planned to go to. He went to a cafe which was owned by the Claiborne's, and he ordered his "usual" food there. He went to a phone and called up his wife, Vivian. He told her that they needed to talk about something important. Vivian came to the cafe and sat in front of Grant. Grant told her that he wanted to move somewhere else. Somewhere where there isn't much hell.