Blog post assignment #3

A Lesson Before Dying: Chapter 3 Questions

 1.How does Henry Pichot's insistence that Jefferson "did it" redirect the plot narrative?
       He insistence that Jefferson "did it" to help support his opinion on how Grant shouldn't be able to visit Jefferson and also he believes that Jefferson "did it" and that he should also suffer the consequences.

2. Miss Emma keeps saying that Grant "doesn't have to go" to visit Jefferson in prison. The narrator comments, "She was looking at me but not seeing me, and not meaning what she was saying either." What is Grant implying by this, and what does he think she means?
        By saying that Grant nearly meant that Miss Emma knew that he didn't want to go but she was not very accepting of the fact. She said " doesn't have to go" just to make Grant feel bad.

 3. What does the back door of Henri Pichot's plantation house symbolize to Grant and his aunt? Why does having to enter the plantation house through the back door rankle Grant? 
      It symbolizes Grant going away to college and leaving behind the life that aunt and miss Emma had to live as servants. It annoyed him because when he left for college he was told to never enter through the back door again.

 4. How does Miss Emma prevail on Henri Pichot to speak to the sheriff on her behalf?
      Miss Emma used her credibility and some assistance from the Pichot family for leverage to convince Henri to speak to the sheriff. 


 Quotation Assignment:
"He doesn't have to go"-chapter 3 page 17

 1. This quotation really doesn't relate to the theme of chapter 3.

 3. Yes, I believe you can say it indicates the conflict between Miss Emma and Grant. It was the conflict that was making him feel bad about not going to see Jefferson in prison. 

Comments

  1. Mr. ReaseFebruary 7, 2017 at 3:33 PM

    Good job on answering the discussion questions; however, you did not complete the quotation assignment correctly. Pay attention to the instructions.

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