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A Lesson Before Dying Chapters 3-4 Questions

Chapter 3:

1) Henry's insistence that Jefferson "did it" redirected the plot narrative by creating a possibility that Jefferson may have committed the crime.

2) During this time Miss Emma was drained from the trial and didn't have the spirit or fight in her to try to convince Grant that he needed to go.

3) Before going off and getting educated Grant used to have to use the backdoor along with his aunt. When he returned the door was a symbol of his past, when he didn't have as much knowledge and by having to use the door again made him feel a certain type of way because he simply felt as if he was  to good to still have to use the back door after all those years.

4) Miss Emma prevail on Henri Pichot to speak to the sheriff on her behalf because she knew with his race and relationship with the sheriff he had a better chance then her.



Chapter 4:


1) By mentioning the slaughterhouse that was mostly for hogs the narrator echos and expands on the public defenders summation because of how they compared Jefferson to a hog.


2) The reason the narrator feels the need to leave due to the conditions and felt the urge to stay because he felt like he owes it to his family.

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