Jefferson’s Character A Lesson Before Dying takes place in a small Louisiana Cajun community in the late 1940’s. In the novel, Jefferson, a young black man, is an unwitting party to a liquor store shoot out in which three men are killed; being the only survivor, he is convicted of a murder and sentenced to death. Jefferson’s personality and physical appearance in the novel provides not only a relationship to the courtroom and …showed first 75 words of 1886 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1886 total…Jefferson has created with Grant proves that some type of grand realization has been reached. The other key action with Jefferson was his acceptance of Emma’s gumbo. Jefferson realizes how much Emma really cares about him, even though he is going to die. His acceptance of Emmas gumbo is the first step after his epiphany that indicates that Jefferson will represent and provide hope for the African American culture. Bibliography A lesson Before Dying