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Women's Role In A Lesson Before Dying

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The role of the women in the ' 'A lesson before Dying ' ' is very important in the character development of Jefferson and Grant. They started off as bitter and angry men who were completely oblivious to everything that surrounded them. Jefferson didn’t want anything to do with Grant at first, because he believed that he was going to die. He thought there was no point into learning anything. Grant didn’t think that teaching the kids was going to get them anywhere, because they would all end up like the men who were unloading the wood. As his teacher Mathew Antoine said, ' 'There was no future for black people in the society. ' ' Also, Grant did not believe that he could change Jefferson in any way. He also thought that he was going to die,
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