A Lesson Before Dying Quotation Assignment A Lesson

A Lesson Before Dying Quotation Assignment

A Lesson Before Dying This assignment will be collected on a weekly basis. Although some time will be given during class to get you started, much of this work must be done out of class. Which means…

A Lesson Before Dying … YOU WILL NEED A COPY OF THE BOOK!

A Lesson Before Dying The purpose of this assignment is to help you: • identify and analyze literary elements • become facile with reading a novel deeply • forge your path through a novel

Let’s go to the handout.

For every quote, you should: • Label each quotation with the chapter, page, and quote number. “`Suppose I was allowed to visit him, and suppose I reached him and made him realize that he was as much a man as any other man; then what? He’s still going to die. ’ ” (4. 31. Q 3)

For every quote, you should: • Choose to answer two of the questions on the assignment sheet. 1. Does the quote relate to a theme? If so, which theme and how does it relate? 2. Does the quote characterize Grant, Jefferson, or another character? If so, in what way does it characterize? (Think of the different methods of

For every quote, you should: • Choose to answer two of the questions on the assignment sheet. 3. Does the quote provide detail about the setting? If so, what type of description does it provide? How does the setting description classify the time period? 4. Does the quote symbolize the lack of freedom of a black person at this time? Does the quote symbolize the history of oppression of a black person? If so, to what part of history does the quote relate?

For every quote, you should: • Choose to answer two of the questions on the assignment sheet. 5. Does the quote indicate a conflict? If so, what conflict?

Here is a quote to get you started…

“I was not there, yet I was there. ” (1. 3. Q 1)

“I wanted to scream at my aunt; I was screaming inside. I had told her many, many times how much I hated this place and all I wanted to do was get away. ” (2. 14 -15. Q 2)