Group D Check In

Our Group will be conducting our event on Wednesday, May 11th at 8:30 pm in the Library of the Baruch Residence Hall.

CR Post #3 – A Lesson Before Dying

As I read the novel, A Lesson Before Dying, by Ernest Gaines, there were many recurring details such as the hog, the chair and religion. Alongside those three, there was another object, the Pecan tree. At first, it simply felt that…

Critical Reading Post #3: Women In A Lesson Before Dying

Martyrdom in A Lesson Before Dying is an massive theme, apparent in the Christ mythos that pervades the novel and the comparison that Gaines draws between the Savior and Jefferson. Less overt, however, is the running compliment of the Virgin…

Critical Reading Post #3 A Lesson Before Dying

In the novel A Lesson Before Dying there is the recurring idea of heroes and what it means to be a hero. The first time this is really seen is in the Rainbow Room after Grant has returned from seeing…