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A Lesson Before Dying Mindmap - Coggle Diagram
A Lesson Before Dying Mindmap
Injustices and Racism
Jefferson's Court Case
Defense Attorney called him a Hog
Guilty, Death by the hand of TWELVE white judges.
"The truth is, The game was rigged from the start" -Benny, Fallout New Vegas
Modern day connection: Kendrick Lamar's album: DAMN.
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Wickedness (evil)
Starting from DUCKWORTH.
Weakness (good)
Starting from BLOOD.
G & J
Grant is trying to teach Jefferson While Jefferson Refuses
"Hog" becomes Jefferson's new name according to the court
Cause and Effect of a person's higher influence
Upsets family all around him. (Miss Emma, Grant, etc.)
Grant's outrage seemingly breaks the "hog mantra", snapping Jefferson out of a trance
In his Journal he opens up, both mentally and physically to the world with the entry.
Apologizes
hard to read
Contemplation
Grant Rants about how unfair and how much injustice there is in the south.
The Gifts from Grant seemingly open up Jefferson, which allows him to write down his thoughts
Grant teaches on a plantation school, always getting second hand supplies from the white schools
Teacher, Mentor
Graduated from a good university
Limited Learning for school students
(K-6) then back to the fields
Wished he never returned back to Bayonne, but still chose to end up back in Bayonne and teach there.
'Home'
Bayonne, LA, black side of town where most of the houses are on a plantation
The few houses not on the plantation are owned by Grant and most of his family
Sharecropping is still a thing
Violence
Jefferson sent to death for a crime he didn't even comit
Tragedy brewing from the confrontation
Bar Fight- Grant gets knocked the fuck out!
Gets up dazed, seemingly as if mind has changed presets