Grant Character Analysis

Grant Character Analysis In the book A Lesson Before Dying it’s about Grant, Who wanted to help Jefferson not think that he is a hog, but he didn’t believe he wasn’t a hog because of society, so Grant was counseling Jefferson, then Jefferson believed he wasn’t a hog anymore. Because Grant is a dynamic character in the novel he goes from being disappointed, to a cynicism person (someone who believes that people are motivated purely by self-interest), and to a secretive person During the exposition of the novel the best word to describe Grant is disappointed. This word is an appropriate description because in chapter 2 he said “I’m the teacher ... and I teach what the white folks around here tell me to teach—reading, writing, and ‘rithmetic. They never told me how to keep a black boy out of a liquor store.” This is important because it illustrates that he is disappointed that they think he can teach Jefferson that he is not hog. During the rising action, Kino has to overcome great obstacles to teach Jefferson that he is not a hog. The best word to describe his personality or character during the rising action is a cynicism person because in chapter 24 he said “A hero does for others. He would do anything for people he loves, because he knows it would make their lives better. I am not that kind of person, but I want you to be. You could give something to her, to me, to those children in the quarter. You could give something I never could ... The white people out there are saying you don’t have it-that you’re a hog, not a man. But I know they are wrong.” This portrays that’s Grant Wiggins wants Jefferson to believe in himself to try to think he is a hero and not a hog by proving society wrong, and saying do it for your people not just for him. The best word to describe his personality or character at the novels resolution secretive because he was keeping some thoughts to himself and not saying them to solve stuff in “'I cry, not from reaching any conclusion by reasoning, but because, lowly as I am, I am still part of the whole. '” This quote expresses the way Grant feels and what he is thinking, this quote is important because it starts showing that he is becoming more independent and not sharing his thoughts to make him a better person. Through the whole novel Grant is a dynamic character he is disappointed when they think he can teach Jefferson that he is a human. During the resolution he is secretive because he is starting to become more independent and keeping things to him self.

Work cited
Gaines, Ernest J. A Lesson Before Dying. New York: Vintage Books, 1993.