A Lesson Before Dying: Mr. Wiggins
Beginning of paper
In A Lesson Before Dying, Mr. Grant Wiggins' life crises were the
center of the story. Although he was supposed to make Jefferson into a man,
he himself became more of one as a result. Not to say that Jefferson was
not in any way transformed from the "hog" he was into an actual man, but I
believe ....
Middle of paper
.... to his face, and it was not a bitter
smile. Not bitter at all"; this is the first instance in which Jefferson
breaks his somber barrier and shows emotions. At that point he became a
man, not a hog. As far as the story tells, he never showed any sort of
emotion before the shooting or after up until that point. A hog can't
show emotions, but a man can. There is the epiphany of the story, where Mr.
Wiggins realizes that the purpose of life is to help make the world a
better place, and at that ti ....
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Page count: 4 (approximately 250 words per page)
