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This is a place for us to discuss openly and honestly the literature we are reading. Here we are all just communicating our thoughts on what we are reading. There are no right and wrong answers. However, you are expected to be polite, mature, and on topic.

Sunday, July 3, 2011

Summer Blog # 9: Let Freedom Ring...

I hope you are having or had a wonderful Fourth of July, the day we celebrate freedom, independence, and personal rights. In A Lesson Before Dying, all three of these elements that we take for granted daily aren't part of the characters daily lives. Select one scene that illustrates the need for independence, freedom, or personal rights and explain how this scene reflects the plot, characters and theme of the novel. What is Gaines' purpose here? Did he succeed? How so? (The deadline to post a response to this blog question is midnight, July 6, 2011.)