When I started reading this book I thought it would be boring, but as I was reading it I found that it is a very interesting book.in chapter 2, we can understand how upset his Godmother was, because the lawyer had called Jefferson hog.Then she wanted someone to help him to understand that he was not a hog. She want someone to make him understand that he is a human being. Miss Emma would like that person to be Grant, because he was his teacher and she is hopeful that he will help him to recognize that he is a man, not a hog.
So Miss Emma seeks the help of Henri Pichot, because she was saying that he could help them by talking with the officer, so they were able to visit Jefferson in jail.Miss Emma wanted to do many things to help Jefferson, but she could not do anything because she was very old and it was very difficult for her to see Jefferson in that jail.I think for a loved one it must be very difficult to see the person that you love in jail.
When I was reading this chapter I remembered that I saw the movie of "Death Man Walking," and I remember when the father of the Catholic Church told Sister Helen Prejean that she has to go to the jail and help Matthew Poncelet.and Sister Helen did what the father said, she went to jail and helped Matthew to recognize that he was guilty, and she also helped him to find the strength he needed to die in peace with his conscience.This movie and this book we are reading are very similar because the two men were sentenced to death.But the difference is that Jefferson is not guilty of what he is accused and Matthew was guilty of what they accused him.
Thank you for expanding upon your thoughts here. I'm glad you find the book interesting, and I want to say again how interesting I find it that you made this connection to Dead Man Walking. Sister Helen and Grant have similar tasks, don't they? Both of them have to convince a prisoner that he is a man and that he must take responsibility for his own life and his own death. It is a brave and terrifying thing, isn't it?
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