A Lesson Before Dying Chapters 5-6 Thinking Questions

Answer the following questions in complete sentences with adequate explanation.

When Mr. Farrell Jarreau, yardman and handyman to Henri Pichot, visits Grant to tell him to “come up by five this evening” (40), he has to pretend like he doesn’t know what the meeting is about, but Grant knows that he knows, (“He nodded to me, knowing that I knew he knew why Henri Pichot wanted to see me, and he walked away, head down”). How does this example make you feel:

a. about Henri Pichot?

b. about Grant’s ability to understand?

2. For each item listed below, explain how it is significant to the conflict and/or characters of Ch. 6.

a. a clock

b. a dinner plate full of food

the back door to the kitchen

the word “doesn’t” vs “don’t”