Choices Essays and Research Papers

You’re in the courthouse listening to what the sentence will be. You zone out only to be brought back in when you hear the defense team calling Jefferson a hog, and begin to listen more intently. “Gentlemen of the jury, be merciful. For God\’s sake, be merciful. He is innocent of all charges brought against…

Have you ever had to make a really hard choice that you knew would not only affect you but affect all the people in your lives to? In the book A Lesson Before Dying by Ernest J. Gaines the main character Grant Wiggins is forced to make many important choices. Some of these choices that…

“Sometimes it’s the smallest decisions that can change your life forever,” said Keri Russell. In the book A Lesson Before Dying by Ernest J Gaines, many of the characters in this book make or are affected by the choices others or themselves make, many involving the young black man, Jefferson, and our main character, Grant…

We make choices everyday. From what shoes to wear to what college we should go to, all the choices we make somehow impact our future. Catherine Pulsifer once said, “Life presents many choices, the choices we make determine our future.” In A Lesson Before Dying by Ernest J. Gaines Grant Wiggins chooses to visit Jefferson…

In 1948 there was 116 men executed all across the United States but out of these men 78 of them were of the african american race, this is is over 67%. In the book A Lesson Before Dying by Gaines, the is the whole story line because of the choices that were made and that…

The average person makes 35,000 choices a day; that is about thirteen billion per year. Whether it be what you are having for breakfast that morning or what college you decide to go to these choices impact your life in one way or another. The choices we make can either make or break our futures,…

“Worry ends when faith in God begins” – Unknown. In A Lesson Before Dying by Ernest J. Gaines that the quote fits in with Grant, who is a teacher, because in the book he was made by his aunt Tante Lou to go and visit Jefferson who is in jail and is going to be…

Each person makes many choices per day. These choices could affect your life in a big way, or hardly at all. However, you never know the exact outcome of your choice until after you have already made the decision. Every choice you make could be important, so you always need to be careful what you…

Everyone makes hundreds of choices everyday, and each of these choices can carry consequences that can be both good or bad. Sometimes, the decisions that a person makes, can change their life forever. People make tens of thousands of decisions every day that affect how their lives play out. No matter whether the decision is…

In 1948, when this novel was based countless African Americans lost their lives due to execution from injustice. Throughout the book many decisions were made but one that really stuck out to me was where Grant got into a fight. In a “Lesson Before Dying” by Ernest J Gaines, Grant made many decisions such as…