A LESSON BEFORE DYING

By the end of this unit, students will be able to: recognize how setting, mood, and tone complement the themes of the novel; understand how biblical allusions resonate with the plot and characters in A Lesson Before Dying; identify allusions to well-known contemporaries of the characters in the novel and analyze their relationship to the themes of the novel; evaluate the effectiveness of the first-person narration and the narrative device of incorporating other characters’ voices; and analyze how the social and racial stratification in 1948 Louisiana affects the lives of the characters. 64 pages. ©2008.