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Death In Faulkner's A Lesson Before Dying

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The story A Lesson Before Dying has a vary bold title that talks about a weird subject, death. Many people are scared of death and have a hard time understanding it. Because people see death in a sad way this book has a sad mood throughout it.

Death, it is something that happens to every living thing, it is just a fact of life. Some people have a fear of death because it is so unknown, when talking about death people can become sad and that why I think this book carries a sad mood. The book talks about how Jefferson is going to be executed therefore going to die for something that he never did, which is very sad. One part of the book explains a time where the weather affects the mood, foreshadows (chapter 19 page 142). “It was cold and it

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