A_Lesson_Before_Dying

A Lesson Before Dying A Lesson Before Dying This movie was based on the novel, “Flight”, written by Ernest J. Gaines. This movie takes place in St. Paul, Louisiana in the 1948. This movie is about a young black man being in the wrong place at the wrong time. In this movie a young man by the name of Clarence Jefferson, got in the car with his friends not knowing they had plans on robbing a liquor store. So they go in the store and his friends pull out their guns on the store clerk, but to their surprise the clerk pulled out a gun of his own and they began shooting. Once the shooting had commence Clarence was the only man left standing, and now he was faced with a decision; take the money from the register, run or call for help; he decided to take the money, as he was taking the money a few townsmen walked in, because of the gun shots, and caught him taking the money. He was arrested and sentenced to death and also labeled as a HOG. So his mother and grandmother hired Mr. Wiggins, lesson, before, dying, clarence, wiggins, mr, man, movie, money, hog, because, about, teach, store, god, young, wrote, wrong, walks, town, taking, take, shooting, run, place, pastor, out, journal, jefferson, gun, go, girlfriend, friends, conflict, clerk, written, wanted, walked