In A "Lesson Before Dying", the main character Mr. Grant Wiggins is depicted as, a heroic, rounded character dealing with life crises. Grant is the novel's protagonist, with many internal and external conflicts. In the novel it was hard to fully indicate who was the antagonist, because Grant thought that many people where in opposition to his theme of escape from oppression. Grant considers some of the minor characters his opposition, but he did not know how to express himself. Jefferson and Grants relationship tremendously impacted each others lives by working together. Their relationship gives the reader a since of brotherhood, and trust both men have many of the same external conflicts and the temporal setting has negatively impacted their lives.

Grant's many internal and external conflicts, greatly played in the development of this major character. The temporal setting of the time, affect his internal conflicts with his...