Talk:A Lesson Before Dying

message: It seems that the novel described in the page is not A Lesson Before Dying. A Lesson Before Dying has nothing to do with Mexico and was set in 1940's Louisiana. I am not sure what novel has been described, but it is definetly not A Lesson Before Dying by Ernest Gaines. The sources cited from Spark Notes at the bottom of the page seems to describe the correct novel. Everything in the Talk page seems to be correct too and is referencing the correct novel. Dm46607 06:30, 14 December 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Disputed 

message: I removed the following sentence "A Lesson Before Dying is also in the process of becoming a feature length movie starring Sylvester Stallone, Angelina Jolie, and Arnold Schwartzenegger" from the section Film, TV or theatrical adaptations as it's unsubstantiated/unsourced at best and at worst seemed vandalism. SINsApple 01:51, 15 January 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Again reverted to an earlier version to revert vandalism. SINsApple 05:04, 16 January 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Vandalism 

message: In the middle of the description of Miss Emma, the text then goes to the middle of a quote on something unrelated. I believe a section might be missing here, on the setting, maybe? If someone could look into/ correct this, I would be much obliged.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.205.224.16 (talk) 19:13, 27 September 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Missing Text? 

message: Reads like a book report, especially usage of page number citations.  Needs a major rewrite, with citations from other sources. Fooqwah (talk) 06:56, 4 July 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Needs References/Rewrite 

message: I came to this article hoping to learn about the novel. In the lede were at least two signs of vandalism: "World War 3" and "Jim Crew". From other discussion on this page it appears to have been repeatedly vandalized. 72.251.57.40 (talk) 04:15, 16 January 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Vandalism! 

message: The introduction to this article seems to reflect the article's authors views of about the important thems in the book without a single reference. The article desperately needs content and ciations from the scholarly literature. Otherwise, this is original research. A searchGoogle Scholar search returns a lot of material that could be relevant, including several interviews with Gaines:
The intro is too fixated on thematic analysis and doesn't describe the plot. Jefferson is introduced 3/4 of the way down, without any indication of his role in the novel's plot.  Robertekraut (talk) 20:14, 4 August 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Intro provides an analysis without references 

message: This reads like an A paper in a sociology class. Author(s) should be proud. That being said, not encyclopedic. Don't make original conjectures about themes and stuff and then try to prove them with the text. Good college, bad wiki. Try to find the author talking about his work to back up your interpretations. 68.168.160.16 (talk) 21:15, 29 May 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Great essay, bad article 

message: YOU MAKE THE ARTICLE.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 104.8.134.223 (talk) 04:00, 4 September 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  HENRI PICHOT 

message: A real person with this name died recently: http://www.tolerance.org/blog/educational-canvas-rip-grant-wiggins  He seems worthy of his own article. Mathyeti (talk) 20:21, 28 May 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Another Grant Wiggins 

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