Characterization of Jefferson

1. Characterization of Jefferson • General • Biographical details • He is 21-years old (p. 9, ll.6f) • He is uneducated (e. g.: he does not know how to dial a telephone (p.8l.3) • He went to the field at the age of six and drove the water cart (p.211) • He is sentenced to death by electrocution (p.11, l.9) • He never got something he wanted in his whole life (p.162, ll.25f) • Miss Emma is his godmother • Outward appearance • He is black (p.15, l. 19) • He has big brown eyes (p.7, l.9) • He has nice and short hair (p.9,ll.11f) • He has a triangular head (p.121, l.29) • He has big hands (p.121, l.14) • Timebar Jefferson is imprisoned • Loses weight over the time so one can see the bone structure • Does not have any self-confidence (p.67, l.17) • facial expression painful, cynical grin on his face (p.81, l.27) • He hates himself (p.80, ll.1 ff.) • Acts like a hog and even calls himself one (p.80) • Tries to make Grant feel guilty (p.81, ll.23-25) • Uncommunicative even towards Miss Emma he behaves quietly • Does not care about hygiene (p.69, l.19) • Jefferson opens up • The radio seems to change Jefferson‘s impression of Grant • He accepts Grant as his friend (p.216) • Jefferson smiles the first time in the novel (p.163, l.10) • Jefferson thanks the pupils for the pecans (p.177, l.14) • Jefferson writes down his emotions and thought in a diary (chapter 29) • He talks to several people like Grant, Miss Emma and Reverend Ambrose • He is the strongest man in the room (p. 240, l.6) • He finally becomes a man instead of a hog (p.211, l.27) • He walks straight and like a man to the electric chair (p.240, ll.13-1 • By Svenja Thomas, Rike Grotjahn, Theresa Steven, Wiebke Peters, Jann Warmuth Jefferson‘s transformation (from chapter 22) Jefferson‘s death (last chapter)