Why does Gaines begin A Lesson Before Dying at the scene of the Jefferson’s trial? Select 2 correct answers.
A) when grant witnesses the injustice in the courtroom, it motivates him to fight for Jefferson’s life.
B) when the defense attorney describes Jefferson as an animal, it sets the events of the story in motion.
C) reader’s understanding that the brutality of Jefferson’s crime is the reason he is sentenced to death .
D) readers learn the real details of the crime and Jefferson’s reaction to the events that occurred.