A Lesson Before Dying
Explain Grants PARADOX (Links to an external site.) when he thinks that he's been running in place ever since, unable to accept what used to be [his] life, unable to leave it (102)?
A Grant is unhappy with his profession, but he doesn't think he can find a better job.
B Grant is unhappy living in a racist community, but he feels beholden and cannot leave it.
C Grant is unhappy with his relationship with his girlfriend, but he cannot leave her.
D Grant is unhappy living with his aunt, but he needs to take care of her and her friends.