Read the excerpt from Chapter 3 of A Lesson Before Dying.
"I need you to speak for me, Mr. Henri," Miss Emma said. "I want
the teacher visit my boy. I want the teacher make him know he's not
a hog, he's a man. I want him know that fore he go to that chair, Mr.
Henri."
Henri Pinchot glanced at me, then looked back at her.
1 done done a lot for this family and this place, Mr. Henri," she said.
What
about
What do the words “ I need to speak for me ,Mr. Henri” suggest about miss Emma