Analysis Of A Lesson Before Dying By Ernest J. Gaines

Analysis Of A Lesson Before Dying By Ernest J. Gaines

In the book, "A Lesson Before Dying", by Ernest J. Gaines tells a story that is set during the late 1930's. The story is fixated on the interaction between Jefferson, a young and literate African American man, who is sentenced to death for an inequitable crime, and Grant Wiggins, a teacher that wants to help Jefferson, and along the way the two create a bond. The story is told through the view of Wiggins. The main focus in this book was Grant and Jefferson's relationship to transform each man throughout the story and they learn a lesson on human dignity. The most character is Jefferson's attorney, he was the reason that of Jefferson loss of dignity and self–respect. Jefferson's attorney is the symbol of society's racism due to him marking Jefferson ... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ...Just by being a colored person already put you as an animal. Since, Jefferson was colored the attorney as well as the jury already visually perceived Jefferson as guilty due to the color of his skin. If Jefferson was not colored he would have a fair trial like any ordinary white person, where the jury would do their best to make a true verdict. Jefferson's color had to do with decided in the court room as well as the case because whites perceive African Americans as nothing but workers. During that time frame, if you were colored and ended up in a court room you would be named guilty before the verdict even was announced. As Harper Lee said in To Kill a Mockingbird, "Some Negroes lie, some are immoral, some negro men are not be trusted around women – black and white. But this is a truth that applies to the human race and to no particular race of men." In this time period everything depended on if you were white or

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