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Racial Intolerance In Ernest J. Gaines A Lesson Before Dying

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Ernest J. Gaines novel “A Lesson Before Dying” demonstrates how the author uses the first person point of view to tell a story about racial intolerance. What would one expect when an innocent black man is at a crime scene with 3 men killed on the floor. Even though Jefferson (man being charged) knows he didn’t do anything he is still convicted to the death penalty. They call him a hog and begin to believe it. On the other hand, Gaines incriminates the society as racist. To Grant, living in this society is guilty until proven innocent. Even though Grant stayed away from Jefferson’s trial, Gaines suggests that maybe he stayed away because Grant voluntarily forces a distance between himself, his family, and the community.
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