The Theme Of Justice In Ernest Gaines A Lesson Before Dying

In Ernest Gaines’ novel A Lesson Before Dying he uses third person point of views to tackle the issues of racial injustice in the South during the 1940’s. The character Grant Wiggin’s understands that justice was claimed and could not change because of this he successful change Jefferson into a man. About justice showing the audience the significance of the novel as a whole, this novel teaches the reader that in order to make a change in the world they must change themselves or help one another, just like Grant did with Jefferson. In this novel, Grant claims that he doesn’t care for justice because he knows that it wasn’t going to get severed. He knows that Jefferson is not going to have a fair trial, “It doesn’t matter anymore. Just do the best you can. But it won’t

Grant is a great character he learned that some people are going to be rude and disrespectful. He learned that whites are always going to get it there way. In page 46, Grant states that “I had come through the back door against my will, and it seemed that he and the sheriff were doing everything they could to humiliate me even more by making me wait on them. Well, I had to put up with that because of those quarter, but I damned sure would not add hurt to injury by eating at his kitchen table.” he had to wait for two hours to talk to the sheriff. Grant denied food, coffee, and even a chair. The sheriff's made Grant feel weak and they humiliated him. When Jefferson is in court his lawyer says some rude things about Jefferson in his trial. His lawyer states ‘But let us say he was not. Let us for a moment say he was not. What justice would there be to take this life? Justice, gentlemen? Why, I would just as soon put a hog in the electric chair as this” (8). His own lawyer called Jefferson a hog. This shows unfairness and how people can be so rude. This just shows that someone that's on your side can sometimes be