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A 5 page paper which examines how some of the characters in Ernest Gaines’ work “A Lesson Before Dying” try to achieve subjectivity. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
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simple subjects in the world of the white man. They follow the rules and are not really subjective about their realities but through the insistence and pressure that comes from
three women, Miss Emma, Tante Lou, and Vivian, these two men begin to find their own sense of identity and power in subjectivity as it relates to the interracial world
of racism and segregation in Louisiana. The following paper examines the influence these three women have on the men in relationship to their ability to achieve subjectivity in such a
society. Subjectivity in a "A Lesson Before Dying" As mentioned, in the beginning of the novel the two men seem complacent to be what they are, black in a
white mans world. Jefferson has been sentenced to death for murder and is willing to accept that he is nothing more than an "hog" as termed by the white society.
Grant, the one who will ultimately help him see that he is not a hog but rather a man, is a simple teacher who hates teaching and claims "I teach
what the white folks around here tell me to teach-reading, writing, and rithmetic" (Gaines 13). He admits that the white people never told him how to help a fellow black
man, such as Jefferson. In essence, Jefferson is content to die and be considered a hog, while Grant is eager to be nothing more than a teacher instructed by the
white world. Neither have the depth to see beyond these conditions in their racist society, as they simply accept the state of things. It is three women, however, who will
change the minds of these men, showing them that life has far more to offer for the black person, that subjectivity in such a controlled society is possible, if they
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