Lesson Before Dying
A Lesson Before Dying written by Earnest Gaines is a novel about good and evil. A quote that relates to the novel is, "In literature, evil often triumphs but never conquers." This quote is saying that even though there maybe evil present in everything, but it will never win the final battle and overcome all. In the novel there are many examples of this. Miss Emma and Grant are fighting the evil of the word "hog" that has been placed upon Jefferson. Along with Grant becoming friends with a white man and Jefferson overcoming the evil "myth" of prejudice in the society, these are all examples of how evil can be present, but never win in the end. Miss Emma is a passionate woman. She is very intelligent and she knows how to stop evil from conquering. In the novel, Miss Emma fought the evil of the word "hog" spoken by Jefferson lawyer. This one single word "hog" was the evil that kept a whole community of black people in fear and shame.
However, the evil of prejudice has started to fade when they became friends, preventing evil from becoming the conqueror. In the novel, there is a lot of "hidden prejudice. Grant Wiggins, to help her overthrow the evil that has been placed on Jefferson and the community. A white man and a black man, friends in a society where white people think black people are evil. All of these items helped Jefferson escape the evil and escape from the reality from being in prison to stop the evil once and for all. Even some white people seemed to gain a little more respect for him, thus the myth being broken. He was never offered drinks, called by the wrong name, and always treated badly by the white people. Jefferson through his strength and talks from people, he realized that he wasn't a hog, and myths were broken and heroes were made. If it wasn't for Miss Emma and Grant, certain evils would not have been able to have been stopped and myths would not have been broken. People would make bets on if Jefferson would die a man or a hog, this was part of the evil "myth" of prejudice that was all around his society. The myth was that the white people were always prejudice of black people. Through strength and intelligence of people, they can stop the evil that would normally win. Until he met Paul, a young white prison guard.
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