ce Jefferson because he cannot face himself when he says, "I'm supposed to make him a man. Who am I (31)? This comment foreshadows that if Grant plans to affect a change in Jefferson, he will have to change himself. Grant feels that his aunt and Miss Emma want him to undo the effects of many years of slow and deliberate, racist oppression. She wants Grant to give Jefferson the strength of character and the spirit to defy the negative stereotypes thrust upon him.
             Conforming to racism Grant, Tante Lou, and Miss Emma visit Henri Pichot and they enter through the back door, through the servants' entrance. Grant says he can feel the pressure of his aunt's "eyes on the back of his neck (16)" because she asks him to conform to the racist stereotypes, such as entering the back door. Grant cannot stand living in a place day in and day out submitting to white authority. Sheriff Guidry accepts Grant's proposal to visit Jefferson, but warns him not to aggravate Jefferson. Guidry wishes Jefferson to remain ignorant and without convictions.
             Grant's school operates at the mercy of the racist white community. The
             School receives basic supplies like chalk, books, and firewood from the white community, with the condition that the black children remain physically fit. Dr. Joseph, the superintendent, refers to the black school children as an "excellent crop (56)." Matthew Antoine, Grant's primary school teacher, is a defeated
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