'A Lesson Before Dying' is a novel, which in detail contradicts, racism and in-justice ness throughout the novel. Ernest J. Gainer the author of the novel provides the reader with highlighted issues that were un-gratifyingly patron within the novel. Which Jefferson's Convection, there is also the issue which has got to do with the Fegregaation between the whites and the blacks within this novel, and then there is Paul who sends message to readers, that there is a glimmer of hope for people to overcome racism in the novel, 'A Lesson Before Dying'.
             'A Lesson Before Dying' is a novel about, racism and in-justice ness, Ernest J. Ganes helps the reader to understand this, by the outcome and the ongoing of Jefferson's trial & convection. Racism was first portrayed at the beginning of the novel were, Ernest J. Gaines points out that there is 12 white men as jury, to give Jefferson's verdict, a verdict of a black man who has, said to have killed 2 black men & more importantly killed one white man. There is also other case where in-justice ness has been taken place where, the court has given Jefferson a white man to be his lawyer, who has called him, Jefferson a HOG, something which is less of a man, the description of a wild pig like animal. The most obvious highlighted issue which portrays real in-justice ness and racism is the sentencing of the case which was Guilty, and verdict of death by electrocution for Jefferson. "Twelve white men say a black man must die, and another white man sets the date and time without consulting one black person" & "A fool does what others tell him to do" There is a label on Jefferson of been a HOG or something that comes to demands, the lawyer states that Jefferson is less than a human being. He comments on his lack of education, the shape of his skull, his animal instincts and his African origin. If Grant Wiggins an educated human being wit...