Throughout the novel, unjust atmosphere peeks through, making the situation harder than it already is for Jefferson and Grant. On the day of the trial, both the judge and the juror disregard Jefferson because he is a colored man. Even his own public defender tries to vindicate him by lowering him and calling him a “hog,” and asked “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.” (Gains 8) The defense attorney is stating that there is not even a need to execute Jefferson since he is inferior to a human being. As a result of this unfair treatment, Jefferson loses his dignity and sense of himself as a “man,” claiming that he is indeed a
Throughout the novel, unjust atmosphere peeks through, making the situation harder than it already is for Jefferson and Grant. On the day of the trial, both the judge and the juror disregard Jefferson because he is a colored man. Even his own public defender tries to vindicate him by lowering him and calling him a “hog,” and asked “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.” (Gains 8) The defense attorney is stating that there is not even a need to execute Jefferson since he is inferior to a human being. As a result of this unfair treatment, Jefferson loses his dignity and sense of himself as a “man,” claiming that he is indeed a