In the novel A Lesson Before Dying, by Ernest Gaines an African American male, who goes by the name Jefferson, is convicted of a crime he did not commit. The book mainly takes place in the 1940’s of a small Cajun community. Jefferson was in the wrong place at the wrong time of a liquor store shooting. He his wrongly convicted to have a death sentence. The main culture of their small community is Cajun. Gaines rarely shows signs of Cajun culture in the novel. The background of Cajun is very important to the elements of the novel. The Cajun’s are a specific ethnic group mainly found in Louisiana. They are typically those who come from Acadians, French settlers.
Periodically in the novel the Cajun pronunciation is use but more likely identified
Periodically in the novel the Cajun pronunciation is use but more likely identified