Human Indignity
“Now is the time to rise from the dark and desolate valley of segregation to the sunlit path of racial justice.” (Martin Luther King Jr) Devil in a Blue Dress by Walter Mosley, A Lesson Before Dying by Ernest J Gaines, and Fences by August Wilson are all pieces that are set in the South during the darkest times of segregation and racial violence. Devil in a Blue Dress takes place in 1948, a time where blacks are neither accepted nor enslaved. Although they are not necessarily slaves they are still far from being treated as equals. The main character, Easy, struggles to make a living and also cannot handle the segregation in the south, so he finds himself living in L.A. searching for a woman named Daphne Monet while getting …show more content…
Albright, he realizes that it puts him through risky situations yet, he still feels he has a responsibility to find Daphne Monet. Often looking death in the face and losing many friend he keeps his promise to find Mr. Monet. He feels he has taken on this responsibility and must follow through. In A Lesson Before Dying, Grant has an immense amount of responsibility to guide and mentor Jefferson throughout his time of death row. He feels this responsibility not only for himself to overcome this task but also from Tante Lou and Miss Emma. “Suppose I was allowed to visit him, and suppose I reached him and made him realize that he was as much a man as any other man; then what? He's still going to die. The next day, the next week, the next month. So what will I have accomplished? What will I have done? Why not let the hog die without knowing anything?” (Grant, Chapter 4) Grant becomes very frustrated at the beginning because he is aware that no matter what he says or does Jefferson will still receive the death sentence. He thinks to himself, what can he do to change the situation. Although, Jefferson does not make headway and first he knows he will not give up and knows he must follow through with the task. “‘Last
“Now is the time to rise from the dark and desolate valley of segregation to the sunlit path of racial justice.” (Martin Luther King Jr) Devil in a Blue Dress by Walter Mosley, A Lesson Before Dying by Ernest J Gaines, and Fences by August Wilson are all pieces that are set in the South during the darkest times of segregation and racial violence. Devil in a Blue Dress takes place in 1948, a time where blacks are neither accepted nor enslaved. Although they are not necessarily slaves they are still far from being treated as equals. The main character, Easy, struggles to make a living and also cannot handle the segregation in the south, so he finds himself living in L.A. searching for a woman named Daphne Monet while getting …show more content…
Albright, he realizes that it puts him through risky situations yet, he still feels he has a responsibility to find Daphne Monet. Often looking death in the face and losing many friend he keeps his promise to find Mr. Monet. He feels he has taken on this responsibility and must follow through. In A Lesson Before Dying, Grant has an immense amount of responsibility to guide and mentor Jefferson throughout his time of death row. He feels this responsibility not only for himself to overcome this task but also from Tante Lou and Miss Emma. “Suppose I was allowed to visit him, and suppose I reached him and made him realize that he was as much a man as any other man; then what? He's still going to die. The next day, the next week, the next month. So what will I have accomplished? What will I have done? Why not let the hog die without knowing anything?” (Grant, Chapter 4) Grant becomes very frustrated at the beginning because he is aware that no matter what he says or does Jefferson will still receive the death sentence. He thinks to himself, what can he do to change the situation. Although, Jefferson does not make headway and first he knows he will not give up and knows he must follow through with the task. “‘Last