The Legacy of Slavery in A Lesson Before Dying
The novel, A Lesson Before Dying, written by Ernest J. Gaines, is set in Louisiana, America in the late 1940s. After about 300 years of slavery, it finally legally ends. Does it mean slavery is completely over? No, it is way too early to celebrate for that because the presence of the vicious circle and the effects of slavery still remain.If you have experienced or witnessed racism, you may know just how devastating it can be. Racism makes people feel unworthy and even inhuman. In A Lesson Before Dying, the effects of slavery are shown in the whites’ superior attitude towards the blacks, the internalization of the blacks and the whites’ justification to prove their higher status.
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The novel, A Lesson Before Dying, written by Ernest J. Gaines, is set in Louisiana, America in the late 1940s. After about 300 years of slavery, it finally legally ends. Does it mean slavery is completely over? No, it is way too early to celebrate for that because the presence of the vicious circle and the effects of slavery still remain.If you have experienced or witnessed racism, you may know just how devastating it can be. Racism makes people feel unworthy and even inhuman. In A Lesson Before Dying, the effects of slavery are shown in the whites’ superior attitude towards the blacks, the internalization of the blacks and the whites’ justification to prove their higher status.
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