Part one of term paper
Dies, But Is Not Defeated , a black man condemned to die by the electric chair in the novel A Lesson Before Dying by Ernest J. Gaines, is perhaps the strongest character in African-American literature today. is a courageous young black man that a jury of all white men convicts of a murder he has not committed ; yet he still does not let th ...

Part two of term paper
... behaviors clearly show that although society may cast out as a black murderer, he can still triumph somewhat knowing that he retains the qualities of a good human being. The first trait demonstrates after his incarceration is the fact that he still enjoys the outside comforts of small things such as a radio and diary. The fact that still wants these things shows his imprisonment does not defeat him. In one of his last diary entries, says , “shef guiry ax me what I want for my super an I t ...