A lesson before dying

The lady that appears after the first 100 pages of the book turns out to be Vivian, Grant’s secret lover. Grant and Vivian take a walk and after their walk they visit Grant’s aunt, aunt Emma. Aunt Emma and her friends are very fond of Vivian and they give her many compliments. Aunt Emma, and the reverend go to visit Jefferson and they find that Grant’s previous account of Jefferson’s recovery was …showed first 75 words of 629 total…

…showed last 75 words of 629 total…white man’s world, you basically have to adapt in their culture and do everything a white man does. Grant’s response is “My only choice is to run, then?” This means that the only thing to do is to runaway from society’s label. However, Grant’s teacher predicts that Grant “won’t run”, he says this because, he realizes that it is easier to assimilate into the “white” culture rather trying to rebel.