... the responsibility of telling his story. Throughout all of his literary works, Gaines has created stories which reflect the ideas of marginalization and the past. In his latest novel, A Lesson Before Dying, Gaines continues to assess these ideas. The themes of this novel, the inescapable past and facing responsibility, are directly address the issue of racial marginalization and are clearly represented ... through the story's characters, events, criticisms, and the author's own life. Ernest Gaines's novel, A Lesson Before Dying, begins as a teacher named Grant Wiggins is recalling a rece...

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