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In A Lesson Before Dying Gaines reveals the power that black women have in their communities through Miss Emma, Tante Lou, and Vivian. He gives the women a certain power over Grant, they manipulate him in different ways to make him in to a better man. Miss Emma acts like she is about to die for and that she needs Grant to do this one thing. Tante Lou she uses her motherhood figure to manipulate Grant to listen to Miss Emma. Vivian uses her power as a lover to Grant to make him not run away form this problem he faces in order to make him in to a man she needs.
Ernest Gaines reveals the power of black women in their community throughout A Lesson Before Dying. The first way he shows this role is through Tante Lou. Tante Lou uses her power over Grant by manipulating him into doing things that he otherwise would not do like his visits with Jefferson. The second way this power is demonstrated is through Miss Emma who uses pity to persuade Grant to do what she asks him to. The final way the black woman's power is shown is through Grant's girlfriend, Vivian. Vivian's relationship with Grant allows her to use her power to get him to mature into a better man by the end of the novel. All three of these women demonstrate the power of black women throughout A Lesson Before Dying.
In A Lesson before dying Gaines uses the characters Miss Emma, Tante Lou, and Vivian to show the power black women have in their community. They each have different power and purpose in their relationships with Grant. Tante Lou tells Grant that he will never enter through the back door again. She pushes him to get an education that will earn him respect. Miss Emma makes Grant teach Jefferson even though he is opposed to it. This gives him lessons in life and by making Jefferson a man he finds how to be a man himself. Finally, there is Vivian. She supports Grant and keeps him from falling apart. Even when she is disappointed by him, like after the fight, she has patience and still cares for him. She is his rock even though her own life has struggles like her kids and divorce. Vivian makes Grant realize why he feels he must stay at home and not leave the children and his community. Showing the role these three black ladies have in one man illuminates the role all black women serve in their communities.
In A Lesson Before Dying Gaines shows the power of black women in their community. He does this by showing Miss Emma's, Tante Lou's, and Vivian's power over Grant. Both Miss Emma and Tante Lou make Grant do things he normally wouldn't do, but they do it in different ways. Miss Emma is very upset and uses disappointment and sadness to make Grant go and talk to Jefferson in jail. Tante Lou makes Grant listen to Miss Emma and uses anger and guilt to make Grant do what she wants. Vivian has a good power of Grant. Vivian reminds Grant to face his problems and to not hide from them. She helps his become a man. Vivian makes Grant remain in the community. Throughout the book, these effects by the women are obvious and change Grant continuously.
In A Lesson Before Dying, Ernest Gains reveals the power of black women in their community through Miss Emma, Tante Lou, and Vivian. Miss Emma makes Grant make Jefferson a man. She pretends that she is sick so that he has to go alone. Tante Lou makes Grant listen to Miss Emma and go talk to Henry Picot. She is like his mother and pushes him to do things he does not want to do like any mother would. Vivian uses her power as Grant's girlfriend to also make him go help Jefferson. She also tells him that the reason that he has not left town was because he cared about his people too much. These three women in Grant's life persuade him to do many things, which causes him to become a man
Miss Emma, Tante Lou, and Vivian all have power over Grant revealing the power of a black women in their communities. Miss Emma makes Grant turn Jefferson into a man. She does this by insiting that Grant go to the jailhouse. At one point she even pretends to be sick, so Grant would go to the jailhouse. Tante Lou shows her power over Grant by persuading him to listen to Miss Emma, making him go to Henry Pihcot to get premission, and forcing him to listen to Reverend Ambrose. Vivian also has power over Grant. She tells him that he must stay, to think about the children, and makes him become a better man. Without these three women, Grant would not have help Jefferson. Gaines show that these three black women have a power of Grant.
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