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What definition of manhood, or h umanity, does A lesson before dying provide? Why is manhood a subversive notion within the book's milieu?
Grant's task it to affirm that jefferson is not a hog, but a man. The mission is doubly difficult because Grant usn't sure he knows what a man is.
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