It is also important to note that Emma's actions affect more than Jefferson and Grant. Emma serves as a support for Tante Lou and she is the one that provides Grant with the compelling image of a hog when she declares that they want them to "kill a hog... I want a man to go to the chair" (Gaines 13). Emma is also significant because of her past. She has provided the Guidry's with years of service, which seems to be a motivating factor in Guidry's decision. Emma's influence cannot be overlooked because she is person that wants Grant to begin removing the racial oppression that has existed in the community. In addition, Vivian's powerful influence over Grant also emerges in the novel as Grant tries to come to terms with what is happening. She tells Grant he should she Jefferson. She is also the one to force Grant to realize that he cannot run away from who he is. He often wishes to run away and throws the idea at her and she is constantly reminding him that he did that already and he came back. She reminds him that "this is all we have" (94) in reference to their lives and their future. Nancy Folks maintains that Vivian is important to Grant because she teaches him about "violence and manhood" (Folks 46). The barroom brawl "functions as a key scene representing the necessity to redefine masculinity" (46) and Vivian's point to Grant that this is how black men end up getting killed "underlines consequences for men who fight rather than walk away from potential violence" (46). Grant wants to impress Vivian but instead, he only disgusts her by his "failure to control his behavior" (47) and his "failure to think about the consequences of his fighting" (47). With...
Without Vivian, Grant might have left, leaving Jefferson and, essentially, the entire community, without a sense of pride.
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