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me som okra an rice an som pok chop an a conbred an som claba” (232). still enjoys his aunt’s cooking, an outside pleasure from prison.
The fact that he can still take pleasure from these small outside things clearly demonstrates that enjoys a small victory over the world that has locked him away.
The second characteristic that shows society does not defeat is ’s remaining strong compassion for everyone around him. This shows that through defeat, remains a strong person by not holding any grudges against his incarcerators. A selection from his diary reads, “This was the firs time I cry when they lok that door bahind me the very firs time…I was cryin cause of the bok an the marble he giv me and cause o the people that com to see me” (231). displays tenderness, which is an obvious sign that has not let his imprisonment destroy him.
The final attribute Gaines uses in A Lesson Before Dying to show ’s lack of destruction is his trying to better himself before dying. does ...

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