12021-12-02T23:01:31+00:00Ethan John Eddyc21ce0183c6182fe8424d2f3a1aead69b0735e63Dehumanization61This entry analyzes how the novel dramatizes processes of dehumanization, using them to complicate a narrative of redemption.image_header2022-06-08T04:58:28+00:00David Squiresc613f45970ae89ef70516076df94370392b06674
1media/Screen Shot 2021-12-09 at 4.23.23 PM.png2021-12-02T22:45:41+00:00Maxwell Gontarekf06cefb62afd8118235c42a3449986e8c01b1bd6Education43This entry considers the prominent place of education in the novel. Gaines represents various viewpoints on education at the same time he frames the novel as an educational tool for readers.image_header2022-06-09T21:57:51+00:00David Squiresc613f45970ae89ef70516076df94370392b06674
1media/Hearth Kitchen.png2021-12-10T20:40:14+00:00Faryal Atif6f8b433f5f9292d638432d50cfea189322fc20ccFood40Characters in A Lesson use food to express affection and exert power. This entry explains the complex social and cultural meaning of the cuisine that appears in the novel.image_header2022-06-14T05:12:19+00:00David Squiresc613f45970ae89ef70516076df94370392b06674
12021-12-02T21:27:22+00:00Macy Trosclair8e95d0d6cfa1620fb1742387b86bd4a60f3134c7Masculinity51This entry offers a brief overview of how gender and racial dynamics in the novel construct Black masculinity.image_header2022-07-12T19:06:08+00:00David Squiresc613f45970ae89ef70516076df94370392b06674
12021-12-09T21:44:17+00:00Erynn Bossierd835aba8927fec69b51ecb22a65e2293a04989e2Power21This entry examines what it means to have power in the face of an oppressive white society.image_header2022-06-16T18:22:54+00:00David Squiresc613f45970ae89ef70516076df94370392b06674
12021-12-15T18:46:49+00:00David Squiresc613f45970ae89ef70516076df94370392b06674Radio13Radio plays a complex role in the novel. This entry explains its historical context and its fictional representation.image_header7152022-06-16T19:11:09+00:00David Squiresc613f45970ae89ef70516076df94370392b06674
12021-12-02T23:11:37+00:00Charlie Serignee0e528641fdee9dc38bfb8fb6f0cf835882c0481Religion39This entry examines the role of Christianity in colonization, liberation, and representation in A Lesson.image_header2022-06-17T14:22:31+00:00David Squiresc613f45970ae89ef70516076df94370392b06674
1media/A Man Was Lynched Yesterday.jpg2021-12-10T00:35:26+00:00Gabrielle Rodriguef4e9f5f7c5d1cd990ba97edcd46052d7c0868959Segregation27A Lesson is set during the Jim Crow era of legal segregation. This entry explains how the novel represents that historic reality.image_header2022-06-17T21:58:30+00:00David Squiresc613f45970ae89ef70516076df94370392b06674