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The Role of Women in the novel

She was there when Grant felt depressed and downhearted by the slow progress he had Jefferson were making at the prison cell near the beginning of the novel. Vivian was also the first person that popped into Claiborne's head when Grant lost control of his emotions over what the two mulatto bricklayers had said about Jefferson - "God-dammit, go find Vivian" - Pg. 201. Vivian also showed her support and love to Grant on the day of Jefferson's execution - "She had gone to church that afternoon and she told me she would go again the next morning. She told me that from noon until she heard she would have her students on their knees beside their desks." Pg. 236. Throughout the whole novel, Vivian was always there for Grant. There with her constant love and support. .
             Vivian truly loved Grant, and went through much pain and suffering for him. When she first met Grant and his family, it was obvious that Tante Lou and her friends didn't think much about her because of her race; a Mulatto. "Miss, Tante Lou said, very polite. She really knew how to be polite to people when she felt they were interfering with something that belonged to her. She would not look at me" -Pg. 163. It was not until after Tante Lou had interrogated Vivian and found out she went to church weekly that she began to accept her. Vivian could have easily excused herself and left the house away from the uncomfortable atmosphere, but she stayed. She stayed despite all this so that Grant's family would be given the chance to learn and accept her - unselfishly, she didn't want Grant and his family to wind up the way hers did - broken. But regardless of their love for one another, Grant continued to neglect Vivian. This was shown when they stood on the porch after Vivian met Tante Lou and her relatives. Grant showed his lack of understanding when he told Vivian that he considered his family's reaction was "far from being the same thing" as the situation between her family and her husband.


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