. What do the following words reveal about Grant’s internal conflict: “Years ago, Professor Antoine told me that if I stayed here, they would break me down to the n—- r I was born to be. But he did not tell me that my aunt would help them to do it” (Gain

Grant simply cannot justify his existence. He feels isolated from both the black and white communities. He sees his own family as indirectly felicitating the subjugation of black people. He feels forced to act the way white people expect him to be: ignorant and subservient.