More regrettable, he trusts that he is no superior to a stupid creature and that he should pass on, since he sees his life as useless.
When he expresses gratitude toward Grant for the pecans, apologizes for his indecent remarks in regards to Vivian, offers Grant a sweet potato, and starts to write in his diary, he gets to be changed. Additionally take note of that he writes in his journal, "Man strolls on two feet; pigs on four" after Grant has persuaded him that the racial myth expressing that his life is useless is completely wrong: Jefferson's life has meaning.
Note that Jefferson is not unskilled; he is just uneducated. Hence, he knows wrong from right. Jefferson has buckled down all his life. He is not the cliché apathetic, indolent Negro. He has grown up without a male good example, however he has been raised with adoration by his back up parent, Miss