A Lesson before Dying, one of Ernest J. Gaines later works, was written in 1993. Some of his earlier works include A Gathering of Old Men and In My Father's House. The novel covers a time period when blacks were still treated unfairly and looked down upon. Jefferson, a main character, has been wrongly...
Today, soaps are made from fats and oils that react with lye (sodium hydroxide). Solid fats like coconut oil, palm oil, tallow (rendered beef fat), or lard (rendered pork fat), are used to form bars of soap that stay hard and resist dissolving in the water left in the soap dish.
A bar of lye soap. Lard, which is an ingredient in lye soap, is generally made from farm animals such as pigs. Lard is used to make lye soap. Most people use lye soap as a body cleanser. Lye soap can be used for mopping. Solid lye. Glycerin is a natural by-product of soap made with lye.