Angel Jimenez Discussion 3

I think the quote “Literature adds to reality; it does not simply describe it” (C.S. Lewis) embodied “The Lesson” by Toni Cade Bambara by taking the fundamental factors of social issues (education, economic inequality, and environmental) and making them into a storytelling work of literature that adds perspective, emotions, and story. The short story “The Lesson” Is about a well-educated and experienced black woman professor who shows the reality and the economic differences of the world to her students to see how her students react and what emotions they get when they are faced with a rich environment that is quite unfamiliar of what they live.