C.S. Lewis\u2019s quote about literature is embodied in The Lesson by Toni Cade Bambara by giving us a glimpse of how Sylvia see\u2019s and feels about her world in tje 1960\u2019s living in poverty as a black child. Bambara introduces us to Ms Moore who is a black educated women, which was looked upon in the \u201cghetto\u201d at those times. Looked upon for speaking proper english, or just simply dressing in a professional way. In the story Ms Moore takes Sylvia and her cousins to a fancy toy story, which Sylvia doesn’t seem interested by. Until they get to the store and see the toys from the window and there \u201cridiculous\u201d prices. Sylvia starts to feel ashamed and gets frustrated. \u201cAnd I\u2019m jealous and want to hit her. Maybe not her, but punch somebody in the mouth\u201d. (Bambara, 1972) Ms Moore\u2019s lesson over all was to show these kids how others live, and if they could do it they could to. The story gave us a feeling of some of our day to day life struggles that some of us faced in the 60s and even now in 2023. \u201cThat this is not much of a democracy if you ask me. Equal chance to pursue happiness means and equal crack at the dough, don’t it?\u201d (Bambara, 1972)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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