In “The Lesson” the secondary main character is a black woman named Miss Moore. She has a somewhat jumbled appearance which lets the townespeople feel justified in making fun of her. Unfortunately, eventhough she is college-educated, as a result, she tends to spend her time with the kids of the town. She invites any and all the kids with their vastly differing lives and backgrounds. Most of the kids don’t exactly enjoy their time with her and call her boring.
As naive as kids are, they don’t understand the reason for her bringing them to these places. When in reality, she is trying to educate them on the economic inequalities of the town and how far it reaches.
On the other hand, probably her most inexperienced child, Mercedes, is a young girl with a wealthy family. In turn, she was more happy and more well-off. She didn’t exhibit the kind of bitterness the other kids did as she didn’t have a reason to. I liked the example of the paperweight. One of the kids pointed out an expensive paperweight not knowing its purpose of it. Mercedes not only tells the kids that she has her own desk but with other goods on top of it… along with the paperweight.
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