In my thesis, “The Lesson” written by Toni Cade Bambara opens eyes about how the economic system oppressed African American. I want to talk about how some people are aware of the situation and some don’t seem to understand the issue. In the short story, I want to talk about how one of the kids; Syliva, understood how unjust American is on its own people. Sylvia realizes that there was no equality in the world. On the other hand, the lesson Miss Moore taught went over Mercades head. The type of secondary source I would use for this research paper is “Post Traumatic Slave Syndrome” written by Dr. Joy Degruy. I feel like it will better understand “The Lesson” Toni Cade Bamara was trying open minds about. I know its controversial, but that was what Bambara wanted to do. To write a short to open a debate on the injustice of America. Also understand how undivided African Americans are.
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I’ve never read poetry before, therefore these pieces are completely new to me. I watched the first video in this week’s material and then read all of the pieces. The thing that talked to me the most from the description of poetry in the first video is “Poetry = Power Packed Lines”, I find this definition the most accurate and common for all of the pieces from this week’s readings. It seems like they all were written about love and indeed used a lot of imagery – what makes them so powerful. The one I loved the most was “My Mistress’s Eyes Are Nothing like the Sun” by William Shakespeare. I feel that the use of parody helps the reader to connect to it perhaps more than the traditional love sonnet that Petrarch tended to write. Maybe that is why the last two lines made me smile, it feels as if his lover is very special.
The activity that broadened my ideas about poetry and taught me something new which also surprised me is activity 1 2 and 3. I’ve learned rhythm and rhyme from a young age its fun singing along poems but i never understood anything about it. Rhyme adds power to the lines of poetry that’s why we remember certain childhood poems, poetry is a form of expression and it let us get our feeling out. I love to see how words get connected that make our experience excited while writing it. I’ve never heard of the word sonnet until today it took me by surprise and i will be looking at poetry very differently. Sonnet make poetry fun because we put the rhyming words together which are Octave meaning eight lines, and sestet meaning six lines.
Hello everyone, For my thesis statement from “The lesson” by Toni Cade Bambara is how Miss Moore wants the kids Sylvia, Sugar and her friends, to see the reality of the injustice of education and class and money of the poor and the rich. As she wants to teach the kids what is money and how those who are poor live, not in the best condition. Another thing Miss Moore shows, Sylva and her friends about, is how their parents money is spent for rent and they’re expenses, also how money is not divided right in the country. I still have not found a good secondary source but Im most likely to use stories or an article about social and economic inequality and social injustice. I will be checking on Bmcc data to see what can I find more to backup my thesis statement and my essay.
