“The Lesson” by Toni Cade Bambara was a very interesting read. The group of children went on an outing with Miss Moore to F. A. O. Schwarz, an expensive toy store, that had plenty of things most of them couldn’t afford. Miss Moore showed them expensive toys and it seemed as though she was pulling reactions out of all of them and seeing how they all felt about the prices of everything.
Sylvia and Sugar were different, yet the same in the way they reacted to the whole outing. Sugar shared her insight being that she was a more outspoken and opinionated child, while Sylvia didn’t seem to want to say much. Sylvia appeared to be getting frustrated about everything, and even more so when Sugar decided to speak out.
In the text, Sugar seems to speak on how she feels about the price of the sailboat, “Then Sugar surprises me by sayin, “You know, Miss Moore, I don’t think all of us here put together eat in a year what that sailboat costs.” And Miss Moore lights up like somebody goosed her.” I assume this angered Sylvia because she felt like it was disrespectful to them. I think Sylvia knew what the problem was, but didn’t want to admit it. I feel like she was in denial and did not want to talk about the issue.
