Choose two characters from “The Lesson” by Toni Cade Bambara and compare their response to the experience of visiting the FAO Schwarz toy store.
In “The Lesson” by Toni Cade Bambara, there are two characters and their response of visiting the F.A.O Shwartz toy store that stuck out. Those characters are Sugar and Sylvia. Sugar and Sylvia stood out to me because of their close friendship and separate attitudes of their experience at the toy store. Sylvia is more timid about the experience then Sugar is, Sugar was able to touch the toy boat, angering Sylvia because it is not something she can bring herself to do. She feels ashamed to be there, even when she tells herself that she has no reason to be. Sugar is more open to the experience then Sylvia is. I kind of want to say that Sylvia is more on the why thought and Sugar could be on the how? Sylvia is in her thoughts and to herself, maybe even “too big” to say anything, whereas, Sugar wants to know and can let her thoughts ne known.
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Hey Roxana, I agree with your response. Sugar and Sylvia did seem like they had similar thoughts when entering the toy store. Sugar definitely had more initiative in experiencing something new in the toy store, changing her perspective on things as she left the store. I think your idea on Sylvia being more on the “why”, and Sugar being more on the “how” is very accurate because of the way Sugar approached the items in the store, observing the boat while running her finger up and down on it.