Week 10 Discussion Board Zhendong Yuan

“The Lesson” is a short story by Toni Cade Bambara written in a first-person narrative told by a young black girl named Sylvia. My thesis of the story is about self-empowerment. From my knowledge of the story, Miss Moore is taking the kids to Fifth Avenue for a tour to encourage the children to walk into the stores on the fifth avenue to explore the new environments and gave a lecture about race inequality. I found the purpose of the lesson is to tell the children that they are not different from other races and how important to have self-empowerment. I haven’t found the book I needed just yet. So far the story’s I found do not have enough details to support my thesis. Still, I am looking for books about self-empowerment and race inequality and see what I can combine for a more exciting research summary and outside sources that can prove my thesis and elevate the details of my essay.