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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.   ……………………………….

“The Handsomest Drowned man” was probably one of the best short stories I have read in a while. It really does have a sense of magical realism and really got my mind working in all kinds of ways. It was filled with imagery and hope…?… and I feel spoke kind of on how, though in death Esteban  was a complete stranger. to the village/villagers, he helped them believe in something and he also became almost like a god? anyways, i think you chose this because it might be based on what we will be studying