{"id":6597,"date":"2022-02-17T19:55:15","date_gmt":"2022-02-18T00:55:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu\/english-201-introduction-to-literature-spring-2022-conway\/?p=6597"},"modified":"2022-02-17T20:35:30","modified_gmt":"2022-02-18T01:35:30","slug":"shanice-brown-d4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu\/english-201-introduction-to-literature-spring-2022-conway\/2022\/02\/17\/shanice-brown-d4\/","title":{"rendered":"Shanice Brown #D4"},"content":{"rendered":"

In the short story \u201cThe Lesson\u201d by Toni Cade Bambara, the narrator gives the reader insight into children who grew up in poverty and how their perspective changes when traveling to an expensive toy store.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

In the beginning, the narrator Sylvia is a smart, rebellious child who doesn\u2019t like Miss Moore because of her proper speech. Sylvia refuses to listen to anyone but herself because she\u2019s big on independence.When Miss Moore brings Sylvia to the toy store she hesitates to walk in .\u201cSo I and Sugar turn the corner where the entrance is, but when we got there I kinda hung back\u201d. Sylvia and Sugar were uncomfortable being in a new environment. Sylvia started questioning the prices of the toys and realized that amount of money could buy her family more things. Sylvia tried to make the other children misbehave but they were more interested in the $1000 toys which made her mad. When Sylvia arrives home she reflects on her day after learning about economic inequality. Sylvia refused to accept that Miss More had taught them an important lesson about social class and where they stand in society from other who could afford those expensive toys.<\/span><\/p>\n

Miss Moore was described as this serious educated woman, who teaches children in Harlem. She and a group of students went on a trip to Fifth Ave. Most of the students did not like Ms.Moore in the beginning. One student that popped out to her was Sylvia and they both did not get along. When they arrive at the toy store Miss More questions the students on \u201cWhat things cost and what their parents make and how money ain\u2019t divided right in this country\u201d. The students believed she was doing this in a way to be funny. Ms Moore uses this method to make them reflect on themselves and where they are in society. In the end, the students realized Miss Moore’s lesson of taking them to the toy store was not to make fun of them but to make them understand their place in society’s social class.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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