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    In the short story‚ "The Lesson‚" Toni Bambara reveals the injustice in society in the United States through the eyes of young ghetto children. A field trip to an expensive toy store exposes the bitter truth of society; not everyone has an equal opportunity to make money. In the children’s view‚ everyone should have an equal standard of living. Toni Bambara effectively articulates the unfairness of economic inequality through the use of three short story elements: language‚ character‚ and theme.

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    Innocence as a Handicap in Toni Cade Bambara’s "The Lesson" Sylvia’s initiation in the short story The Lesson by Toni Cade Bambara‚ is striking because Miss Moore gives the opportunity to the children to evaluate the difference between the fifth avenue and their poor neighborhood. However‚ one of the story’s main themes is that innocence is a handicap and the political and moral innocence that are represented from the beginning to the end of the story brings the main character to many reflections

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    “The Lesson” From The Mentor Whenever there is a civil rights movement going on‚ there are always 3 parties involved. One the Oppressor‚ second the Oppressed and lastly the Activist or the Mentor. The Activists usually always emerges from the Oppressed. That is when the Oppressed intellectuals feel that it’s time to standup to defend the identity of their people and make them strong enough to make a name of their own. This is what happened during the early 20th century within the African American

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    Essay on The Lesson A short story by Toni Cade Bambara   01 May 2007 On Action and Change Toni Cade Bambara’s "The Lesson" revolves around a young black girl’s struggle to come to terms with the role that economic injustice‚ and the larger social injustice that it constitutes‚ plays in her life. Sylvia‚ the story’s protagonist‚ initially is reluctant to acknowledge that she is a victim of poverty. Far from being oblivious of the disparity between the rich and the poor‚ however‚ one might say

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    Different symbols are shown in “The Lesson” by Toni Cade Bambara‚ that depicts the economic and social inequality faced by society‚ specifically the children in the story. The story touches on the situation the children are stuck in living in almost poverty‚ it is up to the children to change their fate. The use of irony helps portray how the trip ended up teaching Sylvia more than she expected despite her doubt. Towards the end of the story‚ Silvia realizes that she actually was able to benefit

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    The Lesson is a short story written by the writer Toni Cade Bambara in the late 1970’s. Sylvia‚ the narrator of the story is a young African-American female who receives a lesson in class inequality. The setting story of begin the slums of Harlem‚ New York and is dated as “back in the days” which is described in the opening of the story. Throughout the story Sylvia‚ realizes its world outside of her neighborhood‚ not as similar has she once thought. I chose the article‚ “Sylvia and The Struggle

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    children who have to experience the real life around them. The short story “The Lesson” by Toni Carde Bambara‚ shows seven poor children who experience where they are a level of economy the hard way. Even though it hurts for the seven children to force the lesson down their throats‚ such lesson become the lesson that is necessary and valuable for them to change their life in the future. Bambara’s short story "The Lesson‚ starts out with seven children: Sylvia‚ Sugar‚ Junebug‚ Fat Butt‚ Mercedes‚ Rosie

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    "The Lesson" by Toni Cade Bambara is a short story set in the inner part of New York City that gives the reader an opportunity to briefly see into the lives of children living devoid of wealth and education. It takes place in the early seventies‚ following the civil rights movement and during a time when the imbalance of wealth in terms of race was immense. Bamabara‚ through the use of narrative point of tone‚ symbols‚ setting and characterization‚ brings out and develops what I believe to be the

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    low-income family‚ have you ever found yourself shopping at Saxs Fifth Avenue stores? Or if your wealthy‚ do you find yourself worry about the prices of such objects? Is this impartial? In the story‚ "The Lesson" Toni Cade Bambara shows that the reality of the American economic system is unfair. Bambara illustrates her point that class inequality is unjust through the main character‚ Sylvia. From the beginning of the story it is clear that Sylvia is a child living in the Harlem projects of New York.

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    “The Lesson” A young‚ poor‚ black girl named Sylvia narrates Toni Cade Bambara’s “The Lesson”. Sylvia is growing up in Harlem during an unspecified time period known only as “back in the days when everyone was old and stupid or young and foolish and me and Sugar were the only ones just right.” (Pg. 2008‚ line 1) One day‚ Sylvia notices that someone new has moved onto the same block that she lives on. The lady is intriguing and “black as hell‚ cept for her feet‚ which were fish-white and spooky”

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