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    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 against Class Consciousness in Toni Cade Bambara’s

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    Democracy implies equal chance for all. Such is not the case for the black children of the ghetto‚ as we learn through reading Toni Cade Bambara ’s "The Lesson". During the course of the story the narrator‚ Sylvia‚ develops as a character due to the trip that Miss Moore takes her on. Miss Moore‚ an educated black woman who comes to the ghetto to give back to the children‚ takes children from the ghetto of New York to F.A.O Shwarz which is an extremely glamorous toy store. She does this to make the

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    narrator thinks‚ speaks‚ and feels about any particular situation. In Toni Cade Bambara’s "The Lesson‚" the events are told through the eyes of a young uptown girl named Sylvia. The reader gets a limited point of view because the events are told strictly by Sylvia. This fact can influence the reader to see things just as she does. The strong language gives a unfamiliar reader an illustration of how people in the city speak. Bambara does this to show a different kind of life that may be new to the reader

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    Renaissance as it was called‚ influenced future generations of black writers. And Toni Cade Bambara was one of them. The historical information mentioned above was necessary because it is important to know what period of time a writer lived in‚ it helps us to understand what influenced the writer to write and thus make us understand the stories better as the writer writes what he or she sees and feels. Toni Cade Bambara grew up in Harlem‚ so the essence of the Harlem renaissance was in her blood. Following

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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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    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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    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. Being

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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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    "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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    “The Lesson”‚ by Toni Cade Bambara is about a girl named Sylvia. She expresses her feelings over her experience at an expensive toy story that her teacher‚ Ms. Moore‚ takes her and her friends to. This trip was designed to teach them the reality of the world and to show them the things they cannot afford in life. Not only why they cannot afford them‚ but to show them that they can be the types of people that can. She aims towards showing Sylvia and the other students how to achieve a better lifestyle

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