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Settings in Toni Cade Bambara’s “The Lesson” “The Lesson” by Toni Cade Bambara is a short story set in the part of New York City. In this story, the plot takes a journey from the place like a ghetto to F.A.O. Schwartz, an expensive upscale toy store. The children live in an African-American neighborhood, in Harlem, NY. They travel to upscale stores, on Fifth Avenue in midtown, which is a much more expensive part of New York City. The story is narrated by a young girl named Sylvia, as she explains

Some of the most important things in life will be learned by experiencing different situations that will mark us forever. “The lesson” was written by Tony Cade Bambara. This story narrates a trip that a lady made with a bunch of kids to teach them a lesson about how the economy and life work. She takes them to a toy store where they see an expensive toy that is worth a year of food for a family and some of the kids learn a lot from this. “Commencement speech, Kenyon College” was written by David

“The Lesson” by Toni Cade Bambara is a story about a group of seven kids and is told in the point of view of Sylvia, one of the children that seems to be a leader of the group. The other children of the group were Sugar, Flyboy, Fat Butt, Junebug, Q.T., Rosie Giraffe, and Mercedes. They are taken to an upscale toy store by an elderly lady, named Miss Moore, who lives in their neighborhood and takes the responsibility of educating the children when they are not in school. Miss Moore takes the children

Higher education can help people improve their social class and income. As the core reading The Lesson by Toni Bambara, Miss Moore showed the poor young girl a new world that higher education could offer. People like the young girl in the story want to get into good education facilities for a better life. Standardized tests are the stepping-stones to universities. Standardized tests score are often used to evaluate students’ performance. It is one of the most important measurements in college admission

apartment up the block having a good ole time” (Bambara 280). The neighborhood Sylvia lived in was

chose to write about "the Lesson" by Toni Cade Bambara. This short story caught my attention because Bambara focuses on the economic injustices of African Americans. "The Lesson" by Toni Cade Bambara should have been included in ENC 1102 because her work was influenced by the Civil Rights Movement and Black Nationalist movements in the 1960's. It detailed the struggles and injustices African Americans had to endure during that time. Toni Cade Bambara was a writer and social activist most renowned

Toni Cade Bambara is an African American Writer and activist. She is most known for sharing in her writings the experiences and ways of life in African American communities. She devoted a lot of her time to help improve social change for African Americans. She won The American Book Award, recognizing the hard work she put in creating her stories. In her short story, “The Lesson,” Bambara uses many building blocks of fiction. In this journal entry, I am going to talk about a few symbols throughout

The War of the Wall As the lady painted the wind swished. “The War of the Wall” is about not being rude to a person just because he or she is doing something that you honestly dislike. “The War of the Wall” by Toni Cade Bambara is a short story that shows not to judge a book by its cover through the boys first reaction to the painter. The war of the wall is about not being gang-like-style, “And that’ll tell you something that this wall belongs to the kids of taliaferro street”. I believe that we

In the story "The Lesson," author Toni Cade Bambara shows us a view of life from a black girl who lives in a poverty-stricken community just outside of New York City. In the story, there is a teacher whom takes the responsibility of teaching Sylvia and her friend group important lessons not only for a better education but to better understand life in its entirety. I believe the story is used as a tool to teach others about the lack of education in our nation in the seventies and how with knowledge

state of ignorance, that will not promote any change. The story revolves around Sylvia, a young black girl, who finally has her eyes opened to her disadvantaged economic status. Real learning often occurs after a state of discomfort and confusion. Bambara takes Sylvia through a journey enlightening her through an uncomfortable juxtaposition of Harlem and Manhattan, her and her friends, and who she actually is and who she wants to be. Sylvia never truly realized how poverty stricken the area she lives