The Lesson: Expression Of Anger At An Early Age
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In Toni Cade Bambara’s short story The Lesson, shows how anger can be expressed at an early age. One would think that children in their carefree lives would not allow the injustices of society to cause them anger. Bambara portrays her feelings about the value systems at work in the dominant cult ....
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.... to let her education go to waste and therefore takes it upon herself to teach the children about the value systems in America. Miss Moore decides to take the children to a toy store on Fifth Avenue, where their lesson of the day begins. It is here that Sylvia becomes infuriated with the systems in America. She notices all of the expensive toys in the store window and inside the store, and wonders who would pay so much money for toys. Obviously, rich people are the only ones who can afford su ....
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Page count: 2 (approximately 250 words per page)
