The Lesson (Masterplots II: Short Story Series, Revised Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Toni Cade Bambara
- First Published: 1972
- Type of Plot: Domestic realism
- Time of Work: The 1970's
- Setting: New York City
- Principal Characters: Sylvia, Sugar, Miss Moore
- Genres: Short fiction, Domestic realism
- Subjects: African Americans, 1970’s, Children, New York, North America or North Americans, Northeast, U.S., United States or Americans, Blacks, New York City, Economics, Money, Toys
- Locales: New York, NY
The Story
Sylvia, who narrates the story, is a young girl living in a poor area of New York City. She and her friends are developing their strategies to cope with life as they know it. She has adopted the pose of a know-it-all who can figure out things for herself, and she tells herself that she resents and has no use for Miss Moore, the college-educated African American woman who frequently serves as a guide and unofficial teacher for the local children.
Miss Moore arranges a trip for Sylvia, Sugar, and six other children to go to the F. A. O. Schwarz toy store at Fifth...
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