The Lesson | Ideas for Reports and Papers
1. Investigate the geography of the story. Get a map of New York City and plot the various sites on it.
2. Compare this story to other works of literature in which a child or pre-adolescent voice is used. Decide if the voice is consistently authentic. Are there any lines that sound as if written by an adult?
3. Investigate present-day disparities in living expenses in Manhattan and Harlem.
4. Discover the history of Harlem. What was the area like in its prime?
5. F.A.O. Schwarz has been featured in other works of literature and in several films....
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