The Lesson

The lesson by Toni Cade Bambara tells a tale of the difference between the wealthy and the poor. In the beginning of the story the young girl and her friends just want to hang out and have fun but Miss Moore has another idea for them.  Miss Moore is trying to teach the children a lesson on what kind of society they live in.  Where the rich will let there poor go hungry just to have nice things.  When the children get to the toy store they cant believe how much some of the toys can cost.  One of the children even tell Miss Moore at the end of the trip that she didn’t believe all of them put together eat as much as one of the toys cost.  This is was a great example of how money gets wasted on unnecessary items when it could go to helping the people that really need it.  Also it is a stab at the government when one of the children turn to Miss Moore and tell her they believe that there should be a chance for equal opportunity which in 1972 there wasn’t. The rich stayed rich and the poor stayed poor trying to make enough just to put food on the table.

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