Analysis of The Lesson

The Lesson, by Toni Cade Bambara, is a instruct narrative twaddle that captures a turnkey moment in a young girl s life. Sylvia vividly recalls the day she learned a life lesson that was initiated by look out over Moore. The central idea of this story is that existent life experiences be the lessons that make the most impact. Sylvia recollects the day with the mentally of that she would preferably go to the pool or to the show where it s cool, than on put down Moore s educational field trip to the urban center.Once in the city Sylvia notices the financial affluence of the people there and how much that defers from her own. Sylvia suffers sticker break in the expensive toy store and that is where Sylvia gets mad and the wheels in her passing start to turn. On the way back home Sylvia thinks about how her niggle would react if Sylvia were to ask for the clown she saw at the store. At the dismiss of the day Sylvia s attention is not of going to get a half a chocolate layer w ith her cousin Sugar, but sooner Sylvia wants to be alone to think this day through.It is at this point Sylvia determines that personal t nobody gonna beat me at nuthin. The central character of this story is Sylvia who is also dynamic. Sylvia who never thought much beyond her own ghetto propinquity has to rethink her situation after going into the city. This is a bitter anovulant for Sylvia to swallow yet she initiates a mental change at the kibosh of the story. mislay Moore s character is dormant in that she is an unchanging learn of the children and wants to educate them.The other kids in the story be minor characters that are stereotyped by their names like, Rosie Giraffe and Fat Butt, and repose static throughout the entire situation. The additional minor characters of the children s parents and relatives also re of import static. One conflict in this story is an external one Miss Moore has with the kids. Miss Moore tries to make an educational impact on the children. With her lectures and analogies like where we are is who we are, but it don t necessarily have to be that way, Miss Moore attempts to better educate the neighborhood kids, yet they seem to continue their lives unaffected. The main conflict in this story, brought on by Miss Moore s educational field trip to the city, is Sylvia s own internal struggle. Once in the city Sylvia feels a shame on the inside and she begins to question herself on this feeling. Sylvia, at the end of the day, takes time to think about what she had experienced in the city, and makes strong mental adjustment.