Society and people as a whole have a tendency to segregate each other. “The Lesson” written by Toni Cade Bambara, gives a perfect example of how people in society tend to segregate themselves from others. Some individuals would rather stick to living in their current situation whether it be due to the fact that it is how they were raised, or they just like it. Some cases it may be due to the people around them. Sometimes others’ do not want people to do well in life, or it can be because they are afraid to succeed in life. Bambara explains this perfectly in this story.
People have a tendency to stick to what they know. If a person was born into lower-class family, the children tend to follow in their parent’s footsteps and the cycle continues. …show more content…
After miss Moore took the children to F.A.O. Schwarz, the oldest toy store in New York, the children had a revelation on how society makes it unfair for African Americans to succeed in life. “‘that this is not much of a democracy if you ask me. Equal chance to pursue happiness means an equal crack at the dough, don’t it?’” (202 Bambara), this was the whole point of Miss Moore taking the children to the expensive toy store, it was for them to understand that there are people in society that are able to spend thousands of dollars on a toy. Whereas, there are people in the world that do not even make that much money. Sadly, not everyone in the story were happy about each other talking about what they learned in the story. Sylvia is “disgusted with Sugar’s treachery” (202 Bambara), she steps on Sugar’s foot to make her shut up. This shows that instead of wanting Sugar to speak about how society treats African Americans unfairly, she would rather her not say anything at all. This something that humans do to one another, some would rather keep each other colonized than to let one strive for a better …show more content…
Occasionally individuals tend to see others success as a threat to them so they make fun or say negative things, only because they feel threatened by the situations. Miss Moore, an education African American who took it upon herself to want to help education the children in the neighborhood. In the beginning of the story the first thing Sylvia says about Miss Moore was that she is a “nappy hair” woman with “proper speech” (197 Bambara) this is something Sylvia does often. She likes to talk negatively about anyone that is doing well for herself. This act is something that was most likely taught to her, by seeing her parent or other family members doing it. The family members talked about how Miss Moore did not go to church, yet she was always very well dressed. “Which is just one of the things the grownups talked about when they talked behind her back like a dog.” Through out the whole story Sylvia makes it very apparent that she does not want Miss Moore to help her. She bad mouths the woman every chance she
People have a tendency to stick to what they know. If a person was born into lower-class family, the children tend to follow in their parent’s footsteps and the cycle continues. …show more content…
After miss Moore took the children to F.A.O. Schwarz, the oldest toy store in New York, the children had a revelation on how society makes it unfair for African Americans to succeed in life. “‘that this is not much of a democracy if you ask me. Equal chance to pursue happiness means an equal crack at the dough, don’t it?’” (202 Bambara), this was the whole point of Miss Moore taking the children to the expensive toy store, it was for them to understand that there are people in society that are able to spend thousands of dollars on a toy. Whereas, there are people in the world that do not even make that much money. Sadly, not everyone in the story were happy about each other talking about what they learned in the story. Sylvia is “disgusted with Sugar’s treachery” (202 Bambara), she steps on Sugar’s foot to make her shut up. This shows that instead of wanting Sugar to speak about how society treats African Americans unfairly, she would rather her not say anything at all. This something that humans do to one another, some would rather keep each other colonized than to let one strive for a better …show more content…
Occasionally individuals tend to see others success as a threat to them so they make fun or say negative things, only because they feel threatened by the situations. Miss Moore, an education African American who took it upon herself to want to help education the children in the neighborhood. In the beginning of the story the first thing Sylvia says about Miss Moore was that she is a “nappy hair” woman with “proper speech” (197 Bambara) this is something Sylvia does often. She likes to talk negatively about anyone that is doing well for herself. This act is something that was most likely taught to her, by seeing her parent or other family members doing it. The family members talked about how Miss Moore did not go to church, yet she was always very well dressed. “Which is just one of the things the grownups talked about when they talked behind her back like a dog.” Through out the whole story Sylvia makes it very apparent that she does not want Miss Moore to help her. She bad mouths the woman every chance she