The war of the wall is a short story about a kid named Lou and another kid that's point of view was told by the narrator but in that story it shows not to judge a book by its cover. the kids made some poor decisions by judging and being rude to a painter because she paints on there wall. The War of the Wall is by Toni Cade Bambara is a short story that shows not to judge a book by its cover. Though the first reaction of the boys to the painter is judgmental what was the reaction they should have had .
The war of the wall describes the boy being rude to the painter a thing that they said was “lou dragged me away because i was about to grab hold of ladder and shake it’’. what they're doing is rude because you should never threaten anyone or say that you going to harm them. this quote is judgmental because there saying just because she isn't from …show more content…
A quote that Indicates that the boys screwed up is “ he had to toe tip and stretch to do it it was so high” the meaning of that quote means that when the painter painted the wall over a rainbow she put their cousin Jimmy lyons name which got them thinking if they messed up. They realize that they should have never judged in the first place. this quote made the boys want to apologize it made them on apologize because in the end they realized that she was a nice painter that wrote down what meant so much to them. Another quote that got them thinking that they should have apologized was the painter lady found the chisel marks and had painted Jimmy Lyons name in the rainbow. Later than the boys knew that they needed to apologize because she was a nice woman that just wanted to repaint the wall and make it a little bit better. it's important not to judge people because you really don't know what the intentions are