Toni Cade Bambara The Lesson

In the era of global economic development, the development of contemporary literature are fused. The most obvious case of literature, these writers in the form of bold innovation, and strive to pursue their own personality liberation or will break the traditional concept in the first place, trying to break the old traditional concept of marriage and family View. Through the works we can clearly feel the urgency to change their own situation and the resistance to the old ideas and try to defeat patriarchy and get free. By comparing two different pieces in literature, which can be clearly perceived strong feminist. Feminism mainly the use of women's experience and ideological of political and theoretical combination's movement. In addition …show more content…
As we can see in “The Lesson” by Toni Cade Bambara, The narrator, Sylvia has a strong feminist attitude and notably, she is full of hate and anger. She hates Miss Moore, who she perceives as trying to put on airs. She resents Miss Moore’s trying to improve their lives. At the end of the story, Sylvia realized that there is more world than her neighborhood, and she should have to develop new knowledge and new strategies to deal with this world, including the possibility that learning more the formal use of English. Despite her hostility, Sylvia learns valuable lessons from Ms. Moore teachings. The children are taken on an outing to FAO Schwartz toy store on Fifth Avenue. There they see toys that cost more than they could ever dream of having the money to buy. Sylvia's anger comes out in her speech. While the children are all looking at a toy sailboat that costs $1195.00, Sylvia says to herself, "I don't really want to listen to this stupid woman." Sylvia is angry because Miss Moore has shown her that she is living in a poor situation. She knows she could never afford this sailboat and it makes her angry. It makes her even angrier that Miss Moore has brought them all to this place on a beautiful summer day to throw in their faces the fact that they are poor. Sylvia is an intelligent, observant, and interesting character. She is “real.” As children, we only know the world we live in. We are shocked when someone, a …show more content…
It is usually in the form of a critical essay, but in-depth book reviews can sometimes be considered literary criticism. Criticism may examine a particular literary work, or may look at an author's writings as a whole.” Feminism is one of contemporary Western literary theory. Feminist literary criticism born in the late 1960s and early 1970s in Europe and America, has continued to develop. It is the rise of Western feminist movement and depth to the culture and literature of the outcome, and thus has a more distinct political leanings. It is women-centered criticism, research objects include images of women, women creative and women reading. Both “The Lesson” by Toni Cade Bambara and “A & P” by John Updike shows the two different groups of young girls using their own strategies to pursuit their right and their status in a