Sailboat

and how come we ain’t in on it,” because she does not understand how other people can easily spend thirty-five dollars on a clown or one thousand dollars on a sailboat. When they get back to their homes, Miss Moore asks the group what they have learned and Sugar mentions “I don’t think all of us here put together eat in a year what that sailboat costs” which upsets Sylvia because she feels shame and does not want to acknowledge the hard truth. Miss Moore then looks at Sylvia hoping to get a…

This landscape painting of Sailing with the Sun, consists of a blend of yellows, oranges, blues, and blacks. It is a large body of water with the setting sun sitting just above of it. There is a little white sail boat in the water sailing towards the shore. You can see the ripples in the water, showing that the wind is slightly blowing across the top. The dark black mountains in the background give depth to the water and allows you to see how big and deep it actually is. The sky is a reflection…

window spot a toy sailboat that costs over a thousand dollars and it leaves Sylvia flabbergasted. "Who 'd pay all that when you can buy a sailboat set for a quarter at Pop 's, a tube of glue for a dime, and a ball of string for eight cents?” Sylvia asks the group, saying her toy sailboat cost less than a…

run a sailboat. These same words suggest a lot of emotion, too. The third stanza is built around a metaphor. The sailboat is compared to a dolphin, “springing toward its prey” (625). We can sense speed as “springing” (625) effortless movement (“tossing spray” as opposed to first stanza’s “peeling the crest”) and freedom (“salt glare of distance”). The fourth stanza signals the transition to quiet waters. Although there is still some struggle (“the wind snapping and lashing” (625)), the sailboat…

wish I could own a sailboat. Her dad had died when she was very young, and it felt as if the ocean had died with him. She loved the sea very dearly. Coco was eleven, and she knew all the facts about the sea in alphabetical order. Her wavy, turquoise-dyed hair looked as if she had put the ocean waves on her head. Coco had put on a top on with blue wavy lines across it. Her baggy pants swayed slowly against the wind. Coco stood on a strange black rock, hoping to see a sailboat, but nothing was in…

expensive. When the children are at F.A.O Schwarz, they come to realize that “the amount of money charged for the toys at F.A.O Schwarz is astronomical”(Smith, 174). One toy in particular is “a sailboat that costs $1,195”(Smith, 172) which is hand-crafted and made of fiber glass. The expensive price of the sailboat makes the children (who come from poverty) realize how there is injustice in society. Sugar realizes the injustice in society when he says “That this is not much of a democracy if you…

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Sylvia cannot believe that anyone would pay this amount for a toy, “Who’d pay all that when you can buy a sailboat set for a quarter at Pop’s, a tube of glue for a dime, and a ball of string for eight cents? It must have a motor and a whole lot else besides” (Bambara 390). The sailboat reflects their bleak economic situation. The theme in “The Lesson” is one of social and economic disparity that is prevalent in America. The character’s reactions…

their own lives and their position in the world in terms of social classes. Knowing what other people could spend on toys alone shocked the children and provoked considerable thought. In a way, it angered them. When Sylvia figures out how much the sailboat costs, she says that this pisses her off (para. 26). And when they go into the store, Sylvia is jealous of the boat and wants to “punch somebody in the mouth” (para. 41). The visual representation and confirmation of their place in society…

During truman's life in his fake reality he discovers many lies about his world. Truman wanted to explore the world as a child. He wanted to discover the world unknowingly that he was held by a cooperation for a daily movie or tv show in the fake world that he lives in. He wanted to fly to a place for vacation only to realize that “He who controls the past, controls the future.” Many of the people in Truman's world are actors apart of the movie and have seen what reality is. Truman's…