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A readers response

A Reader 's Response - The Lesson

The Lesson by Toni Cade Bambara is a story of a naughty little girl and her gang of kids who were bundled up one summer day to go with Miss Moore to a toy store . Sylvia and her cousin Sugar are with Fat Butt Rosie Giraffe , Mercedes , Q .T , Junebug and Flyboy , not their real names but monikers given them by Sylvia . The names came from their most obvious trait , Fat Butt for his fondness for food , Mercedes for her ritzy tastes , Q .T , is the youngest

, and Rosie Giraffe is always ready to kick asses . One may guess Sugar is for her being the exact opposite of sourly Sylvia . Miss Moore wants to teach the kids about money specifically , how much of it can buy what . Her objective really is to make them see how much they can not afford compared with what the rest of their fellow citizens can , half of which are whites . If there is one thing that can sure catch the interest of kids , it is a toy . So Miss Moore took them to an upscale toy store at Fifth Avenue , when all the toys the kids knew and had were from Pop 's

The tone of the story is sarcastic all throughout , from the first person point of view of Sylvia . Bambara 's style is effective in her portrayal of Sylvia , as a little Black , spoiled brat who has a vocabulary peppered with cuss words such as sorry-ass...

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