Lack of education is due to financial constraints or other money-related issues . The readers may be sympathetic with the character of Sylvia because of the hip language she used (May 102 . Toni Cade Bambara used realism and humor to lighten up a scenario full of despair and inequality . Bambara 's use of narrative voice to convey social commentaries is effective as Sylvia walked the readers on how the Black Americans lived in a larger and oppressive American society . It is...

She recognizes the value of the lesson but she has chosen to walk away . This saddens Miss Moore who recognizes a young girl who has potential as a leader but who uses that inherent ability the wrong way . The girl , on the other hand , feels strange about her new awareness . Miss Moore is a symbol of the possibility of climbing the social ladder . Because of an education , she has achieved an awareness of the existing imbalance in society . This awareness...

Isaac and Christiansen 2002 , which was probably inevitable , considering the pronounced differences in the lifestyles and buying power of whites and other ethnic minorities . The workers who have produced the overpriced toys in the store may have been the parents of the children who could only afford the items in their dreams the fact that the children felt relatively unworthy to enter and appreciate such merchandise in this specific store is an ironic indication of the brand of labor and...

Bambara 's short story . Cory asks his father to buy the family a TV . His father explains that given a choice between spending 200 or so on a TV or on tarring the roof , he would tar the roof . Cory does not believe his father lacks the money . Troy tries to drive the point home by asking Cory questions about his hypothetical choices . He asks him , ``Now if you had two hundred dollars , what would you do . fix the roof...

Unique and struggling , the characters introduce the reader to the wide array of Indian American lifestyles . ``The two , by Gloria Naylor In Gloria Naylor 's , ``The Two , we see a metaphorical approach towards the sensitivities in the relationships of life . For instance , the yellow mist is observed to be a metaphor that presents to the reader the countless complicated and interrelated intricacies that swarm the lesbian couple . The Oriental Contingent , by Diana Chang Many books , articles and stories have been...

If only there is opportunity then there is hope for success for any person . But Algiers is different he is not demanding to be given the opportunity but believes that the opportunity is there if the person possesses winning qualities like industry , perseverance , honesty , ambition and the like . Algiers believes that through these qualities , the person creates opportunities for success . Frank said , ``There 've been a great many boys begin as low down as you , Dick that have grown up...