Sylvia's Acceptance of a Lesson Through Stubbornness In Toni Cade Bambara's, "The Lesson", the story seems kind of linear when you start reading it. At first, it is just about a girl named Sylvia and her childish, rebellious nature toward Miss Moore. But you later discover that there is much more to this story than you initially expected. The seemingly insignificant quarrels that Sylvia has with Miss Moore have a deeper meaning to it. The …showed first 75 words of 1797 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1797 total…the dispute between the rich and the poor, which is the main lesson of the day. List of Works Cited Bambara, Toni Cade. "The Lesson." Literature and the Writing Process. Eds. Elizabeth McMahan. Upper Saddle River, New Jersey: Prentice Hall, 1999. 457 - 461. Butler-Evans, Elliott. Race, Gender, and Desire. Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 1989 Cartwright, Jerome. "Bambara's The Lesson." The Explicator Spring 1989: 61 - 63. Hargrove, Nancy D. "Youth in Toni Cade Bambara's Gorilla, My Love." Contemporary Literary Criticism, Vol. 88.