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A Lesson Well Taught - Term Papers

A Lesson Well Taught

Life leads many to learn and experience new things that may not affect life but that may impact it a lot. Such things teach us to value life and its experiences. I t helps us to realize life does have its hardships. This is called Life’s Lessons. In Bambara’s The Lesson, Mrs. Moore teaches the children life’s lessons to live by. Life isn’t easy, if you want something you have to work hard for it, nothing is given it only comes with hard work, money doesn’t grow on trees, such lessons leave the children’s minds open to a greater view of life and what it has to offer.
Mrs. Moore is a woman of knowledge, who wants to share such knowledge with children. But through hands on experience is ...

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were thy really worth what they cost? “…$480 it don’t make sense…” (458) The value of a dollar and how it is spent was one lesson the children understand and the phrase Money doesn’t grow on trees.
“..I kinda held back…I feel funny, shame”,(460) says Sylivia as she enters the F.A.O. Schwartz. Sylvia feels funny because of her surroundings she does feel shame because she has realized what Mrs. Moore has said all along is true, she has realized her status in life and feels it subconsciously. Sylvia knows that it is crazy white folks that by expensive boats when they can get just a regular one at the five and dime. She feels immediately that she wants more in life and finally sees where her life is. It is the distinction that with hard work she can have all that she wants, “ain’t nobody gonna beat me at nuthin.” (461)

Though resistant to look at their lives, the children in The Lesson grasp an unconscious view of a life that is very different than the one thy live every day. ...

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Added: 1/19/2007 09:12:54 PM
Category: Book Reports
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