The Lesson

This story was very interesting to me and it seems like the another was trying to convey a message about social inequality. The story is told from the point of view of the protagonist, first person narrator, Sylvia. Sylvia is a preteen African American girl, strong willed, intelligent, and the obvious leader of the pack. The story's plot involves a college educated black woman who comes back to an disadvantaged neighborhood on weekends and takes the local children on field trips of a sort.On this particular trip she lets the children experience their first ride in a taxicab to a toy store in Manhattan. It is played out through a chronological series of events from the time they leave their neighborhood, until the time they arrive back there. .Misses Moore was trying to explain to the kids, how society spends money according to your class. It is also interesting how the kids realized they don't need to spend $300 on a toy ,all they need to do is go to corner store, buy a toy that cost about one dollar altogether and make the best out of the toy.