"The Lesson" by Toni Cade Bambara

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Class Inequality There comes a time when everybody must experience the discomfort, either positive or negative, in a economic situation. If you come from a low-income family, have you ever found yourself shopping at Saxs Fifth Avenue stores? Or if your wealthy, do you find yourself worry about the prices of such objects? Is this impartial? In the story, "The Lesson" Toni Cade Bambara shows that the reality of the American economic system is unfair. …

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…of a democracy if you ask me. Equal chance to pursue happiness means an equal crack at the dough, don't it?" (582) in which Ms. Moore could not be more pleased. Sugar shows her that she has an understanding of the social inequality truths that Miss Moore has presented to them. The importance in life is to appreciate the things that you possess and to continue assigning greater values to items that most take for granted.