In Toni Cade Bambara’s short story The Lesson, shows how anger can be expressed at an early age. One would think that children in their carefree lives would not allow the injustices of society to cause them anger. Bambara portrays her feelings about the value systems at work in the dominant culture and in her own life through the eyes of these children. Sylvia, the main character in the story, inspires the authors audience to take a look at the economic class structure in the American society. Sylvia is a ten-year old African American girl ....