Thursday, December 10, 2009
My thoughts on " The Lesson"
Miss Moore takes the children on a trip to F.A.O Shwartz to teach them a lesson. Miss Moore is a "femenist" in a"pre-femenist" world. She is an educated woman, which is not populat at the time. The narrator describes her as a woman with " nappy hair and proper speech with no make up". She also tells us that all the parents talk about her behind her back. This tells us that the woman of that time were expected to be dolled up and uneducated, Miss Moore is breaking the mold. Miss Moore feels that since she is an educated woman it is her responsibility to educate the young children of the neighborhood. She takes them to F. A. O Schwartz to show the kids the inequality in the country. Some of the kids get the message and some of them don't, I think the narrator completely understood what Miss Moore was trying to show them. While she may not want to thank Miss Moore now, as she gets older and mature she will be grateful for Miss Moore's work.
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I believe Miss Moore took the chilred to F.A.O. Schwartz because for the children it represents the real world on a smaller scale, the inequality in society wrether it feminism or social class. Miss Moore wants to aspire the chilred to break that invisable glass wall and enter in to be a part of it not just experience it momentarily.
ReplyDeleteAlthough correct on much of what you said, I think you are looking way too much at Ms. Moore. He only purpose is to drive the story so the reader can see the turmoil taking place in Sylvia, the main character. Yes, there is definitely a social commentary taking place with respect to the teacher, but Sylvia's struggle (Notably before entering the store) is more of the focal point. Just warning ya before you hand in a paper about Miss Moore and the professor rips you on the grade - hehe.
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