Reflecting on Literature and Community in "The Lesson” by Toni Cade Bambara

When people tell the story, they are often about what they know. One thing most people know is the surrounding environment. They learn from their families, friends and neighbors. They started using their own regional dialects and proverbs as they did. Furthermore, it is not uncommon for people to write fictitious communities based on their own community. Writing affects the community as the community affects the way we write. In other words, the author of the community that influences literature and literature may also affect the community.

Author: Bobby Ann Mason, Toni Cade Bambara words wrote "Lessons" and Langston Hughes postponed his dream. All these concern values, ethics, beliefs, customs, so I chose these works. The story "Shiloh" is about the community / couple who feel they have different values, ethics, beliefs, and Toni Cade Bambara's "course" relates to teachers who are about to change the community youth Thing. Questions are raised on the values ​​and proposals for the results are offered

Toni Cade Bambara (1939-1995) In addition to writing many stories and novels, Toni Cade Bambara is a civil rights activist, teacher and editor. She lived in Harlem during the first 10 years of her life, and her novel reflects her deep understanding of urban space. She also widespread during her adulthood to Cuba and Vietnam, and moved to Atlanta. Bambara is working on using her skills as a writer not only for entertainment but also for educating and promoting social and political movements. While writing, she is enthusiastic about working on other forms of behavioralism. In the early days of her life she helped minority urban residents "entrenchment" and produced radical films in the later stages of her life.

Ban Bara is committed to her community; she is primarily writing for her black community and black dialect. Toni Cade Bambara wrote several short stories in this short story, one of which was dedicated to "learning"; she talked about the struggle of the black community and how to overcome the stereotype Did. In "The Lesson", Toni Cade Bambara shows how inequitable it is about American society through characterization, language style, and scenes, through the eyes of black women. First, Bambara uses characterization