Bambara's characters use rather coarse language throughout the story. Why do you think Bambara uses this characterization technique? How would the story be different if the language was "cleaner?"
Instructions
Toni Cade Bambara, "The Lesson," pp. 634-635. There are resources available for this work under the "Multimedia Library" tab in MLL. Please view the video lesson and read the critical overview for the short story. (Module: Authors A-C; Topic: A.1.6 Toni Cade Bambara, "The Lesson"; Media Type: Select All.)