“ A good man is hard to find”

     This story boggled my mind.  The story, “ A good man is hard to find,” by Flannery O, Connor is about redemption.  Life is not what it used to be.     Deception, lies and lack of respect is what this world has turned in to.  With masks of an angel, hides a person who cannot be trusted.  Only when their time is up, they try to find redemption.  This story has many shady characters starting from the lack of respect from a son, the disrespect from children, the grandmother who tries to manipulate her son and a man who tries to help, but ends up killing the family.  No one can be trusted and that is why “ A good man is hard to find.”

“ The lesson”

  I was intrigued by this story, “The Lesson” by Toni Cade Bambara.  It begins with a girl and her friends wanting to enjoy the day, but instead have Miss Moore wanting to teach the adolescents a lesson regarding the difference between poverty and wealth. Miss Moore brings them to a toy store where the prices are extravagant. The price it takes to buy one thing from an expensive store, can feed an entire family.  The lesson being the injustices that people have to face and what it takes to change it.