Two Very Different Lessons: The Lesson by Toni Cade Bambara Versus O by Tim Blake Nelson

I feel the story “The Lesson” by Toni Cade Bambara has many similar qualities to the movie “O” by Tim Blake Nelson. The book and the movie are about two different people who have grown up in similar neighborhoods, are of the same race, and both of the characters had very disrespectful attitudes towards their elders who they should have been taught to respect. Throughout this story and movie, both of the main characters end up learning a very substantial lesson. Sylvia, who is the main character in “The Lesson”, learns about being thankful for what she has, and not taking anything for granted. Oden, who is the main character in the movie “O”, learns that he should not take advice from someone that he cannot trust. Although both the movie and the story teach lessons, the lesson that Sylvia and Oden learn are very different lessons and have different impacts on Sylvia and Oden’s lives.Sylvia and Oden both grew up in the city. Oden often refers to where he grew up as the “hood”. Both of these characters have different problems in their lives that have made them the way that they are. The biggest similarity I can see in these characters is the fact that they are defiant towards their elders, and they both have attitude problems. Although they are both rude and defiant, they each have their own way of doing it.When Sylvia is being rude and defiant to others, she is loud about it and she doesn’t hide what she is thinking. One example of this is when she was at F.A.O Schwartz with Miss.Moore, who is her neighbor, and she loudly asks what she is doing there. Sylvia is showing that she doesn’t have respect for her elders and she does not care if she is acting rude. Instead of being calm and trying to see what Miss.Moore is trying to…

…s sucked into peer pressure and he ends up taking his life over a girl, and something that was not actually happening. [Word Count: 1091]Reason behind My PaperI decided to compare and contract Oden and Desi because I feel like they have many qualities that are similar, but they also have many differences. I like the fact that they both learn valuable lessons during both the story and the movie. I decided to use these two characters because of the fact that they come from similar backgrounds, and by comparing the two the reader can tell that Miss.Moore had an everlasting impact of the life of Sylvia, while Oden was not lucky enough to have anyone like that in him life until it was too late. Sylvia also learned to appreciate what she had in her life, while Oden ended up taking his own life before he had the chance to learn this valuable lesson from anyone.

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