"The Lesson"

At the beginning Miss More of the story, Silvia is mad at Miss Moore because she’s taking away her summer day. Sylvia would “rather go to the pool or to the show where its cool”(138) she also feels that Miss Moore is boring and that she shouldn’t be trying to teach kids during the summer. Later on when they go to F.ao Schwartz Sylvia doesn’t like how Miss Moore is showing them what they could have if they were wealthy. When she goes to the door but she feels “shame”(141) about how poor she is.