The Lesson Symbolism

One of the symbolism in the story is the title “The Lesson”. The Lesson is a symbol in the story because Miss Moore is trying to teach the children a lesson about the importance of money. She takes the children to the most luxurious toy store and when they see the prices of the toys they are shocked by it. Q.T. stated, “Must be rich people shop here” (326). The readers can emphasize from this quote that the children are low class and Miss Moore has taking them to the high-quality store. “Who are these people that spend that much for performing clowns and $1,000 for toy sailboats? What kinda work they do and how they live and how come we ain’t in on it?” (327). They don’t understand why someone will spend that amount of money on a toy when