mind. The author wanted to stress the inappropriate dispersion of wealth in

America. The main device Bambara uses to create her point is contrast.

Sylvia, the young narrator, talks about how her family could pay for the

rent and then some for the same cost as a toy clown. The difference between

the incomes of Sylvia’s family and a person who could afford to buy the toy

is vast. Another contrast made by Bambara was the difference in the

neighborhoods that the story took place in. The small poor neighborhood in

which the story started and finished was the

Some topics in this essay:
Cade Bambara, Miss Moore, social classes,