Question # 7
Sylvia and sugar are close friends, where as Teresa and the narrator were not friends. Both groups of girls are poor and come from similar backgrounds. I think that Sylvia and Sugar have a better change ofachieving success rather than Tersa and the narrator because both Sylvia and Suger seem to see the unfairness and reach the conclusion that things are not fair. Where as Tersa never saw eye to eye with the narrator, and did not see why the narrator was trying to move up in life. Success is also about making the attempt to understand.
Sylvia and Sugar see the unfairness in what? The way that they are the minority living in a country where the majority of people are white middle-class Americans? I think that Teresa and the narrator are able to see that also. The difference between the two pairs is that Sylvia and Sugar take this as a challenge and want to be freed from the social opression they are in now and Teresa and the narrator are too proud to admit that they are viewed as "lower" down in the social chain of society. And I agree that a part of reaching success is making the attempt to understand because if you are not motivated to succeed and put in effort, then how will you ever get anything done?
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