A Raisin In The Sun By Vivien Thomas Essay
Little Rock high school desegregation and Vivien Thomas’ struggles to become a doctor.
Due to money constraints, Vivien Thomas had to leave his first year of college.
The hardships that Vivien Thomas and the nine high school students from Little Rock, Arkansas had to face were a lot like the Younger family from “ A Raisin in the Sun” had to face. II. Body Discussion:
Vivien Thomas’ decision to leave his first year of college to is a lot like the Younger family’s financial situation towards paying for Beneatha’s medical school.
“Don’t you get up and go to work in somebody’s kitchen for the last three years to help put clothes on her back?” Walter says this to Ruth to show Beneatha that he and Ruth have been working as servants to help …show more content…
In the Younger family’s case, their new house erased any doubt of keeping Ruth’s new child. III. Conclusion:
Throughout the civil rights movement, African Americans had to face many hardships such as Vivien Thomas’ struggles to become a doctor and the nine African American students’ struggles to enroll in a former all-white school. These hardships are also depicted in the book “A Raisin in the Sun” when Beneatha faces troubles in her attempts to become a doctor and the entire Younger family faces issues when trying to move into an all-white neighborhood.
Throughout these events in both the book and in real life, the ones who fought the hardest for the things they believed in were the ones who prevailed. Such as Ernest Green, one of the nine students who attempted to attend that all-white school in Little Rock, Arkansas. After his graduation, he would say “They used to call Arkansas ‘the land of opportunity’ and black people would say ‘opportunity for whom?’ Today we can say ‘opportunity for all’ and Arkansas can rejoice in this
Due to money constraints, Vivien Thomas had to leave his first year of college.
The hardships that Vivien Thomas and the nine high school students from Little Rock, Arkansas had to face were a lot like the Younger family from “ A Raisin in the Sun” had to face. II. Body Discussion:
Vivien Thomas’ decision to leave his first year of college to is a lot like the Younger family’s financial situation towards paying for Beneatha’s medical school.
“Don’t you get up and go to work in somebody’s kitchen for the last three years to help put clothes on her back?” Walter says this to Ruth to show Beneatha that he and Ruth have been working as servants to help …show more content…
In the Younger family’s case, their new house erased any doubt of keeping Ruth’s new child. III. Conclusion:
Throughout the civil rights movement, African Americans had to face many hardships such as Vivien Thomas’ struggles to become a doctor and the nine African American students’ struggles to enroll in a former all-white school. These hardships are also depicted in the book “A Raisin in the Sun” when Beneatha faces troubles in her attempts to become a doctor and the entire Younger family faces issues when trying to move into an all-white neighborhood.
Throughout these events in both the book and in real life, the ones who fought the hardest for the things they believed in were the ones who prevailed. Such as Ernest Green, one of the nine students who attempted to attend that all-white school in Little Rock, Arkansas. After his graduation, he would say “They used to call Arkansas ‘the land of opportunity’ and black people would say ‘opportunity for whom?’ Today we can say ‘opportunity for all’ and Arkansas can rejoice in this