Compare And Contrast The Three Generations Of African Americans

Three Generations In 1860, a civil war breaks out in the United States. After five years of heated fighting, the North emerges victorious, and this victory would change the lives of millions of African Americans in both the South and the North. The decade following the Civil War has dramatically improved most African American’s conditions. While it is true that their conditions improve, their aspirations and values has remained the same. Frederick Douglass from Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, Lena Younger from A Raisin in the Sun, and Walter Younger also from A Raisin in the Sun, are three generations of African Americans who aspire for “chance” and hold the values of dreams and struggles. The Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass begins with the narrator, Frederick Douglass, who is a slave. He learns about the evils of slavery and decides to run away at all costs. When he is living with his Master Hugh,
He is the most ambitious when it comes to having a chance. The quote “Sometimes it’s like I can see the future stretched out in front of me - just plain as day.“ (Hansberry 73) clearly demonstrate the fact that he is money driven, and he sees no future ahead of him where he could possibly become rich. For this reason, it is precisely why his aspiration is also “chance”. He believes there is no possibility of him becoming rich with the current job he had. He also believes his job is a constant struggle, “I drive a man around in his limousine and I say, “Yes, sir; no sir; very good, sir; shall I take the Drive, sir?” (Hansberry 73). Since he works as a driver, he is forced to take care of rich men while being poor himself, and he must have suffered mental damages because it is just not fair to Walter. His ambition and dream for wealth throughout the book is often depicted through his language tone.His fast, uninterrupted lines shows how urgent, ambitions he is when it comes to