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    TRIBHUVAN UNIVERSITY A Raisin in the Sun: The Pursuit of Afro- American Dream A Thesis Submitted to the Department of English‚ Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences‚ Ratna Rajya Laxmi Campus‚ Tribhuvan University‚ in the Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Master of Arts in English By Tanka Prasad Paudel Roll No.: 294/ 063 T. U. Registration No: 6-2-2-1201-2001 March 2011 Paudel i Tribhuvan University Ratna Rajya Laxmi Campus Department of English Exhibition

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    Great Midwestern Educational Theatre Company’s Study Guide for A Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine Hansberry Table of Contents & Production Information Table of Contents • Dear Educator… • About the Play • Historical Issues • Educational Issues • Housing & Neighborhood Class Issues • Empowerment‚ Employment‚ & Diversity • Family Values‚ Family Roles Production Staff Director: Amy Ressler Stage Manager: Marquita

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    Mr. Johnsmeyer English 102‚ Essay #2 The American Dream in “A Raisin In The Sun” A Raisin in the Sun is a play that focuses on the “American Dream” and one’s conception of a “better life”. Each character in the play has their own view on what that dream is and what they perceive a better life to be. Hansberry focuses on the importance of achieving one’s dreams regardless of the various harsh struggles in life. Mama has dreams of providing her family with a better life she and her husband

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    Recovered Everyone has dreams; everyone has goals they want to accomplish. Some know what it is instantly and some take time to realize what they want to do. But not everyone will achieve their dreams and some‚ because of sad circumstances lose their grip on their dream and fall into a state of disappointment. Langston Hughes poem relates to the dreams of Mama‚ Ruth‚ and Walter in Lorraine Hansberry’s play A Raisin in the Sun. Ruth has to listen to Walter’s extravagant dreams of being rich and powerful

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    When it comes to the American Dream‚ people think of ways to make themselves affluent. In 1959‚ African Americans had to face racism due to their color and culture. Walter Lee Younger‚ the protagonist from the play A Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine Hansberry‚ goes through different stages. He is selfish‚ angry‚ and ignores his family’s needs when he attempts to own a business‚ which causes a financial crisis for them. However‚ he realizes his path to find a job could be difficult due to discrimination

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    A Raisin in the Sun A Raisin in the Sun‚ written by Lorraine Hansberry‚ was written perhaps with some personal experience. When Lorraine was younger‚ a mob surrounded her home in a white middle class neighborhood and threw a brick in her window (Literature and Language‚ 913). However‚ racial prejudice is just one of the themes discussed in the play. The play takes place during the Civil Rights Movement‚ and the obstacles overcome are obstacles we still face today. Racial prejudice‚ family strength

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    A Raisin in the sun by Lorraine Hansberry thematically represents the life of the Younger family‚ the conflict of their dreams and their struggle to attain these dreams either for selfishness of the individual or because of family differences. Hughes symbolically represents the idea of dreams deferred in her poem and such is a direct resemblance to the different dreams of the characters‚ Mama‚ Beneatha‚ Walter Lee and Ruth and the effect that their dreams begin to have on the family and them as individuals

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    Dreams and Raisins A Raisin in the Sun is a play by Lorraine Hansberry that debuted on Broadway in 1959. It was the first Broadway play written by a black playwright. The title comes from the poem "A Dream Deferred" by Langston Hughes. The play portrays a few weeks in the life of the Youngers‚ an African-American family living on the South Side of Chicago in the 1950s. The theme expresses the importance of dreams and how achieving those dreams can come with various obstacles and struggles. Hansberry

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    A Raisin in the Sun : Dream of Middle class A Raisin in the Sun is a play by Lorraine Hansberry that debuted on Broadway in 1959.[1] The title comes from the poem "Harlem" (also known as "A Dream Deferred"[2]) by Langston Hughes. The story is based upon a black family’s experiences in the Washington Park Subdivision of Chicago’sWoodlawn neighborhood. Plot Walter and Ruth Younger and their son Travis‚ along with Walter’s mother Lena (Mama) and sister Beneatha‚ live in poverty in a dilapidated two-bedroom

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    Lorraine Hansberry’s A Raisin in the Sun is a great example of American struggles in society that African Americans faced during the Civil Rights era. The play tells the story of the Youngers‚ a lower-class black family living in Chicago that struggles to gain middle-class acceptance. The Youngers struggle to achieve their dreams throughout the play‚ and their happiness and depression is directly related to the failure to achieve all those dreams. In the play‚ the Younger family represents the mindsets

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