The play‚ A Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine Hansberry‚ is about a family that lives in a cramped apartment in Chicago. One of the characters‚ Ruth Younger‚ finds out that she is pregnant. A child is a lot of responsibility and are very costly. The Younger family is stressed as it is‚ bringing a new baby into the mix may not be wise. Ruth struggles with these issues over the course of the play. At the beginning of the play‚ the relationship between Ruth and her children is fairly tense. The Younger
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those hurting. However‚ she had shed tears in front of Joan in private. On a mild spring afternoon‚ Joan sat on the castle steps leading to the courtyard. Around her sat Drea‚ Carina‚ and Alis. The sun warmed the stone‚ and it was the first sunny day in some time‚ so they tipped their faces toward the sun and soaked it
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Struggling for the Dream in A Raisin in the Sun Set in a cramped apartment in poverty-striken Southside Chicago‚ Lorraine Hansberry‚ through realistic slang‚ accounts the struggles of five black family members battling against racism to attain middle-class acceptance during 1959. After Walter Younger’s business "partner" skipped town with a portion of the family’s $10‚000 inheritance money‚ the desolate son returns home to break the news to his family that their hopes for the future have been
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‚and last he climbed up and crept into the cave beside juana. Kino told jauna to “keep quiet and they won’t find us‚” Juana nodded to show approval. Night began to fall and Kino heard footsteps‚ Kino peered out of the cave and saw the trackers huddled around the small pool. Kino crawled back into the cave. For hours kino did not hear anything‚ after a while he peered out to see the three trackers‚ two asleep and the other keeping watch with the rifle in his hand. Kino pulled himself back into the
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Kerplunk! A rain drop slipped from the crack in the ceiling and fell onto Bart’s forehead. He heard the school children whooping outside his window and Gus shuffling around at the foot of the bed. It was time for the day to begin. Bart wondered what he would see today. He walked carefully down the creaky wooden steps‚ grasping the handrail tightly. The scent of fresh biscuts drifted into the kitchen; Bart felt his stomach rumble. He hoped Mrs. Gilliard saved a few for him. He grabbed
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toughen up‚ this is reality we are living in.”- Lauryn Hill. This quote explains that a mother will tell her son to accept the world he lives in‚ and he cannot change who he is‚ but he can prepare for it f he faces reality. (Context) In A Raisin in the Sun‚ by Lorraine Hansberry‚ Mama Younger‚ an open-minded‚ ambitious‚ tough‚ strong hearted‚ head of the Younger family‚ in her early sixties‚ helps take care of everyone‚ and as a mother and grandmother will do anything to make her family be happy
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Annabeth gets a phone call as she was coming home from work. “Hello‚” Annabeth said. “SHE’S GONE” cried Anthony. “What do you mean?” asked Annabeth. “ASHLYN SHE’S GONE!” cried Anthony once more. Then dead silence filled the car. “Where IS SHE”‚ “i don’t know I just got home and I see your Dad’s car leave the house”. “Dang it‚ I have something to tell you Anthony that I should have told you before.” “What is it dear‚ as Anthony trembled at his words.” “I told you my dad went to prison
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A Raisin in the Sun – Mama Mama has dreams for her family to rise from poverty and live in a better and bigger place and also for them to continue to grow together as a family. Mama has a plant that she also cares for. She takes care of this plant as if it was one of her own children. Mama’s children also have their own dreams and their own plans on how to attain those dreams. The family’s competing dreams are emphasized by Hansberry’s recurring use of the motif--Mama’s plant. In the
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In the play a Raisin in the Sun‚ the characters have dreams that represent a desire to achieve something‚ to be something‚ and to have something as their own. Dreams represent a subconscious drive‚ which creates the desire to be willing to do whatever it takes to complete that goal. It is a passion that will go unsatisfied without completion‚ that could turn into depression and loss of hope. For Walter Lee Younger‚ dreams are everything. Walter’s character in the play revolves around the hope
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Lorraine Hansberry discusses many difficulties people faced in the 60’s and 70’s in her play “A Raisin in the Sun”. It showcases a struggling Chicago family battling poverty‚ sexism‚ and racism. The play’s accurate representations lead to winning the New York Drama Critics Circle Award. However‚ one topic that the play seemed to brush over was the lifestyles of U.S. women in that time period. Career‚ education‚ and finances have been obstacles for women‚ unlike men. Back then‚ every woman was expected
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