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    A Raisin In The Sun: Reading Logs Act 1 Day1: Walter approaches Ruth with kindness but Ruth denies him at first. This tells Walter something is wrong and her being upset could foreshadow complications between them. Ruth longs for a new life. Day2: Walter talks about a dream of owning a liquor store. He has the idea of getting some money from his Mom. Ruth denies him and ignores his dreams. They get into a fight on how useless each other are‚ comparing themselves to white people. Beneatha (nicknamed

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    space for all the members to live comfortably. Due to this lack of space‚ your family is cranky and fed up with each other. Would you dream for a better dwelling? Would that new place help your family grow closer together? Lena Younger‚ from “A Raisin in the Sun” by Lorraine Hansberry‚ believed the positive in this situation. She dreams of a means to improve her family situation so that they all can life happily with each other in love and respect. Lena Younger always believed and hoped for a brighter

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    the fact that one believes that their race is superior to other races. Every person will have to deal with the effects of racial differences during their life. For example‚ the narrator in The Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man and Walter in A Raisin in the Sun will have to face the effects of their race. Some people are proud of their race and some are ashamed of their race and want to be a part of the other race. The narrator is of a mixed background and can pass for a black or white person‚ ultimately

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    Many characters in A Raisin in the Sun have dreams‚ personal goals that may or may not be feasible goals. Some of these dreams only really affect one person‚ while others would impact many people. Mama’s dream is to buy a new house for her and her family to live in. Of all of these characters with dreams‚ Mama has a dream that would most significantly impact the family for the better. Her dream will bring the family together‚ allow her to financially help others attain their dreams‚ and emphasizes

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    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

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    Stereotyping A stereotype is to believe unfairly that all people or things with a particular characteristic are the same. Stereotyping has become such a common thing in our society that they are often used in; in job interviews‚ in the media‚ and even when people meet one another in person. African Americans have been subject to stereotyping due to the color of their skin dating back to American colonization. Slave owners perpetuated the idea that African Americans could not think for themselves

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    that African-Americans are inferior to Caucasians and that they should be slaves. In the 1950s‚ whites and blacks were segregated to a point that they could not go to the same schools or even use the same bathrooms. Chief Justice Earl Warren abolished the segregation of schools in May of 1954. The desegregation of schools has helped people of all races grow up together in a non-hostile environment where they can develop relationships with people of other races. Throughout the play A Raisin in the

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    virtually every group of Americans‚ especially African Americans. By 1932 approximately half of black Americans were unemployed‚ in some northern cities whites called for blacks to be fired from any jobs as long as there were whites out of work. Racial violence against blacks became more prominent especially in the southern areas. Hansberry`s parents however were well educated citizens who fought against black prejudice. As a child her family was one of the first African Americans to move into a White

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    The American Dream is the freedom given to every person in America‚ no matter their race‚ gender‚ culture‚ religion‚ or beliefs and an equal chance at prosperity. The Younger family in A Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine Hansberry‚ is an African American family living in the 20th century in a cramped apartment‚ dealing with racial prejudice and discrimination. During A Raisin in the Sun‚ the Younger family struggles to live in a cramped‚ overpriced apartment while facing challenges and tension in their

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    According to Collins‚ African American women have been stereotyped throughout history as mammies‚ matriarchs‚ welfare recipients/mothers‚ and hot mamas/Jezebels/whores. She states that these stereotypes stem from slave era and were created as a form of manipulative domination by the white elites. She states that “these controlling images are designed to make racism‚ sexism‚ poverty‚ and other forms of social injustice appear to be natural‚ normal‚ and inevitable parts of everyday life”. To this

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