Dreams‚ hopes‚ plans‚ race‚ and pride these are just many of the themes in the play A Raisin in the Sun. The play is about the Youngers an African American family who live in the South Side of Chicago. The Youngers were a big family there was Ruth Younger‚ Travis Younger‚ Walter Lee Younger‚ Beneatha Younger‚ and Mama Younger. All of them lived in a small crammed apartment that was in a poor neighborhood. The Youngers got a check in the mail for $10‚000 and that was their chance to move into a bigger
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The screen viewing of A Raisin in the Sun further enhances the viewer’s opinion of the movie; it shows just how the family has emotions‚ hope and optimism. The screen adaptation gave the audience a better view of the whole play from an emotional stand point. Just reading the play the narration gives you a flat look of the emotions that each character portrays. The readers have to rely on the narrations to tell the story. Like for instance in the Lorraine Hansberry written version of the play
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The book A Raisin in the Sun had many themes‚ motifs‚ and symbols. Value/Purpose of dreams (theme)‚ Home (Motif)‚ and Mama’s Plant (symbol) had many similarities and differences. Value/Purpose of dreams are each of the Younger’s dreams throughout the play. Beneatha wanted to be a doctor‚ Walter wanted to buy a liquor store to start a business‚ Mama wanted to own a garden‚ Travis wanted to be a bus driver‚ and Ruth wanted to get out of the “rat trap.” When the Youngers fail to make their dreams reality
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Walter is a man who is trying his best to Succeed for his family by investing in a liquor store‚ but he is always being undermined by his family. Walter position and the family is being the son. He is always frustrated because momma and Ruth don’t understand where he’s coming from. From Mama and ruth’s point of view‚ he looks crazy; however and Walters mind‚ he makes perfect sense. Momma gets money from the insurance company and Walter wants to use that money to invest in a business he’s been wanting
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A Raisin in the Sun: Dependency “Weariness has‚ in fact‚ won in this room. Everything has been polished‚ washed‚ sat on‚ used‚ scrubbed too often. All pretenses but living itself have long since vanished from the very atmosphere of this room.”(23-24) A Raisin in the Sun is a play of dependency‚ where events are dependent on one other events. Monetarily‚ the Youngers depend on the insurance check to rescue them from the weariness and familiarity of their one room apartment. Between all the talk
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A Raisin in the sun and Death of a salesman are two stories with finance issues and strong bonds through each family. Linda Loman is a character in Death of a Salesman‚ Lena is the main is character in a Raisin in the sun. These two characters both have smart children with high hopes in life.They suffer with poverty‚ as well as disagreements with their children. The meaning of family to them is a strong bond. Some families believe money is everything‚ these two families don’t believe in “money is
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Tania Garcia A raisin in the sun Prof. Natalie Sandler November‚ 27‚ 2012 A Raisin in the sun In a Raisin in the sun people wondered about Walter Lee’s inner journey. A Raisin in the sun is a play that explorer’s the struggles of African American people who achieve their desires. It’s about an African American family trying to pursue an American dream of owning their own home but in the process they encounter racism
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Journal – A Raisin in the Sun/ A Dream Deferred This poem resonated with me more so than any other so far. It starts out with a simple question about a dream that gets put off and the raisin is a metaphor for the dream or idea that is perished in the blazing sun. The writer uses such vocabulary to ignite all senses to describe the raisin as decaying‚ festering and stink like rotten meat. IT seems as so the dream is the source of pain for the writer and the ills that accompany the chasing
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PLEASE DO NOT WRITE ON THIS TEST! A Raisin in the Sun: Unit Exam Directions: Using a number two pencil‚ fill in the letter with the best answer. I. MATCHING: Match each character with the proper description. One will be left over. 1. Beneatha a. man whose death brings the Youngers $10‚000 2. Ruth b. thinks women only need to be pretty & sophisticated 3. Travis c. a messenger of bad news 4. Walter Lee d. runs off with $6500 5. Walter e. represents pride in African
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The Difference of Mothers in The Glass Menagerie and A Raisin in the Sun The plays‚ The Glass Menagerie and A Raisin in the Sun‚ deal with the love‚ honor‚ and respect of family. In The Glass Menagerie‚ Amanda‚ the caring but overbearing and over protective mother‚ wants to be taken care of‚ but in A Raisin in the Sun‚ Mama‚ as she is known‚ is more or less‚ the overseer of the family. The prospective of the plays identify that we have family members‚ like Amanda‚ as overprotective‚ or like Mama
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