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    expressed. The most controversial and brave of its time is A raisin in the sun by Lorraine Hanseberry. This play was filmed in 1961 by Columbia Pictures and a new version came out in 2008. the 2008 version was directed by Kenny Leon. While Leon brought his own vision of the play‚ screen writer Paris Qualles‚ brought new version by adding numerous scenes to hansberry’s original play. Hansberry’s motive behind writitng A Raisin in the Sun was to aware the white’s about the African-American dreams

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    the sun Walter I have dissected something that looked like you yesterday”(30). This statement made by Beneatha to her brother Walter was missing from the new movie. the novel A Raisin in the Sun was a story of hope‚ legacy‚ racism and dreams for individual people and how they want to achieve them. It is a book that tell you the story of African American people in the 1940’s and what little they had back then and how hard they had to work to achieve their goals.There is more than one movie of Raisin

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    When adapting a well-known and loved play into a movie‚ the adaptor must keep in mind how the audience will react to a new version of a beloved story. An example of this is A Raisin in the Sun‚ which was adapted into a movie in 2008. Lorraine Hansberry wrote the original play and Paris Qualles adapted that play into a TV movie. The main themes of the story are family‚ faith‚ and hope. Following the narrative of a lower-class family living in Chicago in 1959‚ the play deals with racial tension‚ family

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    Gault Mr. Russell AP Literature 22 Feb 2011 A Raisin in the Sun The play and the production of A Raisin in the Sun are comparable in multiple ways. After reading the play and watching the movie‚ there are many things that don’t exactly match up to one another causing the audience to develop a bias about several things that could use some reviewing. With all intentions‚ Hansberry worked delicately to choose the right actors to fit the parts in the movie production. Although Hansberry had good intentions

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    that being able to view the film helps convey the emotions that each character feels simply by being able to watch them interact with one another. You seemed to get attached to each individual character. I think it goes without saying that Bobo’s bad news is by far the most dramatic scene in the motion picture. Although it was also very good in the book I believe the film portrayed the emotion of despair better through the facial reactions of the actors. Of the few changes in the film none of them really

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    “A Raisin in the Sun‚” by Lorraine Hansberry has many connections with the previous books we’ve read. “Of Mice and Men‚” by John Steinback mainly focused on dreams‚ similar to “A Raisin in the Sun.” Jane from “Jane Eyre” also is very similar to Beneatha from‚ “A Raisin in the Sun.” They are both independent and feminist women. The theme in “Native Sun” was mainly about racism. This effects many important things in the story. This had the same kind of theme as “A Raisin in the Sun.” It contrasts

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    The Book Old Yeller by Fred Gipson and the movie by walt Disney both have some Similarities and some differences in them the book is mainly about a little boy named Travis and he finds a dog so they kept him and named him Old Yeller and they became the best of friends. In Old Yeller the book and movie have many differences. the book old yeller there was a bull fight outside their house and the bulls broke the fence and Travis tried to stop them from fighting. But in the movie there was not no

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    A Raisin in the Sun comparison essay In A Raisin in the Sun the movie directed by Kenny Leon‚ the tone and attitudes of the characters set apart the movie from the book‚ written by Lorraine Hansberry‚ because of how they make the scene more powerful and impactful. In comparison‚ the movie gives a better understanding of the real emotions of the characters; however‚ the book helps the reader understand the importance of every word. Both of the works start out in 1959 on the Southside of Chicago

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    Raisin in the Sun Raisin in the Sun is a movie that faces issues in groups as well as the aspects of culture diversity. The team has reviewed the movie and we have reviewed key points to how the movie ties into the aspects of group work. As a team we have reviewed the theoretical model and what diversity and ethical issues are visible in the movie. We have not only learned about the movie A Raisin in the Sun while working on this project‚ but also we have learned how our team works together and

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    “A Raisin in the Sun” 1.) In her play “A Raisin in the Sun‚” Lorraine Hansberry illustrates the struggles and dreams of a black family living in Chicago. Taken from Langston Hughes’ poem “Harlem‚” which talks about “dream deferred‚” the title of the play carries a connection between the poem and the play’s characters and their dreams. Each member of the Younger family had a dream of his/her own‚ yet‚ in order to realize their dreams‚ Mama‚ Walter Lee‚ Ruth‚ and Beneatha all depended on the money

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