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    Many people have dreams that they want to accomplish. In A Raisin in the Sun‚ characters have a goal. Walter’s passion is to own a liquor store because he wants to be an entrepreneur. Beneatha’s dream is to become a doctor to help cure people. Mama pursues her dream of having a garden and a house. Each person’s aspiration is important to them. Thesis At first‚ all Walter seems to care about is owning a liquor store with his two friends‚ Willy and Bobo. For example‚ one way he is trying to attempt

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    how they differ or come true? In A Raisin I n The Sun by Lorraine Hansberry Mama is one of the characters and she has many conflicts for example one them was she thought about her dream. In addition to her to a lot of other thing on her mind like what she wanted to do with the money. “A little drily‚ doubting the total sincerity of the blesser‚ God Bless (Introduction) This quote explains how Mama’s dream are coming true. Her dream was for her family to come together and have a happy

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    was a time of ongoing struggle against racism and segregation. An African American woman during these times faced many obstacles‚ and it was increasingly difficult to pursue her dreams. Lorraine Hansberry’s drama‚ A Raisin in the Sun‚ focuses on the conflicts that the Younger family face due to a $10‚000 insurance check that has the potential to improve their lives immensely. For Beneatha Younger‚ this check is the key to moving forward and achieving her dream of becoming a doctor. Beneatha‚ being

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    Lorraine Hansberry’s realistic play A Raisin in the Sun portrays prejudice through the many complications of the Younger family. Walter Lee Younger‚ for example‚ is jealous of “them white boys sitting back and talking ‘bout things… sitting there turning deals worth millions of dollars” while he himself is a chauffeur for a rich white man. He is the biggest prejudice of all‚ as he is dissatisfied with himself‚ and his life. Walter Younger is unable to provide for his family in spite of his growing age (he

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    Lorraine Hansberry‚ in her novel A Raisin in The Sun powerfully conveys the dream of her character‚ Walter Younger. Presented by having him explicitly ask for help to complete his dream‚ by having Walter reach his dream then fail‚ then by having those dreams change and become something new. Transforming from a man wanting to purchase a liquor store with the money from his father’s death just so he can become more wealthy‚ to wanting to support his family in their act of moving to a white neighborhood

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    serve an important purpose through the interactions they have with the main characters. The secondary characters we meet in A Raisin in the Sun all represent different aspects and people in the Younger family. George Murchinson and Joseph Asagai show us more about Beneatha‚ while Willy Harris shows us more about Walter‚ and Mr.Lidner and Travis show us more about the whole family. George and Joseph are Beneatha’s two boyfriends that are introduced in the beginning of the play. George is a wealthy‚

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    Lorraine Hansberry’s play “A Raisin in the Sun‚” was a radically new representation of black life‚ resolutely authentic‚ fiercely unsentimental‚ and unflinching in its vision of what happens to people whose dreams are constantly deferred. I compared Act One‚ Scene 2‚ in the play and the film. The setting in the play is on a Saturday morning‚ and house cleaning is in process at the Youngers. In the film‚ the setting is the same as play‚ with lighting and costumes. The plot in the play is when

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    . Themes 1) Justice and Penance Although it is not directly apparent‚ one of the strongest underlying themes of the novel is the idea of justice and penance. As the characters lives are inevitably altered by the chaos around them‚ they look to themselves as to why they are being punished. They believe that what occurs is penance for the sins they have committed. The theme is introduced to us by Nana‚ Mariam’s mother‚ when she explains why she built the kolba by herself‚ "Jalil could have hired

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    dreams or goals that they want to achieve in order to better their future‚ or the future of their family. Everybody also has challenges that they have to overcome in order to make these hopes and dreams come true. An example of this can be seen in Lorraine Hansberry’s most notable and landmark play A Raisin in the Sun. This groundbreaking play is about the younger family who are a poor black family that lives on the Southside of Chicago. In this play Walter‚ Elaine‚ Beneatha have

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    Glass Ceiling In A Raisin in the Sun‚ by Lorraine Hansberry‚ the Junior family is burdened with a glass ceiling that is not just restraining the female gender‚ but the African American Race as well. Throughout the book‚ a laboring family is not earning what they deserve‚ their dreams a reality. They struggle through living in a run down and cramped house‚ they way are fated to live by their race. The only income they receive comes from Walters pay check and as compensation for Walter Sr.’s death

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