In the story A Raisin in the Sun‚ written by L. Hansberry‚ the Younger family resides in a small‚ beaten down home. In this family‚ only one member is well educated. Miss Beneatha is attending school and plans to become a doctor. Her mother‚ Lena‚ receives a life insurance check from her husband who has passed. Lena uses part of the check as a down payment on a new house for the family. She gives the rest of the check to her son‚ Walter‚ trusting him to put a portion of the money back for Beneatha’s
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Everyone knows that feeling where they will do anything they can do make their dream/dreams come true. The Younger family knows this feeling all a little too well. Walter Lee‚ the main character in this play‚ had the dream of going into the liquor business and never having to worry about money again. When the Mama and the family get a check in the mail for $10‚000‚ Walter tries everything in his power to succeed his dream. But when a series of unfortunate events occur‚ Walter has to figure out
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channeled her anger to a lot of her writings. While Hansberry and her husband Nemiroff were entertaining their friends‚ Burt D’Lugoff and Philip Rose found the play intriguing and made an offer to produce the play on Broadway. The play of A Raisin in the Sun was like no other at that period time‚ the story behind it was about a black family living in the slums of Chicago. They were left to figure out how to spend the ten thousand dollars‚ as each family member were having difficulties on what to
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The focus of American literature has been the American dream in the 19th century and Raisin in the Sun hits the nail on the head. Raisin in the Sun has helped me understand the American Dream and how it is way harder to accomplish then it appears. You may see ads or articles say techniques wealthy people used to obtain their prosperity. The play made me realize that
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In the poem‚ Hughes asks: "What happens to a dream deferred? Does it dry up/ like a raisin in the sun? His lines confront the racist and dehumanizing attitude prevalent in the American society before the civil rights movement of the 1960s‚ that black desires and ambition were unimportant and should be ignored." Her play is arguably one of the
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A Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine Hansberry is realistic fiction in which the play’s title and characters represent the play’s themes. The play focused on black Americans struggles to reach the American Dream of life liberty and the pursuit of happiness during the 1950’s and 1960’s. the idea of everyone having a the chance to achieve a better life should exist. Hansberry created her title using a line from Langston Hughes poem “ A Dream Deferred”. The original poem was written in 1951 about Harlem
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Caleb Gulledge March 19‚ 2014 EH 102:22 Essay 4 Walter Lee The play a Raisin in the Sun is a play written by Lorraine Hansberry. This story is about an African American family living in Southside Chicago. In the story‚ the family goes through many hardships especially when it comes to money. The Younger family lives in an overcrowded apartment which has very little room for all of them. There is a $10‚000 check coming from the insurance company for Walter Lee’s dad’s death. He is the man of
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Act 1 Summary: Raisin in the sun Set at an apartment in Chicago’s south side we are introduced to the first Younger – Ruth. The mother of Travis‚ and wife to Walter. According to the stage direction Ruth was the type of woman one could tell was pretty back in the day‚ but it is clear that life’s struggles have taken a toll on her beauty. She rises early rushing Travis to school‚ and waking Walter up for work. The family’s money troubles are clear when Travis comes out asking his mother for 50 cents
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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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The film did a very good job of portraying the emotions the characters were experiencing during the play. The strongest scene in he book would have to be when Walter turned down the money he would get for not moving into the neighborhood . I felt this took a lot of guts on his part. I also thought that this was a turning point in the novel. By Walter not accepting the money it showed that he not only grew through out the play‚ but also that he put many things into perspective. His family became
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