The term despair means ‘the complete loss or absence of hope’ which is what South Side Chicago mirrored in the novel A Raisin in the Sun. Just by looking around you could tell that all hope was lost when there’s widespread poverty on Chicago’s South Side. Also by taking a look around the Younger home you can see it in the faces of people -- and the furniture?! On the first few pages opening Act I‚ Scene I‚ the text says “Now the once loved pattern of the couch upholstery has to fight to show itself
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Referring to the latest version of A Raisin in the Sun (2008) it is set on the Southside of Chicago‚ Illinois. In the film‚ the head of the household is Lena Younger (Phylicia Rashad)‚ who the family calls‚ “Mama.” Mama’s husband‚ Walter Sr. has passed away so a settlement for $10‚000 from his life insurance policy is being mailed to her. Walter Jr. (Sean Combs) and Beneatha (Sanaa Lathan) are Mama’s children and they believe the check should be given to either of them for medical school or an investment
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A common theme in society today is that money is the key to happiness. In A Raisin in the Sun and Death of a Salesman the theme that money is the root of contentment is also present. In A Raisin in the Sun‚ Walter Lee has such a desire to be rich that he neglects his son and wife. Willy‚ in Death of a Salesman‚ is also very distracted by the thought of money. First of all‚ Willy believes that he needs to be as successful as his brother‚ Ben‚ in order to be happy. He spends his whole life wishing
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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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self- evident: that all me are created equal.” “I have a dream that my four children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judge by the color of their skin but by the content of their character.” “I have a dream that one day little black boys and black girls will be able to join hands with white boys and white girls are walk together as sisters and brothers.” Martin Luther King Jr. In the play “A Raisin In A Sun” by Lorraine Hansberry is essentially about dreams‚ including the
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really know how to comprehend the book itself and allow it to influence our decisions. A text that applies to this idea is A Raisin in the Sun. It is just a normal book until you take it to a new realization and apply it to much more. Through this book‚ I have learned how characters are influenced by their surroundings‚ how pieces of the book connect to this quote‚ and how my life has been influenced by the actions of characters throughout the book. Just because a person can perform superior deeds
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Lorraine Hansberry’s best known play‚ A Raisin in the Sun‚ talks about poverty in the Southside of Chicago and revolves around African American family and their dreams of a better life. I believe that food is an adequate means of showing and receiving love. The first reason is the mother cares in the family by making sure the family eats. This relates to how the mother in general is feeding the baby in its early life to care for the person. My second reason that food is enough means of showing
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Paper A Raisin in the Sun‚ a play written by Lorraine Hansberry‚ embodies the struggles of a black family in the 1960’s living in Chicago. Everyone in the Younger family seems to have an ambitious dream that they are all trying to achieve with insurance money earned by Big Walter. Walter Lee Younger‚ the man of the family‚ is a motivated man that is unhappy with his job as a chauffer. He has big dreams of opening up a liquor store to become a businessman so he can diminish his family’s poverty
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A Raisin in the Sun Essay The American Dream is an ideal that all Americans hope to achieve during the span of their lives‚ and is described as a life of personal happiness and material comfort as traditionally sought by individuals (Dictionary.com). This ideology is what effectively contributed to an American’s drive to achieve prosperity‚ especially in the twentieth century. In A Raisin in the Sun‚ the Younger family strives to reach their own American Dream‚ but struggles to do so as a result
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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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