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    with you‚ boy?” ‚ his father asked in a more toned voice. Then‚ Walter says “My legs hurt”. His father and I looked at each other‚ so of course‚ we told him to take his pants down so we could have a look. Walter slowly undid his belt‚ and let his pants down at the diner table. And oh my‚ I was not expecting what was next. Walters legs‚ they were‚ bruised‚and bloody. It is bad. My heart dropped when saw them. That is my son‚ and he was

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    A Raisin In The Sun A Raisin In The Sun is a play‚ or story written by Lorraine Hansberry about a family‚ the Youngers’‚ living in poor conditions‚ and not being able to afford better. Even though the family is a very hard working family‚ especially Mama‚ Walter‚ and Ruth‚ they just cannot get themselves out of poverty‚ and improve their living conditions. However‚ an opportunity comes along and Mama proves to Walter that it is not just about dreams of a better life‚ but pride and family values

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    Mr. Breiger English 11 AP Period 5 16 October 2015 A Raisin in the Sun Synthesis Essay The state of humanity is a debatable topic‚ as it constantly has its ups and downs. For example‚ while humanity is moving forward in areas such as knowledge and technology‚ there are still many displays of ignorance and stupidity that make people wonder if progress is being made at all. Lorraine Hansberry‚ the praised playwright behind A Raisin in the Sun and The Sign in Sidney Brustein’s Window‚ has experienced

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    The drama A Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine Hansberry depicts a story of a poor black family’s struggle to escape poverty and fulfill their individual dreams‚ while residing on the Southside of Chicago. Each member of the Younger family have inspirations‚ however are deprived of achieving them due to their African-American race. Mama‚ whom is the matriarch of the family dreams of buying a house for her family in a more decent and refined neighborhood. She believes that living in a new house creates

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    A Raisin in the Sun Essay Often in works of literature a character’s life is affected by a single act or mistake In the play‚ “A Raisin in the Sun” by Lorraine Hansberry ‚ the character Mama is affected by a mistake. When Mama’s husband dies‚ she receives a $10‚000 check. She decides to split the money three ways. One portion will go to purchasing a new house for the family‚ the second to her daughter Beneatha’s school and the rest for her son Walter to put in the bank. Her son’s plan was

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    Longston Hughes the great poem “A Dream Deferred “ relates to the theme of Lorraine Hansberrry’s play “A Raisin In The Sun” by explaining basically about what happens to a dream when they are put on hold and when we do not make an effort to realize it and we only keep it in our minds and only say that someday we will realize it‚ also at that time as an African-American man and family‚ were considered an inferior group of people‚ dreams and goals would have been more difficult to realize

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    Research Paper; “A Raisin in the Sun” Throughout many centuries we have seen racism and culture difference take place in America. This is a struggle that has been fought and faced for many decades‚ and it’s a struggle America still faces to this day. As our generation continues to learn about the struggles African American families faced in the past‚ we come to realize this struggle has not been overcome over the years. “A Raisin in the sun‚” a play by Lorraine Hansberry gives us an incite of what

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    play Raisin in the Sun‚ creates and develops a clear hero in Raisin in the Sun. This hero is a main character named Walter‚ and he is the hero of this play because of his actions and characteristics. Hansberry also made various author decisions in which she created literary effects such as surprise. The central idea Walter aids in the development in throughout the entirety of the play are that family is important; this central idea is essential to the development of a hero in Raisin in the Sun. The

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    The Theme of Money is not Everything in the Lorraine Hansberry‚ A Raisin in the Sun. In Lorraine Hansberry’s drama A Raisin in the Sun the round characters‚ which are the Younger family is finding out the hard way that wealth can be found in other forms than money. In this play the low class Younger family is shown through bad experiences that material things are worthless. One of the main characters Lena Younger also known as Mama‚ lost her husband and is waiting for the arrival of the

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    of Success In the play A Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine Hansberry you go back in time to when segregation was still aloud. In this play you meet a cast of people with dreams of a better life. The American Dream‚ to be specific. This dream is portrayed differently for each character‚ all of which impact the play. Two of these character `s are Walter Lee Younger and Lena Younger. In Raisin in the Sun Mama and Walter’s American dreams conflict and impact the family through materialism and desire

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