TRIBHUVAN UNIVERSITY A Raisin in the Sun: The Pursuit of Afro- American Dream A Thesis Submitted to the Department of English‚ Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences‚ Ratna Rajya Laxmi Campus‚ Tribhuvan University‚ in the Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Master of Arts in English By Tanka Prasad Paudel Roll No.: 294/ 063 T. U. Registration No: 6-2-2-1201-2001 March 2011 Paudel i Tribhuvan University Ratna Rajya Laxmi Campus Department of English Exhibition
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Everybody had dreams and aspirations‚ however those things never always go as planned. This happens to the characters in the play‚ A Raisin in the Sun. The play was written by Lorraine Hansburry‚ and it was the first Broadway play written by an African American woman. In the play‚ the Younger family‚ a family of five‚ live in a small two-bedroom apartment in Chicago. Mama‚ Lena‚ is about to receive an insurance check from her husband’s death in the mail and has to decide what she is going to do
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In Lorraine Hansberry’s play A Raisin in the Sun‚ the Younger family each have dreams that they want to fulfill but is disrupted because of family selfishness and family issues. Each character had different dreams of their own. Big Walter‚ Walter Lee‚ and Mama Younger and the effects of their dreams on the family’s morale. Hughes uses a metaphor of a raisin to describe neglected hopes and dreams‚ which in turn is reflected in Hansberry’s exanple of the Younger family and their greed to fulfill the
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money? Since Big Walter passed‚ we’d all known that cheque would come someday. Ten thousand dollars…in my hands. Just a slip of paper in my own bare hands‚ with four zeros written on it‚ clear as clear can be. This money‚ this cheque‚ this one slip of paper‚ could rise this family up‚ or tear it down‚ into pieces‚ pieces and pieces. I don’t know about this money alright‚ it sure will change my family‚ but will it change us for the worse or the better? This paper ain’t nothin’ but just a cheque to me
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their own. In the play “A raisin in the Sun” various topics were included such as race‚ pride‚ family and more. All the main characters in this play seemed to have big dreams of their own. This play was inspired by Langston Hughes‚ an American poet. He wrote the poem “Harlem”‚ which inspired Lorraine Hansberry along with her own personal life experiences to write this play. There are five family members living in a small‚ cramped space and share a bathroom with two other families across the hall. The
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Poverty has ruined many lives in the past. It is the base of the downfall of humanity. The struggle of surviving in poverty is shown well through the book The Raisin in the Sun. With raising prices and the loss of jobs it has made it even harder for those looking for jobs to survive in today’s economy. Poverty has spread throughout the world with a lot of organizations rising to the conflict. The change our world is going through has made the world easier to live in‚ but the amount of money spent
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doctor. Due to money constraints‚ Vivien Thomas had to leave his first year of college. The hardships that Vivien Thomas and the nine high school students from Little Rock‚ Arkansas had to face were a lot like the Younger family from “ A Raisin in the Sun” had to face. II. Body Discussion: Vivien Thomas’ decision to leave his first year of college to is a lot like the Younger family’s financial situation towards paying for Beneatha’s medical school. “Don’t you get up and go to work in somebody’s
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the play A Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine Hansberry‚ goes through different stages. He is selfish‚ angry‚ and ignores his family’s needs when he attempts to own a business‚ which causes a financial crisis for them. However‚ he realizes his path to find a job could be difficult due to discrimination. He probably will have to struggle to be happy financially‚ and just like Walter‚ it was difficult for African Americans in the 1950s to accomplish the American Dream. Through the Younger family‚ Hansberry
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Langston Hughes and A Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine Hansberry‚ the theme is: Dreams may develop‚ transform‚ or be destroyed‚ without the dreamer having any control. Everybody in the Younger family had a dream and their dreams are reflected in each of the verses in “Harlem.” Lorraine Hansberry conveys the theme through character development throughout the play. Langston Hughes conveys the theme using descriptive smells and sights to describe the themes. In A Raisin in a Sun‚ the main character‚ Mama
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In A Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine Hansberry‚ Beneatha wants to learn more about her heritage. She wants to get closer to her roots‚ and know more about it. The line‚ “How can something natural be eccentric?” (Hansberry 80 Act two Scene 1)‚ shows off a defensive tone. This quote is said after George tells her that her natural hair looks eccentric. Her defensiveness over her hair shows her determination to be in touch with her heritage. Beneatha cut her hair because she thought it was too Caucasian
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