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    The play‚ A Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine Hansberry‚ is about a family that lives in a cramped apartment in Chicago. One of the characters‚ Ruth Younger‚ finds out that she is pregnant. A child is a lot of responsibility and are very costly. The Younger family is stressed as it is‚ bringing a new baby into the mix may not be wise. Ruth struggles with these issues over the course of the play. At the beginning of the play‚ the relationship between Ruth and her children is fairly tense. The Younger

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    read‚ A Raisin in the Sun‚ is about the Youngers family who are going through the daily struggles of an African-American family in the 1950’s. The play addresses the money problems Walter Younger goes through and‚ the struggle of being “the man of the house.” The issues his wife‚ Ruth‚ and his sister‚ Beneatha go through. Although‚ they are two separate reads the main characters in each book present a common theme. Both Ramatoulaye Fall and Walter Younger‚ express the fear of

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    April 18th‚ 2013 ENG4C By: Eumar Tovar COMPARATIVE REPORT In the play A Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine Hansberry and the discourse I have a dream by Martin Luther King‚ Jr. there are many similarities. These texts are strongly related to each other by three important topics such as Dreams‚ Barriers and Family‚ because they per se give the people the courage to face challenges in life. Dreams are represented in both texts as a part of strong desires to achieve personal goals either

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    Take this Video Quiz on A Raisin in the Sun by typing your answers in dark blue font and submitting this quiz through the assignments tool.  English 1302 A Raisin in the Sun film Quiz According to the particular film that you watched‚ type your response after each question. Double-space your text‚ and double-space between your answers. 1. Give the full name of the director of the film. Kenny Leon 2. Give the full name of the actor who plays Walter Lee Younger. Sean Combs 3. Give the

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    The Perfect Storm The reoccurring theme of alcohol in A Raisin in the Sun manifests itself in Walter’s mind and he becomes metaphorically drunk‚ resulting in a clouded consciousness and a distorted reality of what his family stands for and what is truly best for them. Along the way he will do anything to achieve his goal and even guilt’s his mother into becoming an enabler to his new found addiction. The progression of this impairment deepens in the same way an alcoholic’s would until Walter hits

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    Beneatha’s Dreams Ended in Success By: Nicole Crews One could say that a raisin in the sun could represent a dream being deferred at least Langston Hughes believes so. This title is aimed toward the father’s dream to have a better life for his family. Although‚ I feel this fairly depicted Beneatha Younger’s drive‚ ambition‚ and success in the shadow of her failing family. The play‚ a raisin in the Sun was written by Lorraine Hansberry. Throughout the play‚ Beneatha remained the most educated and

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    Hansberry’s play A Raisin in the Sun‚ the protagonist Walter is portrayed as stubborn‚ childish‚ and later determined to show his transition into manhood. Living in the Southside of Chicago‚ the play follows the Younger family’s daily struggles. The main struggle they go through is the passing of Mama’s husband Walter Senior. Due to his death‚ they get a $10‚000 insurance check‚ and they decide to buy a house and start Beneatha’s dream of becoming a doctor. While also helping out Walter’s dream of owning

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    speech‚ “I have a dream” by Martin Luther King‚ Jr.‚ he talks about equality for the all men and how he dreams about a world where people can be in harmony with no division of color. The play‚ “A Raisin in the Sun”‚ relates to this subject in multiple facets centering around dreams. The play and speech take place in the same time period of the mid twentieth century‚ where color was a major divide in society. There are many similarities between the play “A Raisin in the Sun” and the speech “I

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    Hansberry‚ “A Raisin in the Sun” adopts its title from one of the lines of Langston Hughes’s poem‚ “Harlem”. In the first stanza‚ the speaker contemplates the idea of a “deferred dream” and whether or not “it shrivel up like a raisin in the sun” (2.2.1019). The speaker then presents the reader with further questions that show various interpretations of a “deferred dream” or a dream on hold. These series of questions push the readers to ponder about the outcomes of neglected dreams. As for the play

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    A Raisin in the Sun Summary Living in the south side of Chicago a poor African American family had he opportunity to escape poverty. A 10000 life insurance check upon the death of Lena’s husband. Lena has a son named walter. Walter is 35 with a wife and a son. Lena also has a younger daughter named Beneatha. Beneatha Is in college. This money could mean so much for this family and so much more for them individually. So the question in all of this is: what are they gonna do with the money. Walter

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