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    LDC Final Essay : Module One Have you every heard of a dream? Did you every think about how they van effect you? Or did you every think about how they differ or come true? In A Raisin I n The Sun by Lorraine Hansberry Mama is one of the characters and she has many conflicts for example one them was she thought about her dream. In addition to her to a lot of other thing on her mind like what she wanted to do with the money. “A little drily‚ doubting the total sincerity

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    2013 1. Character Profile A. What is your character’s role in the family? Mama may not seem like it it‚ but she is a complex character. Her character develops and changes throughout the play. In the first scene‚ she comes off as a crusher of dreams by telling Ruth‚ "Well-whether they drinks it or not ain’t none of my business. But whether I go into business selling it to ’em (is)‚ and I don’t want that on my ledger this late in life" (42). Mama tells this to Ruth after Ruth tries to convinces

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    In A Dream Deferred‚ by Langston Hughes‚ the quote “Does it dry up like a raisin in the sun?” best fits Gatsby’s tragic dream of getting Daisy (Huges 2). Jay met Daisy Fay when he was stationed in Louisville before going to fight in WWI. Gatsby fell in love with Daisy and the wealth she represents‚ but he had to leave for the war and by the time he returned to the US in 1919. Determined to get her back‚ Gatsby ignores the fact she has been married to Tom for three years and has a child. However

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    make. The play "A Raisin in the Sun" by Lorraine Hansberry is set in a small apartment in south side Chicago that follows the life of the Younger family who live there‚ as they go through their own problems in life and try to keep being a family they can take pride in. Pride is not something that breaks you‚ it is something that shapes everything and person around you. In the play it can be almost seen immediately that the Younger’s all have lives that are filled with dreams of being able to do

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    A Raisin in the sun and Death of a salesman are two stories with finance issues and strong bonds through each family. Linda Loman is a character in Death of a Salesman‚ Lena is the main is character in a Raisin in the sun. These two characters both have smart children with high hopes in life.They suffer with poverty‚ as well as disagreements with their children. The meaning of family to them is a strong bond. Some families believe money is everything‚ these two families don’t believe in “money is

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    “Life often builds people up only to let them down. By referring to two characters‚ show how Hansberry brings out the truth of this statement in the Raisin in the Sun. Which character do you feel deals with disappointment more effectively.” In the play “A Raisin in the Sun”‚ there are two specific characters that are often built up only to be let down‚ Lena Eggleston Younger and Walter Lee Younger. Deferral seems to be an evolving constant in this family. Before even being introduced to a play

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    A Raisin in the Sun an interesting play by Lorraine Hansberry. Showed the importance of family and the value of dreams and hops for each member of the household. This play revolves around a poor African-American family who live on the South Side of Chicago in the 1950s. The youngers family Lena‚ Beneatha ‚ Walter ‚ Ruth and their son Travis all lived under the same apartment in a dilapidated bedroom . Walter and his wife‚ Ruth share one room while their son sleeps on the sofa‚ on the other hand‚

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    Although they don’t appear as important characters‚ secondary characters serve an important purpose through the interactions they have with the main characters. The secondary characters we meet in A Raisin in the Sun all represent different aspects and people in the Younger family. George Murchinson and Joseph Asagai show us more about Beneatha‚ while Willy Harris shows us more about Walter‚ and Mr.Lidner and Travis show us more about the whole family. George and Joseph are Beneatha’s two boyfriends

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    Webster 1  Kiahna Webster  Mr. Jackson  English III‚ 7th Period  April 14th‚ 2014  Death of a Salesman​  vs. ​ A Raisin in the Sun  Death of a Salesman​  and ​ A Raisin in the Sun​  are definitely a criticism of capitalism and the  American way of life. They’re are millions that are going through similarities that are exhibited  in the films. Many feel as if money is everything in life when truly it is not. In the film ​ Death of  a Salesman​ ‚ Willy felt as if money was everything. Willy literally gave his life away so that his 

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    play Raisin in the Sun‚ the character Beneatha defies the social mores of Chicago in the 1950s by being educated‚ progressive‚ and independent‚ in a society where women most often remained uneducated domestics. Due mostly to her college education and need to express herself‚ Beneatha defied the norm of what it meant to be an African American woman. Beneatha was pursuing her dreams of becoming a doctor‚ although we are meant to understand that this is in disregard to the contemporary values that exist

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