“A Raisin in the Sun” and “Black Like Me” are the definitely one of the most thought-provoking films I have watched recently. The first movie‚ starring Sidney Poitier and Ruby Dee‚ being a picture of the young African American man’s struggle to reach for his dreams and to provide his family with an affluent life. Watching the motion picture I sympathized with the main character’s distresses and dilemmas and hoped that everything would work out well for him in the end‚ however the reality proved
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2012 1. Sentence * A grammatical unit of one or more words thatexpresses an independent statement‚ question‚ request‚ command‚ exclamation‚ etc. * A group of words which expresses a complete and definite thought Kinds of Sentences * Declarative - A declarative sentence makes a statement. A declarative sentence ends with a period. Example: I am a student of Far Eastern University. * Interrogative - An interrogative sentence asks a question. An interrogative sentence ends with
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The play A Raisin in the Sun written by Lorraine Hansberry is essentially about dreams. The main characters struggle to deal with the brutal positions that they are put in‚ eventually having to put off their dreams. The title of this play credits a theory that Langston Hughes possesses in his poem‚ “Harlem”‚ where he wrote about dreams that were forgotten or delayed. He pondered if having a deferred dream is similar to having a dream shrivel up “like a raisin in the sun” (Langston Hughes). All members
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A Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine Hansberry takes place in the Chicago Southside between World War II and the 1950s. The Younger family is living in a house that is falling apart‚ just like their family is‚ due to the struggles that African Americans faced during this time period. The two characters that have the biggest influence on this plot are Mama and her son‚ Walter. Walter has a big influence on this plot because he is the most upset about the news on the house and adds a lot of tension at
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The character that I choose for “Raisin in the Sun” is Walter Lee Younger. The play shows that Walter Lee Younger is a black African American male that is depending on a $10‚000 life insurance check to get him and his family out of their struggles. Walter Younger can be really hard to get along with. He picks fights with his sister‚ Beneatha. He says all kinds of mean and hurtful things to Ruth‚ his wife‚ and is even short with his mother‚ Lena. I will be analyzing who Walter Lee is‚ what he want
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This week in English we learned about the book A Raisin in the Sun. We learned about different characters in the book and their character traits‚ physical traits‚ personal traits‚ and actions. We talked about the relationship between Walter and Ruth. We talked about how Ruth is always being so negative and destroying Walter’s dream of having a liquor store. The most important thing I learned in English was the characteristics of each character in the book. The assignment that I spent the most time
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ENGLISH 7 Language NAME: _______________________YEAR AND SECTION: _________________DATE: _____________________ I. Decide whether each of the following word groups is a sentence or a sentence fragment. If the word group is a sentence‚ write S on the line provided. If it is a sentence fragment‚ write F. _________ 1. Taking a canoe trip in Canada. _________ 2. Sufficient food for a week’s journey. _________ 3. Others had camped there before us. _________ 4. Ashes indicated the
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in reality this dream isn’t really available to everyone‚ not then and not now. The idea of an "American Dream" is examined throughout Lorraine Hansberry’s play‚ A Raisin in the Sun as the theme of the play surrounds itself around Langston Hughes’ poem‚ "Harlem" where Hughes examines if dreams shrivel and dry up like a "Raisin in the Sun." Throughout the play‚ all the characters express their own dreams for their lives. The idea of the American dream is analyzed to the point that at the end of the
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In some plays the experience of an important character changes him or her. In others the experiences of an important character leave him or her almost completely unchanged. In A Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine Hansberry‚ Beneatha’s experience with the struggles of identity affect her in little to no way in the play. She changes her mind numerous times and ends up almost the exact same way as in the beginning of the play. Beneatha continually struggles with her identity throughout the play. Her mother
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