Why is family the most important relationship to Mama in A Raisin in the Sun? Mama is a character in A Raisin in the Sun who tries to keep everyone together because family is important. She believes it’s the most important relationship because she’s the head of the family‚ she strives for happiness‚ and she wants to follow her husband’s values. First‚ Mama is the head of the family and she makes most of the decisions. The decisions she makes in this novel are for everyone’s happiness. Her decisions
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Brianna Nichols Per.1 11-10-12 A Raisin in the Sun A Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine Hansberry is a truly exquisite piece of literature that has influenced readers‚ young and old‚ for generations. It gives us a very realistic view of racial tension‚ as well as the socioeconomic struggles‚ African Americans faced during the late 1940s-50s. In this play we meet the Youngers‚ a lower-class‚ diverse-minded‚ African American family simply trying to survive in 1950s South Chicago. Together they
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count on money or others for them to pursue their dreams. In the novel “ A Raisin in the Sun” Lorraine Hansberry exemplifies that what you on to is the vision of what happens to people who has the wisdom and passion of their dreams coming true. But those who don’t are constantly being deferred and their dreams are like a dried up raisin the sun. “A Raisin in the Sun” is essentially about dreams‚ as the main characters struggle to deal with the oppressive circumstances that rule their lives. Every member
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Lorraine Hansberry’s A Raisin in the Sun portrays an African American family during the 1950s in conflict over money. Walter‚ Benita‚ and Ruth were the main characters that showed there greed over Mama’s deceased husband insurance money. This subject became a dilemma with the Younger family. There were arguments‚ fights‚ and people becoming stressed over something that were not theirs. The greed of money almost tore the Younger family apart. Each family member’s selfish desire for the use of the
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PLEASE DO NOT WRITE ON THIS TEST! A Raisin in the Sun: Unit Exam Directions: Using a number two pencil‚ fill in the letter with the best answer. I. MATCHING: Match each character with the proper description. One will be left over. 1. Beneatha a. man whose death brings the Youngers $10‚000 2. Ruth b. thinks women only need to be pretty & sophisticated 3. Travis c. a messenger of bad news 4. Walter Lee d. runs off with $6500 5. Walter e. represents pride in African
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disappoints Walter‚ he finds this infuriating and often verbally uses Ruth. 2.) The biblical allusion in this play was a reference to Adam and Eve by Benetha about marrying George Murchinson. Adam and Eve are the first humans that God created. Eve was made from the rib of Adam. When Walter asks why Benetha will not marry George she make this reference. The reference is significant because God created Eve as a companion for Adam‚ and she cannot exist with him. They have a bond that cannot be broken‚ but Benetha
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While Antigone by Sophocles and A Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine Hansberry are very difference stories they have many similarities. Antigone is the about daughter of Oedipus trying to do what she believes is good. Her brothers have killed each other and while one gets a proper burial‚ the other is left to be eaten by wild animals. The reason he is not allowed to be buried is because King Creon believes he is unworthy of it. The main character Antigone defies Creon’s law and buries her brother anyways
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A Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine Hansberry is a play about the Youngers‚ a poor black family living in the south side of Chicago. They all have dreams and aspirations. In some cases‚ their dream is so powerful that it is about to explode and in other cases‚ they let their dream lay dormant‚ but every member of the family does have a dream. In the play A Raisin in the Sun‚ Walter‚ Beneatha and Mama are dreaming about a better life in the future; through the achievement and failure of their dreams
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In the play “A Raisin in the Sun” the reader can see that the characters have a dream because they are waiting on the insurance check to get there so the family could do what they wanted to with the money. The dreams that the family has is to be able to make life easier for them by Walter wanting to open up a liquor store‚ while Beneatha wants to become a doctor. But their mother has other plans of how she wants to use the money. For them being black was one of the biggest struggles because they had
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Lauren Gault Mr. Russell AP Literature 22 Feb 2011 A Raisin in the Sun The play and the production of A Raisin in the Sun are comparable in multiple ways. After reading the play and watching the movie‚ there are many things that don’t exactly match up to one another causing the audience to develop a bias about several things that could use some reviewing. With all intentions‚ Hansberry worked delicately to choose the right actors to fit the parts in the movie production. Although Hansberry
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