segregation is the main topic companying the human conflict centered on the family Younger in Chicago. One could argue that the play was written as a silent‚ cultural protest against the racial segregation when it comes to rights for living spaces. The play started with family Younger´s life in a small apartment with the following main characters: Walter Younger‚ his wife Ruth‚ his son Travis‚ his sister Beneatha‚ and his mom Lena live together. Walter works as a limousine driver and make mostly
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the characters identity also a group of members in stereotype. In characters we have Walter Lee Younger‚ who is the man that always wanted dreams of making money‚ and Lena Younger (Mama) who always wanted to have a house. Then there is Beneatha Younger who wants to go to college to become a doctor‚ George Murchison who is a rich boy going to college and Ruth Younger who is the wife of Walter Lee Younger and she is just trying to get by in life and be a strong woman. These main characters sum up this
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divide the characters’‚ which create problems between them. The root of each of their dreams is through a ten-thousand dollar check. The dreams of three characters’‚ Walter‚ Beneatha‚ and Mama Younger‚ create conflict with one another that make their dreams hard to achieve. Mama Younger‚ the mother of Walter and Beneatha Younger‚ devoted her life to her children after her husband’s death and would do whatever it took to help make her children’s dreams come true. She was retired and waiting for her
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black Chicago of the late 1950’s. The play written by Lorraine Hansberry‚ is about the Youngers‚ a black family living in poverty in the slums of Chicago. There is segregation at this time. They are faced with a big decision on how to spend the $10‚000 of insurance money that was left to Lena the matriarch of the family by her late husband. After an encounter with the meddling neighbor Mrs. Johnson‚ Beneatha who is Lena’s daughter says “Mama‚ if there are two things we as a people have got
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Buchanan‚ Jay‚ Gatsby‚ Walter Lee Younger‚ Beneatha Younger and Lena Younger all have achievements that either succeed or fail in the stories‚ The Great Gatsby and A Raisin in the Sun. In the two stories the characters all wanted bigger and better lives for themselves. Nick Carraway‚ Daisy Buchanan‚ Jay‚ Gatsby‚ Walter Lee Younger‚ Beneatha Younger and Lena Younger all gain or lose something meaningful in each story. Walter Lee Younger‚ Beneatha Younger and Lena Younger in A Raisin in the Sun‚ have
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He is thirty five years old‚ is married to Ruth Younger and is the father of Travis younger. Walter is outgoing‚ and full of dreams. Walter desperately wants to escape the life of poverty‚ he believes that all of his family’s problems will disappear if they escape poverty. He also believes that he will be respected more
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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 that are introduced in the beginning of the play. George is a wealthy‚ colored man‚ but Beneatha despises his character saying that ‘the Murchinsons are honest-to-God-real-live-rich
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the living room in the Younger apartment might he comfortable and well-ordered‚ but ’’weariness" has "won in this room." What physical details of the living room set show these qualities? 2. What details of the setting show that the apartment is crowded? 3. Walter’s wife‚ Ruth‚ is described as a pretty "girl‚" who is changing into a "set!tled woman." What has happened to change Ruth’s beauty? 4. How does the apartment building itself create problems for the Younger family as they begin
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1994‚ 1950s Ruth Younger: Walter’s wife and Travis’ mother Walter Lee Younger: Dreamer‚ wants to be rich‚ and makes plans with friends to become wealthy Lena Younger: Walter and Beneatha’s mother. religious‚ moral‚ and maternal Beneatha Younger: Lena’s daughter and Walter’s sister. Attends college and dreams of becoming a doctor Travis Younger: Walter and Ruth’s son Joseph Asagai: From Nigeria‚ proud of his heritage‚ and in love with Beneatha The Apartment: cramped
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full of bombs that are explosions of emotion set off by the frustration of the Younger family‚ who are unable to grasp the possible reality of their dreams. The family shares the dream of having a better life but compete against each other for the insurance money given to Mama after her husband’s death. The son of Mama‚ Walter‚ dreams of being a rich black man by investing the money in a liquor store. His sister‚ Beneatha‚ wants to use the money to finish school‚ so she can pursue her life as a doctor
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