back steps of apartments on Chicago’s South Side and the excerpt from a Chicago commission report‚ explain the appeal of suburban life for Chicago residents in the 1940s and ’50s. How does your answer relate to the experiences and ambitions of the Younger family in the play? During the 1940s and ’50s there was an appeal for suburban life for Chicago residents because in large cities like Chicago‚ there are mostly industries and corporation that doesn’t allow many places for individuals to live. This
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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‚ Lena and her daughter Beneath get the other room. The important event in the play‚ when Lena Younger‚ the head of the household‚ receives a $10‚000 insurance check comes in the mail when her
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play‚ “A Raisin in the Sun‚” the Younger family is going through the daily trauma of being an African American family during the 1940s to 1950s. The family of five live in a cramped apartment in Southside Chicago and they wait for the $10‚000 check from the health insurance to arrive. As time goes by‚ the family focuses on the money instead of committing to their dreams‚ and those dreams ultimately become deferred dreams. The effects of deferred dreams on the Younger family include; miscommunication
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her to hold the family together. Ruth Younger the mom in the drama A Raisin in the Sun‚ by Lorraine Hansberry‚ is a very caring and hardworking mother who strives to keep her family above poverty. In times where African American families were discriminated‚ the Youngers faced hardships and were forced to live in Chicago’s ghettos on the south side. The only thing keeping the Younger family above poverty is the hard work of Ruth‚ Mama‚ and Walter. Ruth Younger is burdened by a new baby and is a victim
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The drama A Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine Hansberry depicts a story of a poor black family’s struggle to escape poverty and fulfill their individual dreams‚ while residing on the Southside of Chicago. Each member of the Younger family have inspirations‚ however are deprived of achieving them due to their African-American race. Mama‚ whom is the matriarch of the family dreams of buying a house for her family in a more decent and refined neighborhood. She believes that living in a new house creates
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Dreams are represented in both texts as a part of strong desires to achieve personal goals either for the family’s greater good or society in general. A good example it is in the Hansberry’s play‚ when every member of the Younger family had a separate and individual dream. Beneatha wanted to become a doctor‚ but Walter wanted to have money for his business so that he could afford things for his family. Throughout the play the family struggled to achieve these dreams. However‚ by the end they learn
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The Youngers‚ that lives in the south side of Chicago. Lena Younger (Mama) is the oldest in the family. She has a son named Walter and a daughter named Beneatha. Walter has a wife and son. The Youngers are a poor family. This is easily realized because five people are living in a small one bedroom apartment. The hopes of the family gets a boost when they get a 10‚000$ check from life insurance of Lena’s husband. Lena wants to buy a big house. Walter wants to open a liquor store‚ and Beneatha wants
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A Raisin in the Sun highlights the impact assimilation has on Beneatha. As Asagai visits he gives Beneatha some African robes that she tries on. He then compliments her yet insults her hairstyle by saying “Asagai: ... You wear it well... very well... mutilated hair and all. (Hansberry 513)” Asagai insults Beneatha on her American values. In the 1950’s a pop culture trend was for girls to straighten their hair. Orwick 2 Beneatha conforms to this pop culture trend and takes part of assimilation
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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 wants to invest the money into a liquor store. On the other hand the sister Beneatha wants to use the money to go to medical school after college. Although the 2 children had there
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CHAPTER III: The Impact of Identity on Dreams – 1. Identity in the Sight of Other People In actual fact‚ people have a certain view or conception about what somebody is. This view is quite different from what the individual himself has. But then the harm in all this is that this state of affairs has a great impact on what an individual is supposed to become in life especially when he doesn’t have a great sense of objectivity or when he is not determined to achieve his life goal regardless
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