However‚ Beneatha was trying to avoid that by attending college to be a doctor. Another example is the visit from Mr.Lindner‚ representing Clybourne neighborhood. Even though he was polite and respectful‚ his message was clear. They did not want the Younger family in their midst. A Raisin in the Sun foreshadows many of the problems and issues that would divide American society in the 1950’s. The first impact is a lack of economic opportunity for black families. All the characters except Beneatha worked
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Literary Analysis - A Raisin in the Sun In the play‚ A Raisin in the Sun‚ by Lorraine Hansberry‚ the Younger ’s are a poverty stricken‚ African American‚ extended family of five living in a small apartment in Chicago during the 1950 ’s. The mother‚ Lena receives a life insurance check for her deceased husband for ten thousand dollars and wants to use a portion of it to create a better life for her family and buy a home. The play covers the different ideas that each family member has in regards
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was there to experiencing it with them. The parts (or characters) I was disappointed in in was how Beneatha seemed to have a midwestern accent‚ while other characters had more of a southern accent. I thought she should have had the same kind of accent as the other characters‚ but maybe it was cast that way because going to college‚ and may have picked up on a “whiter” way of speaking. But Beneatha was what I expected to look like in the film of what I portrayed of her in the play. Ruth was also
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are Willy and Bobo? 4. Walter said‚ “Damn my eggs…damn all the eggs that ever was!” Why? 5. Who is Beneatha? 6. Why did Beneatha say she wouldn’t marry George? 7. What was Beneatha’s attitude towards God? 8. What happened to Ruth at the end of Act I Scene One? Act I Scene Two 9. Who is Joseph Asagai? 10. What did Ruth find out in the doctor’s office? 11. Why is Asagai’s nickname for Beneatha appropriate? 12. What does Mama say is “dangerous”? 13. Why did Mama call Walter a disgrace to his
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Dignity To get the full just of just how the characters in either a particular book or playwright acts‚ you need to visually see it for yourself. The appearance‚ behavior‚ and dialogue of the characters give effort to explaining the story. The Youngers were a different breed of family they had different values and they had morals. They had dreams and they were not going to let anything stop those dreams. The typical attitude of black families in that era was simply‚ your black so you kind of
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the well being of her family is more important to her than anything. Ruth is also witty and sarcastic at times. She cracks jokes to lighten the mood of her family when they’re worried. "Well that’s the way the cracker crumbles. Joke. (121)" When Beneatha and Mama are stressing over the neighborhood they are moving into‚ Ruth makes a witty joke to improve the mood. Ruth supervises the daily routine and well being of her family. She makes sure that everyone does what they are supposed to and stays
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Act One Scene One Questions Please answer each question in complete sentences. 1. Why did Walter ask Ruth what was wrong with her? She was acting crabby and was tired looking. 2. Why was Ruth upset when Walter gave Travis the money? Because Ruth told Travis that she didn’t have any money to spare‚ Walter also didn’t back her up and undermined her authority as a parent. 3. Who are Willy and Bobo? Both friends of Walter and they want to open a liquor store with Walter 4. Walter said‚ "Damn
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the baby she is pregnant with‚ or having the baby and worrying about another mouth to feed. All the way up until the Younger family moves into the prejudiced‚ white neighborhood of Clybourne Park‚ Ruth seriously considers aborting her baby. Diana Mafe says‚ “Although the abortion in Raisin never occurs‚ the possibility of abortion remains not only a source of conflict for Ruth Younger‚ wife to the protagonist Walter Lee‚ but also an indication of her desperate yet no less valid agency as a woman” (Mafe)
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TRIBHUVAN UNIVERSITY A Raisin in the Sun: The Pursuit of Afro- American Dream A Thesis Submitted to the Department of English‚ Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences‚ Ratna Rajya Laxmi Campus‚ Tribhuvan University‚ in the Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Master of Arts in English By Tanka Prasad Paudel Roll No.: 294/ 063 T. U. Registration No: 6-2-2-1201-2001 March 2011 Paudel i Tribhuvan University Ratna Rajya Laxmi Campus Department of English Exhibition
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that are set on their race. A "Raisin in the Sun" focuses on the troubled lives of the Younger family. The family’s patriarch has died‚ leaving a $10‚000 insurance policy that each member of the family views as a fulfillment of his or her own dream. Walter Lee Younger (Poitier) is an ambitious yet stifled man whose dreams of making a mark in the world leave him dissatisfied with his life as a chauffeur. Beneatha (Sands) is a college student whose dreams lead to conflict in everything from her choice
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