A Raisin in the Sun A Raisin in the Sun is a story of the Younger Family dealing with racial problems in Chicago slums. Ten thousand dollars arrives in the mail and Lena has to decide what to do with it. Bennie wants it for tuition money‚ Walter wants it for down payment for the liqueur store and Ruth just wants everyone to be happy. So there is three major events happening: (1) Lena decides to buy a house in a white neighborhood‚ (2) Lena entrusts the rest of the money to Walter telling him to
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Hansberry was produced in 1959 and foresees many of the issues that the African American populations were facing regarding their own identity. The Youngers are an extremely poor African-American family living on the South Side of Chicago that suffer from the racial tension between black and white in their everyday lives. Lena Younger‚ her daughter Beneatha‚ her son Walter and his wife Ruth and their son Travis squeeze into a dilapidated two-bedroom apartment. Not only do these characters feel confined
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For instance‚ in the play‚ I understood Walter lee younger dreams but the way he wanted to achieve his dream was just money motivated. It was as if he did not think about things except making money that made him not to plan about incase things went wrong. At the same time I understood him he wanted a better
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Mr. Schwab English I 11 March‚ 2013 A Raisin in the Sun In Lorraine Hansberry’s significant novel‚ A Raisin in the Sun‚ the Youngers‚ an African-American family‚ struggle to maintain happiness and harmony in their middle-class household. The central characters in the novel each has a specific dream or dreams that they strive to make a reality. Lena Younger‚ also known as Mama‚ desires a family house where she‚ her children and grandchild could live comfortably. Ruth‚ Lena’s daughter-in-law
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2331 6 January 2013 A Raisin in the Sun ~ sequel by Vasile Garbulet ~ -Well Mr. and Ms. Kelly‚ this is the house. It has three bedrooms‚ a large kitchen‚ a living room with chimney and a beautiful backyard with lots of flowers. -Indeed Mr. Younger‚ this is a beautiful house‚ but tell us more about it. You said you’re the son of its previous owner. And did you live here for the last ten years? -Yes. My grandmother paid ten years ago a down payment towards the house. I was only ten‚ but I still
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Walter Lee Youngers’ Characteristics In the 1920’s‚ many African-American families had left the southern states and migrated north to Chicago’s South Side in search of the “American Dream”‚ dreaming of freedom‚ equality‚ and the opportunity that was supposed to be available to every American. This “American Dream” was sought by many African Americans in the U.S. Written by Lorraine Hansberry and produced in 1959‚ The play: A Raisin in the Sun‚ gave readers a strong meaning about the values of
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Discussion questions English 3-4 Honors Ms. Thackeray Plot/Conflict – Using the handout‚ map the dramatic structure of the central conflict. Use cd from the play. Explain the existing conflicts between the Younger family members‚ Mama and Walter‚ Walter & Ruth‚ and Walter and Beneatha. How are these conflicts associated with the American Dream? What is the central conflict around which the play revolves? How does this central conflict relate to the notion of the American Dream? Symbolism –
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the poverty that is preventing them from achieving some sort of financial stability‚ or the American Dream. This correlates to the play A Raisin in the Sun because Mama‚ Walter‚ Ruth‚ and Beneatha had a dream of their own. In a way all four of these individuals have the same vision for the future. Lena Younger (“Mama”)‚ Walter and Beneatha’s mother. The matriarch of the family‚ Mama is religious‚ moral‚ and maternal. She wants to use her husband’s insurance money as a down payment on a house with
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with other families living on the same floo . . . It is about the unity of their family‚ not so much about eagerness for money. Walter Lee bickers with his wife Ruth‚ his sister Beneatha‚ and even with his own son Travis. To each individual‚ the $10‚000 check is what determines the rest of their life. Lena Younger‚ the mother and the head of the family is a very strong character. Ruth is the housewife that tries to keep everyone on time for everything. She is a character that tries to keep Walter
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sacrificed for his family’s happiness. Everyone in the family has their own plans for the money. Walter wants to invest in a liquor store‚ Beneatha wants to save for medical school and Mama isn’t really worried about the money as much as the others. After Mama places a down payment on the house‚ she gives the remaining money to Walter to put aside for Beneatha and himself. This shows the trust that Mama has in Walter as being the head of the house. As a result of Walters greed‚ he invested all of
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