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    Some readers feels that “money” is the most important word in the play Raisin in the sun because it has the most influence on the Youngers within the play. Such as buying the new house that they want‚ having enough money for education purposes‚ and many other necessities. Money also has a huge impact on the Youngers. Although money in their mind is supposed to help them‚ it makes things harder for them. For example‚ when walter goes to pursue his dreams to open up a liquor store and he ends up losing

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    Abortion: The Two Sides of a Controversial Issue. The word abortion means the "Also called voluntary abortion. The removal of an embryo or fetus from the uterus in order to end a pregnancy." (Dictionary). Abortion is a major issue in the world today. People in many countries are having abortion each year even if it is going against their religion. There are many arguments for and against abortion. It is a really polemic topic to write and talk about and it causes controversies

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    In Lorraine Hansberry’s play‚ A Raisin in the Sun‚ she tells the value and purpose of dreams and how oftentimes dreams do get deferred. Hansberry got the title for the play based off of Langston Hughes’ famous poem A Dream Deferred. The language Hansberry uses reflects the deeper meaning of Hughes’ poem. Although the Younger women have lived in the same apartment for generations‚ they each face their unique trials and tribulations. Mama is faced with the decision of how to spend the money she received

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    Glass Ceiling In A Raisin in the Sun‚ by Lorraine Hansberry‚ the Junior family is burdened with a glass ceiling that is not just restraining the female gender‚ but the African American Race as well. Throughout the book‚ a laboring family is not earning what they deserve‚ their dreams a reality. They struggle through living in a run down and cramped house‚ they way are fated to live by their race. The only income they receive comes from Walters pay check and as compensation for Walter Sr.’s death

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    The most important character is mama. i believe this because in anyone’s life their mother would and should be the most important. She runs the family‚ what she says goes. whenever her kids seem stressed she can tell like when ever walter was trying to leave and got into a argument with his wife. Mama jumped in and talked to walter because she could tell he was not the same. Shes there to help guide her family now more then to help with anything. She gives advice and a hand when needed. The play

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    The Character of Walter Lee Younger Walter Lee wanted to give his family the world. He believed that he and his family deserved more than what they had. As the man of the house‚ Walter fights against the demons of poverty and racial/social injustice that plagued his father and now seem to have a tight grip upon him. His attitude is negative and deceptive through most of the play‚ due to discontentment within. Walter hated being a poor black man‚ from a little apartment in the ghetto

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    In the background of the nonstop increase in patients who need to transplant a part of body for survival‚ the law prohibiting the widespread of trading human organs in numerous nations is being a controversial issue. The information from “Topics for today” (Smith and Mare‚ 2004) as well as reference of other resources presenting in this paper does express two different perceptions. While most of ethical and political organisations oppose to transaction human organs‚ I still belive that it is necessary

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    Abortion Abortion has been and continues to be a controversial topic in the United States. For many years there have been disputes for women’s life and the life of the child. Some people view it as someone not taking responsibility‚ others see it as a personal choice. The World Health Organization estimated in 2004 that unsafe abortions caused 68‚000 maternal deaths worldwide each year (“AbortionsProcon.org”). Women tend to have unsafe abortions when they are denied abortions or do not have access

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    Ottawa‚ April 18th‚ 2013 ENG4C By: Eumar Tovar COMPARATIVE REPORT In the play A Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine Hansberry and the discourse I have a dream by Martin Luther King‚ Jr. there are many similarities. These texts are strongly related to each other by three important topics such as Dreams‚ Barriers and Family‚ because they per se give the people the courage to face challenges in life. Dreams are represented in both texts as a part of strong desires to achieve personal

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    Optimism is the hopefulness and confidence about the future or the successful outcome of something. As life happens‚ there is no way to predict what is going to happen. Optimism is what keeps the hopes of people alive. Even though these two characters seem the same‚ Lennie should actually be considered more optimistic than Walter because of the dream‚ their family‚ and how they are separated because Lennie displays a more optimistic person. Walter‚ being raised through racism and living through civil

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