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    The play A Raisin in the Sun By Lorraine Hansberry‚ Mama and Walter Lee argue a lot‚ mostly about money and how the family should be raised and who should lead the family. For example‚ In the play Mama and Walter Lee argue mostly about the life insurance money‚ Walters dad’s insurance money to be exact. Walter Lee dreams of owning a business‚ but his first chance of owning a business is lost (Hansberry 32). He wants to own part of a liquor store‚ but‚ Mama disagrees with this choice‚ saying “...And

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    LDC Final Essay : Module One Have you every heard of a dream? Did you every think about how they van effect you? Or did you every think about how they differ or come true? In A Raisin I n The Sun by Lorraine Hansberry Mama is one of the characters and she has many conflicts for example one them was she thought about her dream. In addition to her to a lot of other thing on her mind like what she wanted to do with the money. “A little drily‚ doubting the total sincerity

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    “A Raisin in The Sun’ written by Lorraine Hansberry is a play written in third person narrative. This play is mainly written to be read by several to an audience‚ therefore it doesn’t have one specific person narrating the whole thing. The most dynamic character in this story is Walter. Walter changed a lot throughout this book as he began focusing on supplying his family with the things they were in need of rather than his own personal desires. After all the actions he took that greatly impacted

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    Many people have dreams that they want to accomplish. In A Raisin in the Sun‚ characters have a goal. Walter’s passion is to own a liquor store because he wants to be an entrepreneur. Beneatha’s dream is to become a doctor to help cure people. Mama pursues her dream of having a garden and a house. Each person’s aspiration is important to them. Thesis At first‚ all Walter seems to care about is owning a liquor store with his two friends‚ Willy and Bobo. For example‚ one way he is trying to attempt

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    their future‚ or the future of their family. Everybody also has challenges that they have to overcome in order to make these hopes and dreams come true. An example of this can be seen in Lorraine Hansberry’s most notable and landmark play A Raisin in the Sun. This groundbreaking play is about the younger family who are a poor black family that lives on the Southside of Chicago. In this play Walter‚ Elaine‚ Beneatha have

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    also left Latinas feeling the same‚ in that they focused on issues of racial and ethnic oppression and cultural nationalism‚ while ignoring the critical issues of sexism and heterosexism. Women and women ’s issues were only seen as "White‚" thus denying Latinas and other women of color their full identity. Eventually‚ Latina women joined other women of color in the introduction of gender issues into ethnic studies and critical race issues in women ’s studies. Their actions were taking a

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    Gender Issues in the Workplace Introduction Believe it or not women have had rights in the work force for over two hundred years. Women should be treated as equals with men in the work place‚ but that is not always the case. Companies need to be careful with gender issues; they could lead to law suits and cost millions of dollars. People whether it is men or women should be hired‚ promoted‚ or given raises based on their experience not their gender. Dealing with gender issues in the work place

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    Lorraine Hansberry’s play “A Raisin in the Sun‚” was a radically new representation of black life‚ resolutely authentic‚ fiercely unsentimental‚ and unflinching in its vision of what happens to people whose dreams are constantly deferred. I compared Act One‚ Scene 2‚ in the play and the film. The setting in the play is on a Saturday morning‚ and house cleaning is in process at the Youngers. In the film‚ the setting is the same as play‚ with lighting and costumes. The plot in the play is when

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    TITLE: GENDER ISSUES IN COUNSELING TERM PAPER AUTHOR: BEN KAMAU Introduction Gender Gender refers to the socially constructed roles‚ behavior‚ activities and attributes that a particular society considers appropriate for men and women. It is a basic organizing principle of society that shapes how we think about ourselves and guides how we interact with others. The distinct roles and behavior may give rise to gender inequalities

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    The 1950s was a time of ongoing struggle against racism and segregation. An African American woman during these times faced many obstacles‚ and it was increasingly difficult to pursue her dreams. Lorraine Hansberry’s drama‚ A Raisin in the Sun‚ focuses on the conflicts that the Younger family face due to a $10‚000 insurance check that has the potential to improve their lives immensely. For Beneatha Younger‚ this check is the key to moving forward and achieving her dream of becoming a doctor. Beneatha

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