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    * Rebecca Bermudez * English 99‚ CRN 31495 * Professor Lawrence * 10 April 2012 * Summary for Feel The Fear… And Do It Anyway * Susan Jeffers‚ Ph.D. * Feel The Fear… And Do It Anyway written by Susan Jeffers‚ Ph.D. has a main focus of working through fear‚ becoming more decisive and expanding comfort zones. The topics throughout the reading consists of concepts of increasing self-confidence‚ overcoming fear‚ staying optimistic through any given situation‚ living successfully

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    Webster 1  Kiahna Webster  Mr. Jackson  English III‚ 7th Period  April 14th‚ 2014  Death of a Salesman​  vs. ​ A Raisin in the Sun  Death of a Salesman​  and ​ A Raisin in the Sun​  are definitely a criticism of capitalism and the  American way of life. They’re are millions that are going through similarities that are exhibited  in the films. Many feel as if money is everything in life when truly it is not. In the film ​ Death of  a Salesman​ ‚ Willy felt as if money was everything. Willy literally gave his life away so that his 

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    several characters as described in two works‚ A Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine Hansberry and Dreamer by Charles Johnson. In both of these works‚ albeit the dreams were different for these characters initially‚ the cessation result was for the same purposes. Those purposes being unity‚ prosperity‚ and serenity. To begin I’d like to direct attention to the initial dreams of each individual characters in in both books in addition to some similarities that I found between some of the characters. Walter

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    What made Angels in America one of the best play for the last 50 years? For a similar reason why A Raisin in the Sun and The Zoot Suit were famous for. All these three play are based on racism and prejudice against an individual because of their sex‚ skin color‚ religion and sex preference. Human creature tends to fear things that are unknown and if someone or something that is different than them‚ their reaction to solve the problem would be hatred toward that individual. Which led to racism

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    Lorraine Hansberry‚ in her novel A Raisin in The Sun powerfully conveys the dream of her character‚ Walter Younger. Presented by having him explicitly ask for help to complete his dream‚ by having Walter reach his dream then fail‚ then by having those dreams change and become something new. Transforming from a man wanting to purchase a liquor store with the money from his father’s death just so he can become more wealthy‚ to wanting to support his family in their act of moving to a white neighborhood

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    Critical response: A Raisin in the Sun‚ Lorraine Hansberry The play falls under realism the stage design and setting is a representation of everyday life. The characters behaved‚ spoke‚ and dressed like ordinary people. This play brings the awareness of social and political problems‚ which inspires change. The characters of the cast represents real life personalities‚ which shapes the way they behave. The language used in the play is conversational. This play is also a multicultural play‚ which

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    Thesis: The novel Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck and the play A Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine Hansberry show that there is great struggle in reaching The American Dream. 1. In this novel Of Mice and Men‚ John Steinbeck exposes the American Dream as unattainable through his settings‚ symbolization‚ and characters. a. Steinbeck uses his settings to illuminate the unrealistic concept of the American Dream. In Of Mice and Men‚ the story unfolds on a ranch‚ where every worker desires the American

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    the play A Raisin in the Sun argue‚ the American Dream - which smolder inside all of us - is essentially evil‚ impossible to attain without sacrificing the dreams of others‚ and is‚ in some ways‚ not truly attainable. The main characters in all these pieces strive to achieve their American Dream. Gatsby’s

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    In A Dream Deferred‚ by Langston Hughes‚ the quote “Does it dry up like a raisin in the sun?” best fits Gatsby’s tragic dream of getting Daisy (Huges 2). Jay met Daisy Fay when he was stationed in Louisville before going to fight in WWI. Gatsby fell in love with Daisy and the wealth she represents‚ but he had to leave for the war and by the time he returned to the US in 1919. Determined to get her back‚ Gatsby ignores the fact she has been married to Tom for three years and has a child. However

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    and even die for what they are prideful about. Pride can encourage a person to do something so small that has very minimal effect on anything or something so large that the world is changed as a result. Prejudice is one of many things that challenge the idea of pride. Prejudice is prejudgment that is not based on reasons or actual experiences. In simple terms‚ prejudice is judging a book by its cover. A person can feel prejudice towards a single individual or to an entire group of people‚ but in either

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