November 5‚ 2012 English 33 Mrs. Weissmann The dreams of the characters in the Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine Hansberry illustrated the theme of Langston Hughes poem. Lena‚ Walter‚ Ruth‚ and Beneatha all lived under the same roof‚ but their aspirations were all different. Being the head of the house‚ Lena just wanted her children to live the lives they imagined for themselves. Walter’s dream was to invest his mother’s money in a liquor store and to create a better life for his son Travis
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Country vs. City In the novel My Antonia by Willa Cather‚ Antonia Shimerda and Lena Lingard share a few similarities: they are both immigrants to America; they are both in their own way very beautiful women; and they are both very independent and accomplished women. However‚ they differ in personal appearance‚ lifestyle‚ and values. Antonia was very beautiful as a young girl‚ but as the years have passed‚ the struggles she has faced growing up in her life show in her outward appearance. She
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a kid. The success of the play was brought out by the characters and her way of keeping our interest with each one of them. They characters are very critical in understanding the play. There were four main characters that made the play a sellout‚ Lena‚ Ruth‚ Beneatha and Walter Lee. Each one of these characters had a dream to try to accomplish. The Characters portray the plays meaning in the way the play evolved into a masterpiece. Lorraine Hansberry studied African history while working on
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southside of Chicago‚ struggling with poverty and maintaining their dignity. Throughout the film Lena Younger‚ Walter Lee‚ Ruth and Beneatha face inner obstacles with themselves‚ conflict with outsidersm and cherished dreams. These dreams reveal the nature of the character’s longing to societal expectations that cannot be destroyed in the end. A Raisin in the Sun portrays a few weeks in the life of the Younger family. The family is an African American family in the 1950s that are struggling‚ striving
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loudly about the role women have played in the struggle for freedom. In A Raisin in the Sun‚ Hansberry shows three major female characters in very different stages in their lives. Lena wants to save her family from dissolution by resolving conflicts‚ remaining righteous and being the rock and the leader of the Youngers. Beneatha wants to both develop her intellect by attending school and be of service to humanity by practicing medicine; Ruth‚ on the other hand‚ wants Travis to grow up in a decent
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Lorraine 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
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He is thirty five years old‚ is married to Ruth Younger and is the father of Travis younger. Walter is outgoing‚ and full of dreams. Walter desperately wants to escape the life of poverty‚ he believes that all of his family’s problems will disappear if they escape poverty. He also believes that he will be respected more
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segregation is the main topic companying the human conflict centered on the family Younger in Chicago. One could argue that the play was written as a silent‚ cultural protest against the racial segregation when it comes to rights for living spaces. The play started with family Younger´s life in a small apartment with the following main characters: Walter Younger‚ his wife Ruth‚ his son Travis‚ his sister Beneatha‚ and his mom Lena live together. Walter works as a limousine driver and make mostly just enough
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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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satisfied with where they are. The characters in A Raisin in the Sun are members of a family that have to deal with a member who no longer knows his place in the family and goes on a personal journey to find one. The play’s main character‚ Walter Lee Younger‚ is struggling with his identity. Thrashing around drowning in the shortcomings of his life. His main focus throughout the play is getting money. From the opening scenes we see that that seems to be his driving force. The whole family is used to it
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