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    Nardinelli (n.d)‚ there was an argument on the time when living condition were improved. “The pessimists claim no marked improvement in standards of living until the 1840s or 1850s. Most optimists‚ by contrast‚ believe that living standards were rising by the 1810s or 1820s‚ or even earlier.” No matter stance was correct‚ the labourers used to live in low condition. In The Condition of the Working Class in England Engels‚ Friedrich (1892). The Condition

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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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    What happens to a dream deferred? In “A Raisin in the Sun” the author‚ Lorraine Hansberry‚ both ask and works to answer the often interacted question of Langston Hughes. Throughout the play‚ one witness the trials and tribulations of the Younger family‚ comprised of Mama‚ her two children‚ Walter and Beneatha‚ and Walter’s wife and son‚ Ruth and Travis respectively. Despite him technically being a full grown adult‚ the play is‚ in part‚ a coming-of-age for Walter Younger. A pivotal moment of the

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    The Effect of Soil pH on the Living Conditions In Lumbricus terrestris Abstract The difference in soil pH weighs a heavy measure on the appearance of the earthworm Lumbricus terrestris in different areas of soil. A highly acidic or highly alkaline soil may be the underlying reason for the absence of this earthworm in certain areas where pH plays a large role. In this experiment‚ soil pH was altered with Miracid—a soil acidifier and Agricultural Limestone—a soil correctional for acidic soil

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    if you had a million dollars‚ everything in your life would be absolutely perfect? The fact is‚ a million dollars isn’t reality for the everyday average person. The average person works hard for a living barely scraping by. We are reminded of this throughout Lorraine Hansbury’s play A Raisin in the Sun. One of the main themes in this play is that money can’t buy happiness. The character who best conveys this theme is Walter Younger‚ a lean‚ intense young man in his middle thirties‚ who works as a

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    character want? One thing Mama wants most for the family is a good and hopeful future. Mama’s plant represents both Mama’s care and her dream for her family. There is one time in the play when Mama states‚ "Lord if this little old plant don’t get more sun than it’s been getting it ain’t never going to spring again" (40). Even when she confesses the plant’s poor state of

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    Walter wants the best for his family and he thinks the liquor store will provide him the financial security needed to boost them out of poverty. "I’m thirty five years old; I’ve been married eleven years and I got a boy who sleeps in living room (Hansberry 34). best describes the sympathy and compassion Walter feels for his son. Although his family’s financial position has a strain on it‚ Walter doesn’t want his son to see him struggle. Even in today’s world‚ children are very susceptible

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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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    In Lorraine Hansberry’s play‚ “A Raisin in the Sun” and the novel “The House on Mango Street” by Sandra Cisneros‚ both authors convey the idea that women must work hard for their dreams of having a better future even when men do not support their idea like Beneatha when she is told by his brother‚ Walter‚ and her boyfriend‚ George‚ that she is wasting her time on studying on becoming a doctor and Alicia knowing that she has to fulfill her duty of being

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    feel prejudice towards a single individual or to an entire group of people‚ but in either sense the effects are felt by the victims none the less. Both pride and prejudice are major themes that Lorraine Hansberry weaved throughout her play A Raisin in the Sun and in turn these themes have affected the main characters in many different ways. The first time I noticed pride appear in the play is right at the beginning of act 1‚ scene 1 when the stage director is illustrating the setting. He

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