LORRAINE ANSBERRY H A Raisinin the Sun Characters RUTH YOUNGER TRAVIS YOUNGER WALTER LEE YOUNGER (BROTHER) BENEATHA YOUNGER LENA YOUNGER (MAMA) JOSEPH ASAGAI GEORGE MURCHISON MRS. JOHNSON KARL LINDNER BOBO MOVING MEN The action of the playis set in Chicago’s side‚ sometime South between World War II and thepresent. Act I Scene I Friday morning. Scene II Thefollowing morning. Act II Scene I Later‚ thesame day. Scene II Friday night‚ a few later. weeks Scene III Moving day‚ one later
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Name:______________________________________________ Date: ______________ A Raisin in the Sun: ACT I Study Guide Questions 1. According to Mama‚ how would Walter’s father feel about Walter? Disappointed and ashamed 2. What are all the Youngers waiting for? The life insurance check ($10‚000) 3. What do Mama and Walter argue about? They argue about what to do with the check/liquor store. 4. What is the Younger home like? Small‚ overcrowded
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conflict characters in the story is between Mama and Walter. Walter is not satisfied with his life because in his mind he hasn’t accomplished his goals‚ and he feels like his future is laid out for him. Also‚ Walter does not appreciate all of the things his family has or how much his family loves him. The fact Walter does not believe he is the man of the house makes him think he is worthless and does not need to strive for his goals anymore. During the story Mama becomes upset when Walter “loses” all
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influence the plot most. The play takes place in Chicago’s Southside in the 1940s to 1950s. When for African Americans segregation was big. Just like in Lorraine’s life the family in the play ends up buying a house in a white neighborhood. Two characters‚ Mama and Walter impact the plot the most with their words‚ actions‚ and stage directions. Walter is a thirty-five year old man and is Mama’s son. In the play Walter depicts the antagonism and despondency of the African Americans during the 1940s. Walter
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MCC248 Lecture Six Narration 2: The Puzzle Plot Dr Yingchi Chu 2 September 2014‚ Murdoch Campus Introduction The lecture addresses the following questions • What is the puzzle plot? • How different is the puzzle plot from the classical Hollywood narratives? Debates amongst: David Bordwell‚ Edward Branigan‚ Michael Wedel and Warren Buckland. 1. Classical narrative & narration To understand how the ‘puzzle plot’ works as a disruption of viewing expectations trained on classical film narrative
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com/K1cJdwO‚ http://imgur.com/MNQWicg) During the 60’s the attitude to women totally changed. Inner and outer freedom were explicit‚ in some ways‚ sexually explicit. “Prince of the streets” depicted this social transformation better that someone else. Lola Garrido called famous photographer “the maestro of the moment”: “In short‚ Winogrand catches with his camera every detail by composing and giving natural meaning to the representation.” (Garrido‚ 2014). But the gifted photograther found the way in
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In today’s world of advancing technology‚ children have instant access to media. No longer do parents need to have portable DVD players in their vehicles for entertainment. With the development of products such as tablets‚ iPads‚ and smart phones‚ children have cartoons‚ movies‚ and videos literally at their fingertips. With a click of a button‚ children are connected to media sources within seconds. According to the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry (2015)‚ children in the U.S. 8-18
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Maggie to get the quilts because she thinks that Maggie will be “dumb” enough to use them in everyday use. Mama protests the idea by stating that she would at least see enjoyment out of them because Maggie also knows how to quilt‚ which means she knows how to recreate them or create new ones if she wanted too. Dee only wants to hang up the quilts and use them for decorations even though she told Mama that the quilts were old and out of fashion when Dee went to
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forever or change it. Walker uses theme and symbolism to illustrate how important or unimportant heritage is to Mama and her kids.
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heritage are between Mama and Dee. Mama is described as a “large‚ big-boned woman with rough‚ man-working hands”.
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