of the day‚ when the check is received for Mama and what she decided to do with the money‚ to the last scene when Walter decides to become a man and stand up for what is right for the family. Even though dominance and submissive traits are noticeable throughout the play‚ the characters do not realize the effects of the traits within the family unit. The story is of a lower-class black family waiting for a $10‚000 insurance check for their Mama.. Her son‚ Walter Lee‚ is desperate to be
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and placement in a university in Massachusetts. As the story begins‚ Uma’s parents‚ Mama and Papa‚ swing on the veranda of their home and issue orders to Uma related to housekeeping duties. Uma silently but begrudgingly obeys. Uma relates to the housekeeper some of Mama’s domestic orders for the... Part 1‚ Chapters 3 and 4 Summary Uma is now twenty years old and firmly entrenched in the household‚ tending to both Mama and Papa’s demands. One day‚ Uma stealthily leaves the house with some money she has
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the protagonist “Mama‚’ Walker shows the differences between the two sisters‚
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view to describe how one person can change so many lives. In the story Mama has two daughters‚ Maggie and Dee. Maggie still lives at home with her mother while Dee has moved out and gone to college. From the very first sentence‚ "I will wait for her in the yard that Maggie and I made so clean and wavy yesterday afternoon"(92) the reader can tell that Mama is proud of how she lives and how she brought up her daughters. Mama is very nervous about Dee coming to visit and has done things to try and
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daughter‚ sees them as precious pieces of the people in her past. Walker illustrates an absolute contrast between the two daughters not only in their appearance but also their behavior and ideas. The story opens with Mama and Maggie waiting in the yard for Dee to visit. Mama is the narrator so we get a clear view on how she perceives things and feels about her surroundings. Her description of the yard as a pleasant place where‚ “anyone can come back and look up at the elm tree and wait for
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along the shoreline. The pieces were held up from our fingers to our elbows to make sure they were the right size. Then we would tie the pieces together with string and fix a stick to stand straight up on top. Next‚ we would get some fabric pieces from mama to use as a sail. When the wind was just right‚ our sails would fill up and the rafts would scoot along the water perfectly. We tied a long string to them so they wouldn’t go too far from us.
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it is the unfulfilled dreams that keep them alive. In A Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine Hansberry‚ the Younger family’s actions teach readers that unfulfilled dreams can cause breaks in relationships. Walter causes a break in his relationship with Mama‚ his mother‚ when his dream of opening a successful liquor store does not come true. Walter is a main character in A Raisin in the Sun‚ who lives with his wife‚ Ruth‚ sister‚ Beneatha‚ and son‚ Travis‚ in a small apartment in Chicago. Walter has always
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the archetypal earth mother surrounded by the materialistic external world. The mother‚ Mama Walker‚ shows her unconditional love for her children despite their challenging socio-economic state. She considers her possessions to be worth nothing to her as she lets go so “easily‚ without emphasis or regret” (Walker 253). One example of this is after moving to the projects after her children finished college‚ Mama Walker adjusted even though she had longed for a nice house earlier in life. Despite poverty
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conditions‚ and not being able to afford better. Even though the family is a very hard working family‚ especially Mama‚ Walter‚ and Ruth‚ they just cannot get themselves out of poverty‚ and improve their living conditions. However‚ an opportunity comes along and Mama proves to Walter that it is not just about dreams of a better life‚ but pride and family values are important as well. Mama teaches Walter a lesson about life‚ and about family. Mama’s old-fashion pride‚ and family values bring this whole
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Tita is the main character of the story‚ also the narrator‚ who suffers from unjust oppression from Mama Elena‚ her mother. She is raised to excel in the kitchen and many entertaining arts where she is expected to spend her whole life taking care of her mother. This is following the family tradition that the youngest daughter takes care of the mother until she dies. With her frivolous wants‚ Mama Elena denies her marriage and happiness to any man especially Pedro. She eventually breaks down and
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