GIRAFFES - Lee Downie “Four Eyes!” “Giraffe Neck!” “You stink” “You look like a boy” “Shut up ugly‚ I hate you‚ I hate you!” Kayla shouts to the boy living in the house on the opposite side of the street. Every morning just before lunchtime the kids would come out of their houses onto their porches and hurl insults at each other‚ making them hate each other more and more each day. A few weeks ago Kayla and Kyle were playmates but that all changed when Kyle threw Kayla’s cabbage patch doll onto
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what these foreigners expected? Immigrants come to America with little experience hoping to find success‚ when actually they are put in the lower ranks of society and are suppressed by a racial barrier. In a novel by Lorraine Hansberry‚ A Raisin in the Sun highlights the impact assimilation has on Beneatha. As Asagai visits he gives Beneatha some African robes that she tries on. He then compliments her yet insults her hairstyle by saying “Asagai: ... You wear it well... very well... mutilated hair
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of A Raisin in the Sun further enhances the viewer’s opinion of the movie; it shows just how the family has emotions‚ hope and optimism. The screen adaptation gave the audience a better view of the whole play from an emotional stand point. Just reading the play the narration gives you a flat look of the emotions that each character portrays. The readers have to rely on the narrations to tell the story. Like for instance in the Lorraine Hansberry written version of the play when Walter Younger
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Poverty has ruined many lives in the past. It is the base of the downfall of humanity. The struggle of surviving in poverty is shown well through the book The Raisin in the Sun. With raising prices and the loss of jobs it has made it even harder for those looking for jobs to survive in today’s economy. Poverty has spread throughout the world with a lot of organizations rising to the conflict. The change our world is going through has made the world easier to live in‚ but the amount of money spent
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called Walter for supper and I said “ Walter Supper is ready!” Then he had said to me “I am not that hungry.” I said to him‚ “Boy what’s wrong!” Then he was limping down the stairs and I was thinking what could be wrong with him. Then my husband said “Pull your pants down.” Then me and him both saw that his leg was sore. Then I questioned him “What did you do to your leg?” Then he said “ Well‚ Momma I had decided to get some rope and a hook and to hook myself on the back of a Cab.” I said “Walter!!”
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within “Time Flies” by David Ives and “A Raisin in the Sun” by Lorraine Hansberry are perfect examples of the main points of the nature of drama. To understand the elements of soliloquy and asides‚ the dramatical difference in stories and plays‚ and the effect of the audience against the actors is to understand how drama can be interpreted. In soliloquy‚ characters are presented as speaking to themselves‚ or thinking out loud. In aside‚ characters turn away from the person they are conversating with
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prejudice existed and did not allow people of minorities to receive equal rights. In the play A Raisin in the Sun‚ Lorraine Hansberry‚ the author‚ expresses how racial tension was during the 1950s by introducing a character who appears briefly but is a significant character to the story named Mr. Linder. Mr. Linder expresses racial tension between majority and minority in the play A Raisin in the Sun. Lorraine Hansberry expresses this by showing that he is the only white person in this play. Mr.
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and in the “Raisin the Sun” This is the American Dream‚ the desire to succeed and move up in the class system. Each of the characters has a dream to achieve. Walter dreams of making it big‚ Beneatha dreams of becoming a doctor‚ and Ruth’s dream is to move out of their old house into a nice home. The obstacles they face have much to do with their lower class status and naivety. It is in their dream that they hope to be rid of both of these things‚ and it is the insurance money from their father’s
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pearls in this world? I tell you I am a man- and I think my wife should wear some pearls in this world” (Hansberry 143). Walter Lee‚ the poor soul and victim of the society in the 1950s Chicago‚ just wanted…. The Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine Hansberry focuses on an oppressed black family‚ the Youngers‚ as they tackle destruction of dreams‚ racism‚ and discrimination. Walter Lee the ambitious‚ proud protagonist faces many challenges brought upon him by the antagonist‚ society. In the beginning of
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In Hansberry’s play A Raisin in the Sun‚ the protagonist Walter is portrayed as stubborn‚ childish‚ and later determined to show his transition into manhood. Living in the Southside of Chicago‚ the play follows the Younger family’s daily struggles. The main struggle they go through is the passing of Mama’s husband Walter Senior. Due to his death‚ they get a $10‚000 insurance check‚ and they decide to buy a house and start Beneatha’s dream of becoming a doctor. While also helping out Walter’s dream
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