performance texts from the course syllabus may be adequate selections‚ A Raisin in the Sun is the best choice to complete the Witrz 2015-2016 season. A Raisin in the Sun is the best as it provides casting opportunities for minorities‚ is relevant to northwestern‚ and addresses issues differing from those recently explored. There is currently a lack of casting of minorities in the Wirtz shows at Northwestern; doing A Raisin in the Sun would increase the number of roles that are historically cast
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Paper A Raisin in the Sun‚ a play written by Lorraine Hansberry‚ embodies the struggles of a black family in the 1960’s living in Chicago. Everyone in the Younger family seems to have an ambitious dream that they are all trying to achieve with insurance money earned by Big Walter. Walter Lee Younger‚ the man of the family‚ is a motivated man that is unhappy with his job as a chauffer. He has big dreams of opening up a liquor store to become a businessman so he can diminish his family’s poverty
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Tania Garcia A raisin in the sun Prof. Natalie Sandler November‚ 27‚ 2012 A Raisin in the sun In a Raisin in the sun people wondered about Walter Lee’s inner journey. A Raisin in the sun is a play that explorer’s the struggles of African American people who achieve their desires. It’s about an African American family trying to pursue an American dream of owning their own home but in the process they encounter racism
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Monica Perez Experiment 8: Acetylsalicylic Acid Experiment 01/25/2013 CHM Lab- 2211 Sec 0016 Instructor: Jennifer Reed Introduction: Commonly used as Aspirin‚ acetylsalicylic acid is an analgesic (pain reliever)‚ which is one of the products of the esterification reaction between salicylic acid and acetic anhydride. This esterification occurs since the hydroxyl group from the salicylic acid reacts with acetic anhydride to form an ester. In this experiment‚ we will be able to recreate
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Introduction: The objective of this experiment is to demonstrate osmosis by using an egg as a model. In order for this to happen the vinegar will make the eggs shell disappears. The reason for this is because vinegar has acetic acid and the shell has calcium carbonate‚ when these come into contact it produces carbon dioxide. This is the reasoning for the little bubbles when the egg is first put into the vinegar. After the shell discinigrates it will become rubbery from the acetic acid‚ at this
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Précis Lorraine Hansberry’s play A Raisin in the Sun (1959) asserts that in life‚ those with less‚ don’t go there in one day but through a prolonged time of struggle and strife . The first scene of the novel describes that a family that once was united and loving evolved into one that continues to survive in the conflict of society. Furthermore‚ in order to show this the author describes the once beautiful furniture of the house‚ seemed to get worn and torn out with time. This section gives the audience
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A Raisin in the Sun uncovers the hardships within the black community and how to deal racial oppression of the white community. Through a character named Asagai‚ the play shows how to appreciate African Heritage. This play was a major breakthrough in the arts for blacks because for the first time there is a black family on stage. Through this play Hansberry touches on major issues‚ such as racism‚ discrimination‚ poverty and even abortion (at a time when abortion wasn’t even legal). A Raisin in the
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A Raisin in the Sun Essay Often in works of literature a character’s life is affected by a single act or mistake In the play‚ “A Raisin in the Sun” by Lorraine Hansberry ‚ the character Mama is affected by a mistake. When Mama’s husband dies‚ she receives a $10‚000 check. She decides to split the money three ways. One portion will go to purchasing a new house for the family‚ the second to her daughter Beneatha’s school and the rest for her son Walter to put in the bank. Her son’s plan was
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In Lorraine Hansberry’s A Raisin in the Sun‚ actions to pursue the American Dream consistently move the play forward. Lorrain Hansberry produced this play in order to illustrate the importance of dreams in the everyday lives of ordinary people. The play begins at a time shortly after World War II‚ and the audience begins to become familiar with one of the many families who are struggling with money. Due to the state of the economy at that time‚ the play centrally focuses on American Dreams of a better
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Martina Oganesyan Title of investigation: The effect of solute concentration on osmosis in potatoes. Research question: What is the solute concentration of a potato? Hypothesis: Osmosis is the movement of water across the membrane from an area of high concentration to an area of low concentration. The osmosis continues until the solute concentrations are equal in both areas. In this experiment‚ we put pieces of potatoes into test tubes with sugar solutions of different concentrations and leave
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