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    Why is family the most important relationship to Mama in A Raisin in the Sun? Mama is a character in A Raisin in the Sun who tries to keep everyone together because family is important. She believes it’s the most important relationship because she’s the head of the family‚ she strives for happiness‚ and she wants to follow her husband’s values. First‚ Mama is the head of the family and she makes most of the decisions. The decisions she makes in this novel are for everyone’s happiness. Her decisions

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    another‚ hold different opinions. Whites and African Americans both have thought about one another through past racial events to drive up opinions against one another. A written play‚ A Raisin in the Sun‚ holds the feelings between African American and Whites before it even improved. Since the play‚ A Raisin in the Sun‚ racial feelings‚ for both races‚ in equality

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    Bart Studnicki English 102 Raisin in the Sun Analysis 09-29-2009 The Sacrifice of Walter Lee Younger Throughout the play‚ A Raisin in the Sun‚ the Younger family struggles to come together as a family. One of the main impediments in their unity is their differing views on the world. Each character has their own dream and is unwilling to sacrifice that dream for anything. They are afraid of having their dream deferred. Their dreams‚ especially Walter Lee’s‚ break the family apart

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    Franco 1 Adriana Franco Mr. Schwab English I 11 March‚ 2013 A Raisin in the Sun In Lorraine Hansberry’s significant novel‚ A Raisin in the Sun‚ the Youngers‚ an African-American family‚ struggle to maintain happiness and harmony in their middle-class household. The central characters in the novel each has a specific dream or dreams that they strive to make a reality. Lena Younger‚ also known as Mama‚ desires a family house where she‚ her children and grandchild could live comfortably

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    Lorraine Hansberry’s A Raisin in the Sun portrays an African American family during the 1950s in conflict over money. Walter‚ Benita‚ and Ruth were the main characters that showed there greed over Mama’s deceased husband insurance money. This subject became a dilemma with the Younger family. There were arguments‚ fights‚ and people becoming stressed over something that were not theirs. The greed of money almost tore the Younger family apart. Each family member’s selfish desire for the use of the

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    Lorraine Hansberry discusses many difficulties people faced in the 60’s and 70’s in her play “A Raisin in the Sun”. It showcases a struggling Chicago family battling poverty‚ sexism‚ and racism. The play’s accurate representations lead to winning the New York Drama Critics Circle Award. However‚ one topic that the play seemed to brush over was the lifestyles of U.S. women in that time period. Career‚ education‚ and finances have been obstacles for women‚ unlike men. Back then‚ every woman was expected

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    Take this Video Quiz on A Raisin in the Sun by typing your answers in dark blue font and submitting this quiz through the assignments tool.  English 1302 A Raisin in the Sun film Quiz According to the particular film that you watched‚ type your response after each question. Double-space your text‚ and double-space between your answers. 1. Give the full name of the director of the film. Kenny Leon 2. Give the full name of the actor who plays Walter Lee Younger. Sean Combs 3. Give the

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    Struggling for the Dream in A Raisin in the Sun Set in a cramped apartment in poverty-striken Southside Chicago‚ Lorraine Hansberry‚ through realistic slang‚ accounts the struggles of five black family members battling against racism to attain middle-class acceptance during 1959. After Walter Younger’s business "partner" skipped town with a portion of the family’s $10‚000 inheritance money‚ the desolate son returns home to break the news to his family that their hopes for the future have been

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    he makes fun of her unnatural assimilationist hair and Beneatha is upset because she wants to blend into society‚ instead of sticking out. The second piece of evidence to support that that the word “ hair” was the most important word in A Raisin in the Sun can be seen through hair’s symbolism in the text as a powerful statement from Beneatha that symbolically declares through her opinion that natural is beautiful. Thus‚ she tries to make a powerful statement towards George. He isn’t too happy about

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    use to convey complex deeper meanings. Symbolism is the act of representing ideas using symbols‚ like the Mockingjay in the “The Hunger Games” or the scar in Harry Potter. One such book that loves to use symbolism is the drama based play the “Raisin in The Sun” Written by Lorraine Hansberry. The story is about a poor black family struggling in South Chicago during the Great Depression. The Younger Family gets a $10‚000 dollar insurance settlement which they hope will greatly improve their lives. Unfortunately

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