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    In the birds the book and movie are really different. To me i really preferred the movie over the book but the both seemed pretty pointless and pretty stupid because like in the movie the characters have different names. In the movie there was also a lot of really bad actors. Whereas in the book you didn’t have to worry about bad actors you just would read. In the movie in the beginning the girl started off in a bird shop pretending to work there and so when a man walked in pretending to buy some

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    A Raisin in the Sun Would you consider you family to be the most important relationship in people’s lives? A Raisin in the Sun is about a African-American family struggling in poverty. The Younger family has many dreams‚ each individual having their own dream‚ that contradict their relationship as a family. The families troubled issues‚ and high dreams have caused their connection as a family to disjoin. People should consider‚ that the most important relationship in their lives‚ is one with

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    ever read a book series and then watched the movie and noticed the plot was completely different? “Watsons Go To Birmingham” is about a colored family taking a trip to Birmingham Alabama and realizing how much different they are treated than their home in Flint Michigan. The plot in the movie is mainly focused on the Civil Rights Movement. Lots of events changed between the movie and book‚ in the book it was more of seeing how the family lives and the people they live with. But in the movie it was mainly

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    since I read this book. A movie‚ a death‚ a church and friendship‚ "The Outsiders" has it all. A story of brotherhood‚ friendship‚ and of a murder‚ a boy and his friend are caught in a murder‚ they have to escape form getting caught by the police‚ and so they run away‚ starting their journey of friendship and hardships. After reading the novel and watching the movie I noticed some differences‚ I’ll start with Ponyboy‚ in the novel pony boy is slapped by his brother‚ but in the movie‚ he is pushed‚

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    In the play‚ A Raisin in the Sun‚ by Lorraine Hansberry‚ an African American family living during the 1950’s in a small apartment deal with many struggles and differences that cause each member of the family to have different dreams. The family is given an insurance check from the father’s death that opens many doors for the family. Although this check opens many doors‚ the family’s thoughts of what they should do‚ do not line up‚ and it is uncertain which door the family‚ as a whole should take

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    A Raisin in the Sun The American Dream; is it the same for everyone? Lorraine Hansberry shows us the American Dream means different things to different people‚ however‚ in the end; all anyone ever really wants is happiness‚ no matter what that means to them. The characters in this play have hopes‚ dreams and aspirations‚ striving toward their own goals yet coming to the same place and stand up for each other. The American dream is so many things to so many people. It is all based on the culture

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    A Raisin in the Sun A Raisin in the Sun is a story of the Younger Family dealing with racial problems in Chicago slums. Ten thousand dollars arrives in the mail and Lena has to decide what to do with it. Bennie wants it for tuition money‚ Walter wants it for down payment for the liqueur store and Ruth just wants everyone to be happy. So there is three major events happening: (1) Lena decides to buy a house in a white neighborhood‚ (2) Lena entrusts the rest of the money to Walter telling him to

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    Lorraine Hansberry’s A Raisin in the Sun is a great example of American struggles in society that African Americans faced during the Civil Rights era. The play tells the story of the Youngers‚ a lower-class black family living in Chicago that struggles to gain middle-class acceptance. The Youngers struggle to achieve their dreams throughout the play‚ and their happiness and depression is directly related to the failure to achieve all those dreams. In the play‚ the Younger family represents the mindsets

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    The American Dream in Lorraine Hansberry A Raisin in the Sun   The idea of the American Dream still has truth in today’s time‚ even if it is wealth‚ love‚ or fame. The thing that never changes about the American Dream is that everyone deserves something in life and everyone‚ somehow‚ should strive to get it. Everyone in America wants to have some kind of financial success in his or her lives. In A Raisin in the Sun the author shows an African-American family struggling to get out of the

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    everyone will achieve their dreams and some‚ because of sad circumstances lose their grip on their dream and fall into a state of disappointment. Langston Hughes poem relates to the dreams of Mama‚ Ruth‚ and Walter in Lorraine Hansberry’s play A Raisin in the Sun. Ruth has to listen to Walter’s extravagant dreams of being rich and powerful all the time and know that these dreams will never happen. They are very poor and Travis must sleep on the couch because they only have a two-room apartment. Ruth’s

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