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    Great Midwestern Educational Theatre Company’s Study Guide for A Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine Hansberry Table of Contents & Production Information Table of Contents • Dear Educator… • About the Play • Historical Issues • Educational Issues • Housing & Neighborhood Class Issues • Empowerment‚ Employment‚ & Diversity • Family Values‚ Family Roles Production Staff Director: Amy Ressler Stage Manager: Marquita

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    A Raisin in the Sun Prompt #2 In the play A Raisin in the sun by Lorraine Hansbury‚ a family faced a very uncompromisable situation that led them to experience hard times and difficulty. The author developed each character to represent a different generation; in the play‚ each generation has its own idea about using the insurance money to achieve their dreams. Mamas old fashioned generation‚ Walters and Beneathas new generation‚ and Travis’ uprising generation all affect their overall perspectives

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    Raisin in the Sun Raisin in the Sun is a movie that faces issues in groups as well as the aspects of culture diversity. The team has reviewed the movie and we have reviewed key points to how the movie ties into the aspects of group work. As a team we have reviewed the theoretical model and what diversity and ethical issues are visible in the movie. We have not only learned about the movie A Raisin in the Sun while working on this project‚ but also we have learned how our team works together and

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    A Raisin in the Sun A Raisin in the Sun‚ written by Lorraine Hansberry‚ was written perhaps with some personal experience. When Lorraine was younger‚ a mob surrounded her home in a white middle class neighborhood and threw a brick in her window (Literature and Language‚ 913). However‚ racial prejudice is just one of the themes discussed in the play. The play takes place during the Civil Rights Movement‚ and the obstacles overcome are obstacles we still face today. Racial prejudice‚ family strength

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    Brittney Torres 12 March 2011 Roser 8 Raisin in the sun essay Pursuing dreams People have dreams to be successful in life but they are not aware of the hard work. Chris Gardner‚ from the movie‚ “The Pursuit of Happyness” and Walter Younger in the novel‚ The Raisin in The Sun by Lorraine Hansberry struggle with this problem in pursuing their dreams. “The Pursuit of Happyness” set in San Francisco in the 1980’s‚ focused on Chris Gardner‚ a man without money‚ who was pursing his

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    “a Raisin in the Sun”

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    “A Raisin in the Sun” 1.) In her play “A Raisin in the Sun‚” Lorraine Hansberry illustrates the struggles and dreams of a black family living in Chicago. Taken from Langston Hughes’ poem “Harlem‚” which talks about “dream deferred‚” the title of the play carries a connection between the poem and the play’s characters and their dreams. Each member of the Younger family had a dream of his/her own‚ yet‚ in order to realize their dreams‚ Mama‚ Walter Lee‚ Ruth‚ and Beneatha all depended on the money

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    Traci Bryant Dr. Price ENC 1102 08 November 2013 Hansberry’s “A Raisin in the Sun” Frank Ardolino’s article‚ Hansberry’s “ A Raisin in the Sun‚” states the main theme of the play is‚ “personal growth despite harsh social and economic opposition and family lineage” (1). Ardolino points out important metaphors within the play that have deeper meaning‚ not just the apparent overwhelming circumstance’s the main character’s go through while they strive to attain their dreams that appear to be out of

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    A Raisin in the Sun Socratic Seminar Questions 1. “A Raisin in the Sun” depicts life for African Americans around the 1950’s in the south side of Chicago. Throughout the book‚ the Younger family undergoes a constant struggle of financial hardships and racial prejudice and segregation. The term “Black Belt” often described the African-American community in that time‚ as the population of African-Americans would be expanding rapidly. The story represents the actual lives of people in that time‚ and

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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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    amongst pieces of literature that can be applied in the real world. Usually it is the characters’ experiences that the reader relates to and then learns from. For instance‚ the play Raisin in the Sun and the novel The Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao have many themes that can be applied to each other. In Raisin in the Sun‚ Ruth was going to purchase a house for the whole family to live in with the money she was going to receive from the government. Since the house she was going to buy was in a white neighborhood

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