Beneatha Younger is a strong-willed‚ independent‚ young woman who knows exactly what she wants and she’ll keep fighting till she obtains it. She dreams of being an African-American Doctor which is very rare in her day’s time. Conflict arises when her brother‚ Walter Younger‚ loses the money for Beneatha to go to medical school in a investment incident. She thinks very highly of herself and puts herself before others. Acting as a comedic element‚ Beneatha’s name itself is a play on words because she
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curtain falls and Lorraine Hansberry’s play‚ A Raisin in the Sun comes to an end‚ do the Youngers‚ moving into an all white neighborhood‚ have a glimmer of hope in their future? For many years‚ even before the story begins‚ the Youngers seem to know what their future was going to consist of: working for the white man and cleaning their apartment that is constantly encumbered in filth. This drab thought of this family’s existence‚ generation after generation comes to an end when the Younger family receives
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centers around recently widowed‚ Ramatoulaye in the form of a letter to her friend Aissatou. Ramatoulaye discusses her emotional struggle when‚ the traditions of polygamy allowed her husband to marry her daughters friend. Another good read‚ A Raisin in the Sun‚ is about the Youngers family who are going through the daily struggles of an African-American family in the 1950’s. The play addresses the money problems Walter Younger goes through and‚ the struggle of being “the man of the house.” The issues
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Brianna Gervickas February 20‚ 2013 Period 4 Analytical Essay Do you value your pride more than money? In the play‚ A Raisin In The Sun by Lorraine Hansberry‚ An African American family is struggling in a inadequate worn down apartment trying to make a living. Mama‚ the eldest of the family‚ is going to receive a check for 10‚000 and the family is ecstatic for its arrival. Walter Lee
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believe someone who has a change in anyway‚ whether it’s in heart o anything else‚ for good has grown and become dynamic. Dynamic is characterized as a constant change in activity or progress. Perhaps the most dynamic character in Hansberry’s A Raisin in the Sun is Beneatha because of her change in identity‚ career‚ and love. The first reason why I believe she is the most dynamic character is because of her change in identity. During the beginning of the play Beneatha had straight hair‚ along with everyone
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Conflict is used throughout the story A Raisin in the Sun. One of the main conflicts and conflict characters in the story is between Mama and Walter. Walter is not satisfied with his life because in his mind he hasn’t accomplished his goals‚ and he feels like his future is laid out for him. Also‚ Walter does not appreciate all of the things his family has or how much his family loves him. The fact Walter does not believe he is the man of the house makes him think he is worthless and does not need
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The play‚ A Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine Hansberry‚ is about a family that lives in a cramped apartment in Chicago. One of the characters‚ Ruth Younger‚ finds out that she is pregnant. A child is a lot of responsibility and are very costly. The Younger family is stressed as it is‚ bringing a new baby into the mix may not be wise. Ruth struggles with these issues over the course of the play. At the beginning of the play‚ the relationship between Ruth and her children is fairly tense. The Younger
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toughen up‚ this is reality we are living in.”- Lauryn Hill. This quote explains that a mother will tell her son to accept the world he lives in‚ and he cannot change who he is‚ but he can prepare for it f he faces reality. (Context) In A Raisin in the Sun‚ by Lorraine Hansberry‚ Mama Younger‚ an open-minded‚ ambitious‚ tough‚ strong hearted‚ head of the Younger family‚ in her early sixties‚ helps take care of everyone‚ and as a mother and grandmother will do anything to make her family be happy
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A Raisin in the Sun – Mama Mama has dreams for her family to rise from poverty and live in a better and bigger place and also for them to continue to grow together as a family. Mama has a plant that she also cares for. She takes care of this plant as if it was one of her own children. Mama’s children also have their own dreams and their own plans on how to attain those dreams. The family’s competing dreams are emphasized by Hansberry’s recurring use of the motif--Mama’s plant. In the
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In the play a Raisin in the Sun‚ the characters have dreams that represent a desire to achieve something‚ to be something‚ and to have something as their own. Dreams represent a subconscious drive‚ which creates the desire to be willing to do whatever it takes to complete that goal. It is a passion that will go unsatisfied without completion‚ that could turn into depression and loss of hope. For Walter Lee Younger‚ dreams are everything. Walter’s character in the play revolves around the hope
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