Do values differ across generations? How so? Answer: Yes‚ values differ from generation to generation. INTRODUCTION There is a serious new problem in the most environments‚ and it has nothing to do with crime‚ employment or finance. Instead‚ it is the problem of distinct generations attempting to work together and often colliding as their paths cross. Individuals with different values‚ different ideas‚ different ways of getting things done and
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A Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine Hansberry explores the struggle of the Younger family‚ with aspirations of a better future whilst dealing with poverty‚ racial oppression‚ and tensions within the household. The Youngers finally have a chance to lift these burdens as they receive a ten thousand dollar check‚ and Walter wants to use this money to invest and help his family live a luxurious life. However‚ Walter’s inability to responsibly manage large sums of money causes him to devastate personal relationships
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In Act 2‚ Scene 2 of the play A Raisin in the Sun‚ Hansberry uses powerful diction and specific details to show Walter’s dream of being a wealthy businessman. Walter is constantly thinking about his version of a perfect life and considering all of the possible opportunities. He has always dreamed of coming home “after a day of conferences and secretaries getting things wrong the way they do… ‘cause an executive’s life is hell [...] And I’ll pull the car up on the driveway… just a plain black Chrysler
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I would choose Mr. and Mrs. Finney as the mother and father because they are more a part of their children’s life. I like how they praticipate in the parent’s activities at school and how they cheer on their kids at events. I dispised Pheobe in some parts of the book because of her bossy actions. One of the parts I didn’t like was when she had dinner at the Finney’s house and she was telling them not to eat certain foods and was making them go out their way to please her. I also didn’t like
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matter what the generation will find a way to have their own deviance and be different than the previous. So this generation of adolescents is obviously different‚ but in what way? I think that adolescents today are more conservative than the previous yet we are more open and less private. I feel like with our generation of adolescents‚ it seems like we are worse and more deviant than a previous generation but I think that is because we put our business out there. Our parent’s generations or any other
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I am so excited to be in such an amazing play‚ A Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine Hansberry. I got the part of Ruth‚ and I couldn’t be anymore ecstatic to play her. The director asked everyone in the play to write a character analysis about the character we are going to play. He asked that we include the following what the writer says about the character‚ what the character says or does‚ and what other characters say or do to your character. The author‚ Lorraine Hansberry‚ tells us about Ruth in
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people have dreams whether it is to be famous‚ have a nice family or even just to pass high school. Walter Lee Younger’s dream was to make a lot of money. In pursuit of his dream‚ Walter let it get in the way of his family and values. In the Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine Hansberry‚ Walter realizes that his family is more important than his dreams because‚ in the beginning‚ all he cared about was money and he was selfish but‚ in the end‚ he decided his family was more important than money.
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Biff from Death of a Salesman and Walter ‚jr‚ from A Raisin in the Sun ‚ both have a common attitude towards dreams and goals in their plans. They both want the end result of success‚ and yet they don’t want to put forth the effort necessary to achieve their goals. Biff’s dream to be a college football player was dependent on him passing math so he could graduate and get the scholarship. Still he failed the class and instead of going to summer school‚ he didn’t do anything about it‚ letting the
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say or do‚ even in a racist environment? These are the difficulties many people‚ especially African Americans‚ faced in the 1950s. Lorraine Hansberry‚ not only illustrates this struggle in A Raisin in the Sun‚ but faced the challenge in her own life. In A Raisin in the Sun‚ she writes about different generations “trapped in a Chicago apartment‚ unable to break an invisible barrier that keeps them from
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Did you ever think that one of your best friends could steal something from you? The Younger family received a 10‚000 dollar check due to insurance money. Walter Lee Younger’s father had died also know has “Big” Walter. Walter really wanted to use the money on his lifelong dream‚ but what he didn’t know was that his best friend would take something very important to him(his dream). The rest of Walter’s family had dreams too‚ but not many were ever met. Walter has to give up his dream of owning his
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