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    freedom includes the opportunity for prosperity and success‚ achieved through hard work. However‚ can prosperity and success be achieved by everyone or do certain ethnic groups have discriminatory barriers limiting their success? In the play A Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine Hansberry it becomes painfully clear that African Americans have to deal with racial prejudices complicating the completion of their desired dreams of a better prosperous future. Even though‚ the diverse

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    Thesis: The novel Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck and the play A Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine Hansberry show that there is great struggle in reaching The American Dream. 1. In this novel Of Mice and Men‚ John Steinbeck exposes the American Dream as unattainable through his settings‚ symbolization‚ and characters. a. Steinbeck uses his settings to illuminate the unrealistic concept of the American Dream. In Of Mice and Men‚ the story unfolds on a ranch‚ where every worker desires the American

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    On April 23rd‚ 2011‚ I went to Simon Sun’s concert at Presbyterian Church‚ Williamsburg. Simon Sun is a senior at the College of William and Mary majoring in Neuroscience and music. He has played piano for almost seventeen years and was a finalist in the Young Artists International Piano Competition. I was so impressed by his performance on that day‚ because I have started to learn piano at an early age also‚ but I could never be as good as he is. Simon is a skillful‚ dynamic‚ and energetic player

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    Dreaming of a good life but living with a hated one‚ how do you cope? Being an African American in A Raisin in the Sun shows Walter having so many dreams but a life that he cannot get out of. Walter hated his life‚ he was very unhappy with how he had to live when white people were so well off. He tried so many ways to forget his problems but he just could not. Walter feels completely trapped in his life style but deals with it in ways that sometimes hurt the family. The problems in Walter’s life

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    A Raisin in the sun and Death of a salesman are two stories with finance issues and strong bonds through each family. Linda Loman is a character in Death of a Salesman‚ Lena is the main is character in a Raisin in the sun. These two characters both have smart children with high hopes in life.They suffer with poverty‚ as well as disagreements with their children. The meaning of family to them is a strong bond. Some families believe money is everything‚ these two families don’t believe in “money is

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    Salesman” and “A Raisin in the Sun” because in both the families struggle to attain their “dream”. In “Death of a Salesman”‚ Willy has trouble getting somewhere in life‚ because he thinks the way to do it is though being well-liked and charming. Both of Willie’s sons also struggle to achieve their “dream” because their entire lives Willy made it seem that they were better than everyone else. Because of this mindset‚ they could not accomplish their “dream”. In “A Raisin in the Sun”‚ most of the characters

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    In the story A Raisin in the sun by Lorraine Hansberry is a story about a poor family and how money has caused them to change the way the view life completely. The children of mama have all fallen far from her. she says that life is about being free and having family that cares about you. her kids think it’s all about money. The plot is the same in both. In both walter Lee Younger thinks it‚s a good idea to invest the money in a liquor store. Beneatha Younger wants to invest the money in her education

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    true purpose of the American Dream? Through her play A Raisin in the sun‚ Loraine Hansberry tries to educate readers that we not only dream for the sake of accomplishment‚ we also dream for the promise of hope. Each person has a different vision in regards to the American Dream‚ but one commonality between every goal is the motivation it brings. We all deal with difficulties in life and‚ as reflected in the title‚ we are like raisins in the sun‚ shriveling up unless we have a cloud of imagination to

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    Webster 1  Kiahna Webster  Mr. Jackson  English III‚ 7th Period  April 14th‚ 2014  Death of a Salesman​  vs. ​ A Raisin in the Sun  Death of a Salesman​  and ​ A Raisin in the Sun​  are definitely a criticism of capitalism and the  American way of life. They’re are millions that are going through similarities that are exhibited  in the films. Many feel as if money is everything in life when truly it is not. In the film ​ Death of  a Salesman​ ‚ Willy felt as if money was everything. Willy literally gave his life away so that his 

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    people tell them to 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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