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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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    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 the first act in scene

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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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    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 SunRuth 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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    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 dream of having a baby seems crushed when she finds out that she’s pregnant and realizes they can’t support another in the household. When mama and Walter argue about Ruth getting

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    In the play‚ A Raisin in the Sun‚ written by Lorraine Hansberry‚ Portrays a few weeks in the Southside of Chicago in the 1950s. The Youngers are waiting for a ten thousand dollar check from the deceased Mr. Younger’s life insurance. They’re trying to come up with ideas of what to do with the money. The money represents the opportunity to fulfill the dreams from each member of the family. Through the characters of Lena and Ruth‚ it shows how both have the same dream‚ but also has some differences

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    A Raisin in the Sun

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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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    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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    A raisin in the sun

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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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    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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