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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A RAISIN IN THE SUN The play A Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine Hansberry takes place in Chicago’s Southside during the 1940-1950s. The play is about a poor African American family that receives a $10‚000 check and decides to buy a house in a white neighborhood. This is a problem because during this time period they had segregation. The author wrote this piece because her family bought a house in a white neighborhood and they had to go to court for it since they were told they could not live there.
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In Lorraine Hansberry’s A Raisin in the Sun‚ actions to pursue the American Dream consistently move the play forward. Lorrain Hansberry produced this play in order to illustrate the importance of dreams in the everyday lives of ordinary people. The play begins at a time shortly after World War II‚ and the audience begins to become familiar with one of the many families who are struggling with money. Due to the state of the economy at that time‚ the play centrally focuses on American Dreams of a better
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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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girls are walk together as sisters and brothers.” Martin Luther King Jr. In the play “A Raisin In A Sun” by Lorraine Hansberry is essentially about dreams‚ including the American Dream. The play takes place around the 1950’s in Chicago’s south side‚ when segregation was still around. In this play you meet a cast of people with dreams of a better life that compares the novel "A Raisin in the Sun" with Martin Luther King’s speech "I Have a Dream." It Analyzes the similar themes found in play
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While Antigone by Sophocles and A Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine Hansberry are very difference stories they have many similarities. Antigone is the about daughter of Oedipus trying to do what she believes is good. Her brothers have killed each other and while one gets a proper burial‚ the other is left to be eaten by wild animals. The reason he is not allowed to be buried is because King Creon believes he is unworthy of it. The main character Antigone defies Creon’s law and buries her brother anyways
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A Raisin in the Sun Dreams and goals are a big part of every day life. People need dreams and goals to survive. In A Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine Hansberry‚ the characters all have different dreams and goals that they’re trying to accomplish. Without dreams and goals people settle for what they have and don’t strive for anything higher. In the beginning of A Raisin in the Sun Walter Lee is trying to convince his family that his dream to invest in a liquor store will help them in the long run
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Raisin in the sun was written in 1957 and first produced in 1959.The author of this book is Lorraine Hansberry. The setting is in South Side‚ Chicago . The characters are Walter‚ Ruth (Walter’s wife)‚ Beneatha (Walter’s sister)‚ Travis (Walter’s son)‚ and Lena Young the mother of Walter and Beneatha. Throughout the play is she known as mama. While others in life are chasing stars or love the characters in this book were chasing their dreams. They were trying to seek a better future that almost
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Oksana Ibragimova English 201-085 Professor Chancellor March.25‚ 2011 Food and Affections Lorraine Hansberry’s best known play‚ A Raisin in the Sun‚ talks about poverty in the Southside of Chicago and revolves around African American family and their dreams of a better life. I believe that food is an adequate means of showing and receiving love. The first reason is the mother cares in the family by making sure the family eats. This relates to how the
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Dreams‚ hopes‚ plans‚ race‚ and pride these are just many of the themes in the play A Raisin in the Sun. The play is about the Youngers an African American family who live in the South Side of Chicago. The Youngers were a big family there was Ruth Younger‚ Travis Younger‚ Walter Lee Younger‚ Beneatha Younger‚ and Mama Younger. All of them lived in a small crammed apartment that was in a poor neighborhood. The Youngers got a check in the mail for $10‚000 and that was their chance to move into a bigger
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