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    In the story “A Raisin in the Sun‚” Beneatha Younger shows us her quite unique character through conversations. She is ambitious‚ educated and a feminist. As an African American woman at that time‚ she is going to college and she wants to be a doctor. She is such an ambitious girl who has a strong personality. “What do you want from me‚ Brother----that I quit school or just drop dead‚ which!” (36). she learns guitar: “I just want to‚ that’s all” (47) Mama uses the word flit to describe her. “I don’t

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    A Raisin in the sun by Lorraine Hansberry thematically represents the life of the Younger family‚ the conflict of their dreams and their struggle to attain these dreams either for selfishness of the individual or because of family differences. Hughes symbolically represents the idea of dreams deferred in her poem and such is a direct resemblance to the different dreams of the characters‚ Mama‚ Beneatha‚ Walter Lee and Ruth and the effect that their dreams begin to have on the family and them as individuals

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    Marie Keefer English 105 Robert DeFelice A Raisin in the Sun Essay Questions 1. I’ve always had love/ hate relationship with money ever since I was old enough to have my own. My first experience receiving a large amount of cash was when I celebrated my First Holy Communion. Through cards filled with twenty dollar bills to checks and gifts I received a total of approximately three hundred and fifty dollars and I felt like a millionaire. At this time I was seven years old and had my very own money

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    Many American writers have been successful in shattering what they consider to be the myth of “The American Dream”. Discuss this in relation to the texts you have studied. “…It ’s absolutely stupid to spend your time doing things you don ’t like in order to go on doing things you don ’t like…we ’re bringing up children‚ and educating them to live the same sort of lives we ’re living…that they may justify themselves and find satisfaction in life by bringing up their children to bring up their children

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    In A Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine Hansberry‚ Walter Lee Younger displays irresponsibility continuously throughout the play. The play is set during a time when racism was still occurring‚ making life for black families such as the Youngers hard. The lack of money seems to be the main cause of arguments and problems in the Younger household. Walter Lee is a man working a job of driving a man in a limousine‚ barely earning enough to support the family. Walter Lee complains to Mama about his job. “A

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    family. Personally speaking‚ being nurturing means to love‚ care for‚ and show concern over someone. Analyzing Mama ’s relationships with family members can show us her view on parenting and ultimately show us her devotion to her family. In A Raisin in the Sun‚ by Lorraine Hansberry‚ Mama is a nurturing mother who cares for and protects her family in her struggle to keep them unified. Not only does Lena Younger protect Travis from getting yelled at by his mother‚ but also she protects his feelings

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    A Raisin in the Sun Act 2 Scene 3 In the book A Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine Hansberry‚ Act 2 Scene 3 Ruth started of the scene by dancing in in the family’s house. She’s very excited that they are going to be moving out in a week‚ to live in Clybourne Park. The man (Karl Linder) arrived at the family’s house and he told the family why they shouldn’t move in or buy the house in Clybourne Park. He stated to them that the younger ones will destroy their community because they are black‚ all the residents

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    A Raisin in the Sun A Raisin in the Sun is a story of the Younger Family dealing with racial problems in Chicago slums. Ten thousand dollars arrives in the mail and Lena has to decide what to do with it. Bennie wants it for tuition money‚ Walter wants it for down payment for the liqueur store and Ruth just wants everyone to be happy. So there is three major events happening: (1) Lena decides to buy a house in a white neighborhood‚ (2) Lena entrusts the rest of the money to Walter telling him to

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    LORRAINE ANSBERRY H A Raisinin the Sun Characters RUTH YOUNGER TRAVIS YOUNGER WALTER LEE YOUNGER (BROTHER) BENEATHA YOUNGER LENA YOUNGER (MAMA) JOSEPH ASAGAI GEORGE MURCHISON MRS. JOHNSON KARL LINDNER BOBO MOVING MEN The action of the playis set in Chicago’s side‚ sometime South between World War II and thepresent. Act I Scene I Friday morning. Scene II Thefollowing morning. Act II Scene I Later‚ thesame day. Scene II Friday night‚ a few later. weeks Scene III Moving day‚ one later

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    In Loraine Hansberry’s play‚ A Raisin in the Sun‚ the characters’ have a dream of their own‚ which get in the way of the other characters’ dreams. These dreams divide the characters’‚ which create problems between them. The root of each of their dreams is through a ten-thousand dollar check. The dreams of three characters’‚ Walter‚ Beneatha‚ and Mama Younger‚ create conflict with one another that make their dreams hard to achieve. Mama Younger‚ the mother of Walter and Beneatha Younger‚ devoted

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