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    The term despair means ‘the complete loss or absence of hope’ which is what South Side Chicago mirrored in the novel A Raisin in the Sun. Just by looking around you could tell that all hope was lost when there’s widespread poverty on Chicago’s South Side. Also by taking a look around the Younger home you can see it in the faces of people -- and the furniture?! On the first few pages opening Act I‚ Scene I‚ the text says “Now the once loved pattern of the couch upholstery has to fight to show itself

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    Beneatha‚ A Raisin in the Sun I used this quote to support my idea because she is telling everyone that she is going to be a doctor no matter. “thank everybody! And forgive me for ever

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    depend on a change of heart in one solitary and even humble individual- for it is in the solitary mind and soul of the individual that the battle between good and evil is waged and ultimately won or lost.” This quote speaks of changes in heart. I believe someone who has a change in anyway‚ whether it’s in heart o anything else‚ for good has grown and become dynamic. Dynamic is characterized as a constant change in activity or progress. Perhaps the most dynamic character in Hansberry’s A Raisin in the

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    think of your future‚ and the increasing chances to provide for your family. Mama had to deal with this situation in Lorraine Hansberry’s one-act play A Raisin In The Sun. Although some people overlook their importance‚ Mama’s Plant and check symbolize the past‚ present‚ and future of the Younger’s family. Along the one act play of A Raisin

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    1. When I finished A Raisin in the Sun‚ I sat back and reflected on the primary thematic messages the author had shown. One of the themes I came across was the strength of a dream. Throughout the play‚ you are reminded of every dream each character has. Beneatha yearns to have a medical degree and become a doctor while Mama’s dream is for her children to be humble and grateful in a new home. Walter’s dream is to open up a liquor store and make money for his family to have a “better” life. Early

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    CHAPTER III: The Impact of Identity on Dreams – 1. Identity in the Sight of Other People In actual fact‚ people have a certain view or conception about what somebody is. This view is quite different from what the individual himself has. But then the harm in all this is that this state of affairs has a great impact on what an individual is supposed to become in life especially when he doesn’t have a great sense of objectivity or when he is not determined to achieve his life goal regardless

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    to setting your goals so you can achieve further in the future. In Lorraine Hansberry’s play A Raisin in the Sun‚ this quote is true because of Walter’s dream to be the man of the house‚ Benethea’s dream to live past society’s expectations of an African American woman and become a doctor‚ and Mama’s dream is to have her family united as one. In A Raisin in the Sun‚ one character who has a dream is Walter. Walter’s

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    A Raisin In The Sun and The Death Of A Salesman When you read plays and books‚ you use your imagination to picture what it would look like until you watch the movie but sometimes the movie is something completely different than what you imagined it to be. That’s how it is with most books and plays. When I read the play A Raisin In The Sun by Lorraine Hansberry I pictured the characters to look and act differently than they did in the movie. It threw me off when I realized that Sean Combs or

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    : A Raisin in the Sun 1. Main Characters: Ruth Younger‚ Travis Younger‚ Walter Lee Younger‚ Beneath Younger‚ Lena Younger. * Ruth: Ruth is pregnant and she is going to get her unborn child aborted. * Travis: Travis is the only child he loves his grandmother very much so he bought her a garden. * Walter: Walter is married to Ruth he thinks that everything’s against him. He only wants money and doesn’t care about anything else. * Beneatha: Beneatha plans to become a doctor and

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    The Blind Desperate Man Walter Lee is a desperate man‚ shackled by poverty and prejudice‚ and obsessed with a business idea that he thinks will solve all of his economic and social problems. He thought the novel is looking for ways to carry his family on and give them every material thing they want. He is desperate because he sees the other people with economic resources while his family is struggling to move on. He is the perfect example of the mid twentieth-century men who believe they are the

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