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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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    “A Raisin in The Sun’ written by Lorraine Hansberry is a play written in third person narrative. This play is mainly written to be read by several to an audience‚ therefore it doesn’t have one specific person narrating the whole thing. The most dynamic character in this story is Walter. Walter changed a lot throughout this book as he began focusing on supplying his family with the things they were in need of rather than his own personal desires. After all the actions he took that greatly impacted

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    A Raisin in the Sun The American Dream; is it the same for everyone? Lorraine Hansberry shows us the American Dream means different things to different people‚ however‚ in the end; all anyone ever really wants is happiness‚ no matter what that means to them. The characters in this play have hopes‚ dreams and aspirations‚ striving toward their own goals yet coming to the same place and stand up for each other. The American dream is so many things to so many people. It is all based on the culture

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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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    dreams 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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    Over the course of A Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine Hansberry‚ the main character‚ Walter Younger‚ struggles with immense moral conflicts. As a result of Walter ejecting a white man from his house and‚ consequently‚ fighting racism‚ it becomes evident that he has matured and adopted the role of head of household. In the beginning of the play‚ it is shown that Walter selfishly dreams about providing for his family and releasing them from the demons of poverty. When Mama gains a great deal of insurance

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    novel A Raisin in The Sun powerfully conveys the dream of her character‚ Walter Younger. Presented by having him explicitly ask for help to complete his dream‚ by having Walter reach his dream then fail‚ then by having those dreams change and become something new. Transforming from a man wanting to purchase a liquor store with the money from his father’s death just so he can become more wealthy‚ to wanting to support his family in their act of moving to a white neighborhood‚ makes Walter a more well

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    Dreams and Raisins A Raisin in the Sun is a play by Lorraine Hansberry that debuted on Broadway in 1959. It was the first Broadway play written by a black playwright. The title comes from the poem "A Dream Deferred" by Langston Hughes. The play portrays a few weeks in the life of the Youngers‚ an African-American family living on the South Side of Chicago in the 1950s. The theme expresses the importance of dreams and how achieving those dreams can come with various obstacles and struggles. Hansberry

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    Decort 1 Mikaela Decort Mr. Johnsmeyer English 102‚ Essay #2 The American Dream in “A Raisin In The Sun” A Raisin in the Sun is a play that focuses on the “American Dream” and one’s conception of a “better life”. Each character in the play has their own view on what that dream is and what they perceive a better life to be. Hansberry focuses on the importance of achieving one’s dreams regardless of the various harsh struggles in life. Mama has dreams of providing her family

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    Where is the Love- Black Eyed Peas All my life I have liked this song‚ it has voice; a strong one‚ speaking out against the hate. The book A Raisin in the Sun deals with the struggle for a black family in the late 1940’s to move out of the ghetto‚ buy a home‚ go to college‚ and simply give their children money for school. Travis- “This morning we suppose to bring the fifty cents to school.” Ruth- “Well‚ I ain’t got no fifty cents this morning.” “But if you only have love for your own race

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