Gulledge March 19‚ 2014 EH 102:22 Essay 4 Walter Lee The play a Raisin in the Sun is a play written by Lorraine Hansberry. This story is about an African American family living in Southside Chicago. In the story‚ the family goes through many hardships especially when it comes to money. The Younger family lives in an overcrowded apartment which has very little room for all of them. There is a $10‚000 check coming from the insurance company for Walter Lee’s dad’s death. He is the man of the house
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In the poem “Harlem ( A Dream Deferred)” by Langston Hughes‚ he talks about dreams. Dreams that society has‚ dreams that he has. Not a dream that you have while your sleeping but a dream that you have and want to pursue. He addresses the questions of what happens when a persons dreams are destroyed. The author uses a lot of visual‚ descriptive language to try and show that nothing good can come from not achieving your dreams. For example he compares not realizing a dream to the stench of rotten
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What becomes of deferred dreams: “Harlem” In “Harlem‚” by Langston Hughes‚ the speaker wants the reader to consider the dangers of postponing their dreams. Through similes of imagery‚ he emphasizes the importance to consider dreams to be as real as flesh and vital as food. “Harlem” is a free verse poem consisting of eleven lines‚ which are broken into four stanzas. In the first stanza‚ the speaker offers a question‚ “What happens to a dream deferred?” which has infinite many answers. In stanzas
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players in the Harlem renaissance were writers and poets. However‚ it was poetry that many African Americans identified with. ‘Harlem’‚ or popularly referred to as the ‘Dream Deferred’ by Langston Hughes. In this poem‚ the reality
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The poem A Dream Deferred by Langston Hughes basically describes what happens to dreams when they are put on hold. The speaker in the poem originally entitled it Harlem‚ which is the capital of African-American life in the United States. The title was changed to accommodate all dreams in general‚ and what happens when people postpone making them come true. The speakers attitude toward the poem is an advice-giving attitude. The poet doesnt want people to postpone getting what they want. The poem is
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In his poem “A Dream Deferred‚” Langston Hughes utilizes vivid sensory imagery and similes to explore the various phases of a dream deferred. Before I wrote my stylistic imitation‚ one of my friends suggested I look carefully at the historical context surrounding this poem’s publication. This poem was written right before the Civil Rights Movement‚ during a time when racial tensions were high in the U.S. and this got me thinking about movements today. Recently‚ there has been an increased awareness
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Similes – Dream Deferred Writing Assignment Name: Brandon Long Date: 6/27/11 Read the Langston Hughes poem "Dream Deferred" again: Dream Deferred What happens to a dream deferred? Does it dry up Like a raisin in the sun? Or fester like a sore-- and then run? Does it stink like rotten meat? Or crust and sugar over-- like a syrupy sweet? Maybe it just sags like a heavy load Or does it explode? Look up definitions for the words defer and fester and write
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Walter Lee Younger: Selfish to Selfless Lorraine Hansberry portrays the revolution of black’s consciousness through the play‚ A Raisin in the Sun‚ by introducing the Younger family to readers. This play takes place in a poor black neighborhood in Chicago’s Southside in the 1950s where the Younger family struggles with racial discrimination and finding their true dreams and goals. Like most literature‚ this play has a clear protagonist‚ but Hansberry also uses an anti-hero‚ a flawed character who
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Dream Deferred A dream is a goal in life‚ not just dreams experienced during sleep. Most people use their dreams as a way of setting future goals for themselves. Dreams can help to assist people in getting further in life because it becomes a personal accomplishment. Langston Hughes’s poem "Dream Deferred" is speaks about what happens to dreams when they are put on hold. The poem leaves it up to the reader to decide what dream is being questioned. In the opening of the poem the speaker uses
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cannot get ahead in life. Walter Lee Younger is a man who is frustrated with his current position in life‚ and every disappointment he has encountered thus far. Although he tries to be a loving man‚ sometimes he does not know how to show the idea of love‚ "Sometimes...sometimes...I don’t even know how to try" (Hansberry 89). His position in life can be regarded as symbolic of every black male struggling to provide for his family by any means necessary. Although Walter has a job‚ it seems inadequate
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