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    Lorraine Hansberry’s A Raisin in the Sun portrays an African American family during the 1950s in conflict over money. Walter‚ Benita‚ and Ruth were the main characters that showed there greed over Mama’s deceased husband insurance money. This subject became a dilemma with the Younger family. There were arguments‚ fights‚ and people becoming stressed over something that were not theirs. The greed of money almost tore the Younger family apart. Each family member’s selfish desire for the use of the

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    According to Nicole King‚ "Race is a word and a category that can simultaneously denote a person’s color‚ caste‚ culture‚ and capacities‚ oftentimes depending on what historical‚ political‚ or social forces are at work". A Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine Hansberry is an attempt to examine the impact of racial discrimination on the life of an ordinary black family. It is also a testament of this family struggling to manage with racism and poverty in the Washington Park Subdivision of Chicago’s Woodlawn

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    Raising in the sun Walter I have dissected something that looked like you yesterday”(30). This statement made by Beneatha to her brother Walter was missing from the new movie. the novel A Raisin in the Sun was a story of hope‚ legacy‚ racism and dreams for individual people and how they want to achieve them. It is a book that tell you the story of African American people in the 1940’s and what little they had back then and how hard they had to work to achieve their goals.There is more than one

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    A Raisin in the Sun Essay Test To become successful‚ people have to be determined and have to work hard to achieve their goal. Setting goals and standards can help achieve and motivate a person to succeed. People have to have a positive attitude and the right personality traits. Sometimes there are obstacles that get in the way of dreams‚ such as social injustices. In A Raisin in the Sun‚ a play by Lorraine Hansberry‚ Beneatha Younger’s dream is to go to medical school and become a doctor. Beneatha

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    In Lorraine Hansberry’s play‚ A Raisin in the Sun‚ she tells the value and purpose of dreams and how oftentimes dreams do get deferred. Hansberry got the title for the play based off of Langston Hughes’ famous poem A Dream Deferred. The language Hansberry uses reflects the deeper meaning of Hughes’ poem. Although the Younger women have lived in the same apartment for generations‚ they each face their unique trials and tribulations. Mama is faced with the decision of how to spend the money she received

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    Paragraph 2: Con Paragraph Challengers to the idea that hair is the most important word‚ some people believe that money is important because money creates the dreams that are critical to the plotline and character conflict of the book. The following is seen when walter talks to ruth about his dreams of owning a liquor store and Ruth is seen not wanting to take the risk. Walther then expresses this frustration by being a man and saying‚ “I got to change my life. Im choking to death baby! And this

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    Colton Dinsdale Mrs. Brandes American Lit- 2 April 10‚ 2012 Dreamers Dreamers: people who are guided more by ideals than practical considerations. Robin S. Sharma says‚ “Dreamers are mocked as impractical. The truth is they are the most practical‚ as their innovation lead to progress and a better way of life for all of us.” All “dreamers” have a belief in what they want to accomplish‚ because they have the vision of the result to keep them motivated. We were all once kids with those crazy

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    The Female Role in A Raisin In the Sun Joe b. Lorraine Hansberry’s A Raisin in the Sun is the story of a struggling black family in Chicago. This story embodies Hansberry’s use of strong black women‚ she was a realistic artist‚ fascinated by ordinary and real people with each one clearly and vividly drawn. In this play‚ Hansberry portrays courageous and revolutionary women who share struggles with each other and also with their men. Hansberry speaks loudly about the role women have played

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    Many people have dreams and they work very hard in order to achieve them. Some people spent most of their lives focused on making their dreams come true‚ while some people let their dreams consume them and they lose sight in everything else. In the play A Raisin in the Sun‚ the characters each have their dreams and some are more determined to get to their goal than others. Walter likes to dream a lot and is also determined to reach his dream. “Rich people don’t have to be flashy… though I’ll have

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    Lorraine Hansberry‚ sought the perfect opportunity to create plays that brought forth‚ with earnestness and directness‚ the great trials faced daily by African-Americans throughout the United States. Through their two protagonist’s interactions with a representation of the white race of that time‚ Walter Lee’s handling Mr. Lindner in A Raisin In the Sun‚ and the oppression of Clay caused by Lula in The Dutchman‚ the very the nature of white and black relations and racism in America‚ and the responses to

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