the Napoleonic War At the age of nineteen‚ Jakob Walter is enlisted in the French Army‚ under the rule of Napoleon Bonaparte. The Napoleonic period is often described as the rise of French Nationalism and the dissolution of absolutism in Europe (Backman 604). Throughout his three campaigns for the Napoleonic Army‚ Walter keeps a journal to portray his thoughts about the war; in this journal‚ he also shares his experiences away from home. Walter thoroughly explains the true reality of the war‚ and
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wear pearls in this world? I tell you I am a man- and I think my wife should wear some pearls in this world” (Hansberry 143). Walter Lee‚ the poor soul and victim of the society in the 1950s Chicago‚ just wanted…. The Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine Hansberry focuses on an oppressed black family‚ the Youngers‚ as they tackle destruction of dreams‚ racism‚ and discrimination. Walter Lee the ambitious‚ proud protagonist faces many challenges brought upon him by the antagonist‚ society. In the beginning
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” Meteor shower: take evasive action” the card stated. The living room started to shake and meteors where falling all over the living room Both brothers started to run around in circles avoiding to get hurt until Walter found it safe to hide under the chimney. Danny quickly got his pet gerbil and ran straight for the chimney where they waited for the meteors to stop. The meteors shower stopped and they both stepped out frightened but Danny looked up the celling where the meteors where falling and
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In the book bad boy‚ Walter Dean Myers talks about his family background. In chapter one‚ Walter discussed his feelings about having no feelings for Mary Dolly Green because she died during the birth of my younger sister. Roots‚ the title of chapter one helps us to understand Walter’s background Even though Mary Dooly Green was Walters birth mother‚ he considered Florence Dean‚ his father first wife‚ his real mother. Walter had several family members that lived in this house. My father was now raising
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I called walter for supper late that evening‚ He spoken back and said “ I’m not hungry.” I was thinking about what he said because he has not ate all day. I called him a repeated time and said “come down to the kitchen “ My husband was already sitting at the table with his meal ahead of him. Walter was walking pretty stiffened looking but i did not mind it. His father ask “ What’s wrong with you‚ boy?” Walter talk back as his common answer “Nothing.” My husband said the same thing just his tone
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to have an ambitious dream that they are all trying to achieve with insurance money earned by Big Walter. Walter Lee Younger‚ the man of the family‚ is a motivated man that is unhappy with his job as a chauffer. He has big dreams of opening up a liquor store to become a businessman so he can diminish his family’s poverty and live a normal life. In the course of this play we have learned that Walter Lee Younger can be very short tempered and make foolish decisions by not thinking them through as
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Mama and what she decided to do with the money‚ to the last scene when Walter decides to become a man and stand up for what is right for the family. Even though dominance and submissive traits are noticeable throughout the play‚ the characters do not realize the effects of the traits within the family unit. The story is of a lower-class black family waiting for a $10‚000 insurance check for their Mama.. Her son‚ Walter Lee‚ is desperate to be a better provider for his family that he wants
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even just to pass high school. Walter Lee Younger’s dream was to make a lot of money. In pursuit of his dream‚ Walter let it get in the way of his family and values. In the Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine Hansberry‚ Walter realizes that his family is more important than his dreams because‚ in the beginning‚ all he cared about was money and he was selfish but‚ in the end‚ he decided his family was more important than money. In the beginning of the story Walter was trying to pressure his
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Hansberry‚ answers the question for the Youngers and the audience through Raisin in the Sun. The film version of A Raisin in the Sun featured the original Broadway cast‚ including Sidney Poitier as Walter Lee Younger‚ Ruby Dee as his wife Ruth‚ Claudia McNeil as Mama‚ and Diana Sands as his sister Beneatha. Walter Lee dreams of opening a liquor store so that he can quit his job as a chauffeur. Already attending college‚ Beneatha dreams of becoming a doctor. As the family matriarch‚ Mama dreams that her
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no concern but leadership. Throughout the whole play Walter wants manhood. However‚ in the late 1950s whites achieved more manhood than African Americans because society put them down making it hard for the men of the house to earn money and support a family. But Walter wants to prove society wrong. He wants to achieve manhood like his father. In order to make money and achieve manhood in “A Raisin in the Sun” written by Lorraine Hansberry‚ Walter wants to own a liquor store and will do almost anything
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