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George Orwell's A Raisin In The Sun
1.) Orwell, George. 1984. London: Secker and Warburg, 1949. Print.
This story is told from a third-person view. The main protagonist is a man named Winston Smith. This story is based in a futuristic London, with a totalitarian government ruling over the proles and the Party members. Winston works at the Ministry of Truth, and he is a Party member. Until one day, his life is changed forever when he does something called thoughtcrime (an act of unorthodoxy).

2.) Hansberry, Lorraine. A Raisin in The Sun. New York: Random House, 1959. Print.
This story takes place in the South side of Chicago. The main focus of the story is set on the Younger’s, who try their best to overcome numerous adversities. The main adversity that they have to overcome is racial diversity. The Younger’s are fairly poor, with their family consisting of five members all living in one apartment. When the Younger’s inherit some insurance money from a
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There are many interesting stories in this book, but the one that stood out to me the most was the one that shared the same name as the title of this book. It tells the story of an average guy who designed and purchased a sex robot, only for it to fall in love with him. The guy made the most rational decision, and decided to return the robot (Sophia) to the manufacturer. After a lot tests, it was confirmed that Sophia was the first artificial intelligence capable of feeling love. The public ridiculed him mercilessly, though, teasing and mocking him for returning her. The designers of Sophia called the guy down because they wanted to run some more tests, which led to an intriguing conversation between Sophia and the guy, with Sophia basically explaining that she knew he loved her too, and that the only reason returned her was because he thought he first deserve her love, and that he was never going to get through life if he kept thinking that

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