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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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    family. Personally speaking‚ being nurturing means to love‚ care for‚ and show concern over someone. Analyzing Mama ’s relationships with family members can show us her view on parenting and ultimately show us her devotion to her family. In A Raisin in the Sun‚ by Lorraine Hansberry‚ Mama is a nurturing mother who cares for and protects her family in her struggle to keep them unified. Not only does Lena Younger protect Travis from getting yelled at by his mother‚ but also she protects his feelings

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    Pursuit of Identity In the play‚ Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine Hansberry‚ Beneatha searches for her identity and starts to find it when her African friend‚ Asagi‚ introduces her to his culture. Beneatha joins groups/activities to discover what her interests really are in hopes of finding her identity. She often gets into activities and never completes them; so when she tells her family she’s taking guitar lessons they poke fun at her: “Mama (Smiling) Lord‚ child‚ don’t you know what to do with

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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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    The Color Purple

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    The color purple Despite the odds women can overcome all obstacles. In the past‚ women have desperately struggled because they were be littled by men. They were thought of as ignorant beings that only knew how to manage housework. In The Color Purple‚ by Alice Walker‚ sexism was interrelated in the novel. Throughout the story‚ several women were extremely mistreated by men. Their experiences were considered trivial because they were always subordinated to them. Through the collection of

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    The role and mode of “God” The role and mode of God changes throughout the book The Color Purple as Celie develops as a result of different experiences. From her conversation with Shug her whole view of God changes and so do her feelings about what she can do. From a young age Celie has written to God and she believes that he has been listening. Celie confesses to both Shug and Nettie that she has stopped writing to God. She says “Anyhow‚ I say‚ the God I been praying and writing to is a man.

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    Raisin in the Sun

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    LORRAINE ANSBERRY H A Raisinin the Sun Characters RUTH YOUNGER TRAVIS YOUNGER WALTER LEE YOUNGER (BROTHER) BENEATHA YOUNGER LENA YOUNGER (MAMA) JOSEPH ASAGAI GEORGE MURCHISON MRS. JOHNSON KARL LINDNER BOBO MOVING MEN The action of the playis set in Chicago’s side‚ sometime South between World War II and thepresent. Act I Scene I Friday morning. Scene II Thefollowing morning. Act II Scene I Later‚ thesame day. Scene II Friday night‚ a few later. weeks Scene III Moving day‚ one later

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    In the story “A Raisin in the Sun‚” Beneatha Younger shows us her quite unique character through conversations. She is ambitious‚ educated and a feminist. As an African American woman at that time‚ she is going to college and she wants to be a doctor. She is such an ambitious girl who has a strong personality. “What do you want from me‚ Brother----that I quit school or just drop dead‚ which!” (36). she learns guitar: “I just want to‚ that’s all” (47) Mama uses the word flit to describe her. “I don’t

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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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    time was earlier than it was in New York and says that he goes to New York a few times a year while Bennie and her family have probably never left their home city. (50‚ 80 - 85) Class and Generational Conflicts is a re-occurring theme in A Raisin in the Sun. This was the time when young adults and teenagers began to branch out. They had less beliefs. The rich‚ the middle class‚ and the poor also had major differences in housing as well as many other

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