Franco 1 Adriana Franco Mr. Schwab English I 11 March‚ 2013 A Raisin in the Sun In Lorraine Hansberry’s significant novel‚ A Raisin in the Sun‚ the Youngers‚ an African-American family‚ struggle to maintain happiness and harmony in their middle-class household. The central characters in the novel each has a specific dream or dreams that they strive to make a reality. Lena Younger‚ also known as Mama‚ desires a family house where she‚ her children and grandchild could live comfortably
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In the play a Raisin in the Sun‚ the characters have dreams that represent a desire to achieve something‚ to be something‚ and to have something as their own. Dreams represent a subconscious drive‚ which creates the desire to be willing to do whatever it takes to complete that goal. It is a passion that will go unsatisfied without completion‚ that could turn into depression and loss of hope. For Walter Lee Younger‚ dreams are everything. Walter’s character in the play revolves around the hope
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Raisin in the sun was written in 1957 and first produced in 1959.The author of this book is Lorraine Hansberry. The setting is in South Side‚ Chicago . The characters are Walter‚ Ruth (Walter’s wife)‚ Beneatha (Walter’s sister)‚ Travis (Walter’s son)‚ and Lena Young the mother of Walter and Beneatha. Throughout the play is she known as mama. While others in life are chasing stars or love the characters in this book were chasing their dreams. They were trying to seek a better future that almost
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Lorraine Hansberry’s A Raisin in the Sun‚ actions to pursue the American Dream consistently move the play forward. Lorrain Hansberry produced this play in order to illustrate the importance of dreams in the everyday lives of ordinary people. The play begins at a time shortly after World War II‚ and the audience begins to become familiar with one of the many families who are struggling with money. Due to the state of the economy at that time‚ the play centrally focuses on American Dreams of a better life
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A lot of people have accomplished their dreams or goals. If you notice they must work hard to achieve them‚ what they want isn’t just handed to them. This shows that your dream can be made. I argue that the American Dream is not just handed to you‚ and it’s not always a smooth and easy road. The American Dream is made up between dedication‚ hard work‚ and you should also have to be happy with what you are doing. Beneatha is dedicated to what she wants to do in the future. She has always
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The drama A Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine Hansberry depicts a story of a poor black family’s struggle to escape poverty and fulfill their individual dreams‚ while residing on the Southside of Chicago. Each member of the Younger family have inspirations‚ however are deprived of achieving them due to their African-American race. Mama‚ whom is the matriarch of the family dreams of buying a house for her family in a more decent and refined neighborhood. She believes that living in a new house creates
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book A Raisin in the Sun had many themes‚ motifs‚ and symbols. Value/Purpose of dreams (theme)‚ Home (Motif)‚ and Mama’s Plant (symbol) had many similarities and differences. Value/Purpose of dreams are each of the Younger’s dreams throughout the play. Beneatha wanted to be a doctor‚ Walter wanted to buy a liquor store to start a business‚ Mama wanted to own a garden‚ Travis wanted to be a bus driver‚ and Ruth wanted to get out of the “rat trap.” When the Youngers fail to make their dreams reality
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Struggling for the Dream in A Raisin in the Sun Set in a cramped apartment in poverty-striken Southside Chicago‚ Lorraine Hansberry‚ through realistic slang‚ accounts the struggles of five black family members battling against racism to attain middle-class acceptance during 1959. After Walter Younger’s business "partner" skipped town with a portion of the family’s $10‚000 inheritance money‚ the desolate son returns home to break the news to his family that their hopes for the future have been
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Pride‚ Hope‚ and Dignity To get the full just of just how the characters in either a particular book or playwright acts‚ you need to visually see it for yourself. The appearance‚ behavior‚ and dialogue of the characters give effort to explaining the story. The Youngers were a different breed of family they had different values and they had morals. They had dreams and they were not going to let anything stop those dreams. The typical attitude of black families in that era was simply‚ your black
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A Raisin in the Sun: The American Dream for Black Americans HISTORICAL CONTEXT The fight for equal rights‚ also against slavery‚ for African-Americans in the United States was a long and slow fight. One of the small steps towards equality was the Harlem Renaissance; this was a time of creative activity among the African-Americans during the 1920’s and 1930’s. A few patrons supported the creative and astonishing talents of the African-American authors‚ musicians‚ painters. All of these artists
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