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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author‚ Lorraine Hansberry‚ uses plot and characterization to convey the theme that one must be responsible to fulfill one’s dreams‚ in order to accomplish her purpose of showing the positive effects of responsibility on a dream‚ and the negative effects of no responsibility on a dream. In this play‚ Hansberry’s purpose relates to the theme because without a certain level of responsibility‚ a dream cannot be executed to its full extent. By using the contrasting dreams of Mama and Walter‚ Hansberry is
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CHAPTER III: The Impact of Identity on Dreams – 1. Identity in the Sight of Other People In actual fact‚ people have a certain view or conception about what somebody is. This view is quite different from what the individual himself has. But then the harm in all this is that this state of affairs has a great impact on what an individual is supposed to become in life especially when he doesn’t have a great sense of objectivity or when he is not determined to achieve his life goal regardless
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frustrated with his current position in life‚ and every disappointment he has encountered thus far. Although he tries to be a loving man‚ sometimes he does not know how to show the idea of love‚ "Sometimes...sometimes...I don’t even know how to try" (Hansberry 89). His position in life can be regarded as symbolic of every black male struggling to provide for his family by any means necessary. Although Walter has a job‚ it seems inadequate for his survival. As a result‚ he has become frustrated and lacks
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Family struggles have been present since before time. Every family has there own challenges that they are forced to face. Two plays show how a family can deal and compensate with their daily battles. A Raisin In The Sun by Lorraine Hansberry is a play set in Chicago‚ before the civil rights movement‚ about the Youngers. The Youngers lived in a crammed apartment‚ with just enough space for the five of them‚ and are expecting another child. They are depending on their father’s life insurance check
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And a woman will say: Eat your eggs and go to work. (Passionately now) Man say: I got to change my life‚ I’m choking to death‚ baby! And his woman say – (in utter anguish as he brings his fists down on his thighs) – Your eggs is getting cold!” (Hansberry 83) Here‚ Walter seems to accuse not only Ruth but all woman of holding back their men. He implies that women are only interested in domestic things and do not have a head for the big picture. Therefore‚ making him seemed frustrated. Is this healthy
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The United States of America prides itself on independence‚ but many American authors challenge what it truly means to be fully independent. Whether independence is a state of a mind or a physical freedom‚ there is no way to tell. However‚ many characters in American Literature have their own answers to the question. Independence is a concept with a constantly changing‚ dynamic description. Three characters that reflect the developing idea of independence are Hester Prynne‚ Jim‚ and Walter Lee Younger
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to Clybourne park they will be living in constant fear‚ they are the only blacks that was about to live in that Neighborhood. The house that Lena purchase she was not informed that the house there about to live in someone had committed suicide. In Lorraine Hansberry’s play‚ A raisin in the sun‚ the Younger family is not doing the right thing by moving into their new home. For the Younger to move to Clybourne Park putting their whole entire family in danger they have to think about Travis their son
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the United States. The amount of diversity in the United States leads people to interact with others who might not necessarily be the same ethnicity as they are. This is portrayed in To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee‚ A Raisin In the Sun by Lorraine Hansberry‚ and other contemporary issues going on in the United States that racism is mainly caused by people thinking that their ethnicity is better than another person’s. Racism is prejudice or discrimination directed against someone of a different
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Literature Argument: gives a writer’s point of view about an issue or a problem. Evidence: supports a writer’s idea with facts‚ statistics‚ data‚ and quotations. Persuasive appeals: used by writers to convince readers that their ideas are true by using logic‚ emotions or beliefs. They use words that create strong feelings in the reader. Logical or rhetorical fallacy: an appeal that doesn’t use evidence or logic. Evaluate evidence: Is the evidence biased‚ or prejudiced‚ by the writer’s own
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