Theme Of A Raisin In The Sun: A Raisin In The Sun

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A raisin in the sun a Historical Fiction based in southside Chicago , Between World War ll and the present day ( first produced in 1959. Book by Lorraine Hansberry came from the root inspiration from Langston Hughes “ What happens to a dream deferred? Does it dry up like a raisin in the sun? Or fester like a sore--- And then run? Does it stink like rotten meat Or crust and sugar--- Like a syrupy sweet? Maybe it just sags . Like a heavy load. Or does it explode? A amazing fester of words from a poem . To me when i think or a raisin that's in the sun i picture an dry thing that was once a beautiful thing before and it got left without the proper use and now become something people look past. If you really eat a raisin the look shocks you it's …show more content…
She wanted peace and still understand their religious ways and conduct order. Pg.51 Mama said “ Now--- You say after me, in my mother’s house there is still God.” Beneatha repeats it . In my opinion Mama new the plan for her and her family and wanted to give their family the needs first and some wants. Mama's pride came from fixing everyone else's problems and emotions but not really her own. Eagerness and Arrogance was Walter's Highlight. I would say time was the dime for him. He was so based on his wants and dreams he forgot about the family as a whole needs a solution. “ You know the saying you eat with your eyes “ Money and his liquor store was was he was hungry for. Mama mentions in the story that he is a disgrace to his father. Meaning he is making him look bad and the footsteps walter was suppose to keep walking stopped. He had many careless situations like selling the house and having to get it back, Not convincing his wife at first to keep the baby , and with travis not being real not talking with his wife first before giving him money and other things. Ruth said on pg.88 “ ‘ cause after all that liquor you come home with you ought to have something hot in your stomach.” For beneatha she had to find the fake her in order to commit to anything. The girl was a miser made the people around her miserable “ misery loves company “ . On pg.51 she save her faith up . “ ….. I don't believe in God.” on pg.77 She is explaining to Ruth a dance she learned from her culture she is into. She was called assimilationist on pg.63 . Ruth was a secretive person who didn't care if her son seen the struggle she to me wasn't trying to break generation doubts and curses she was bitter. She added more problems in some ways she knew that space was not available to bring a new kid and then she has the idea to abort the kid. Travis was just a huge dreamer

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