A Raisin In The Sun
The title of my summer reading book is A Raisin In The Sun. It was written by Lorraine Hansberry and had a number of 135 pages in her book. I chose this book because I have heard a lot of my previous English teacher’s talk about how great of a book A Raisin In The Sun is and how this book is a book you need to read before leaving high school.
The book is about the Younger family that lives together in a small apartment that receive a check for $10.000. This money come the deceased Mr. Younger insurance policy. Each member of the family has an idea of what he or she would like to do with the money. The matriarch of the family, Mama, wants to use the money to buy herself a house to fulfill her dream she shared with her husband. Mama’s son, Walter Lee, would rather use the money to invest in a liquor store with his friends. Walter feels that the investment would help the family with their financial problems. However Walter’s wife, Ruth, agrees with Mama but, also wants to provide more opportunity for her son Travis. Finally, Beneatha, Walter’s sister and Mama’s daughter, wants to uses the money for her medical school tuition. Mama puts a down payment down …show more content…
We had to sell a certain amount of different objects for a fundraiser and the baseball team we're going to Tampa Florida for spring break but did not have enough money. So our softball coach gave the baseball team the money we fundraised for. This book was also written in third person point of view. If the story was written in first person point of view it would just give the read even for realistic qualities because it would be coming for someone who is telling his or her story. If the story was told in second person it would really make sense to the reader because it would be telling how you should do
The title of my summer reading book is A Raisin In The Sun. It was written by Lorraine Hansberry and had a number of 135 pages in her book. I chose this book because I have heard a lot of my previous English teacher’s talk about how great of a book A Raisin In The Sun is and how this book is a book you need to read before leaving high school.
The book is about the Younger family that lives together in a small apartment that receive a check for $10.000. This money come the deceased Mr. Younger insurance policy. Each member of the family has an idea of what he or she would like to do with the money. The matriarch of the family, Mama, wants to use the money to buy herself a house to fulfill her dream she shared with her husband. Mama’s son, Walter Lee, would rather use the money to invest in a liquor store with his friends. Walter feels that the investment would help the family with their financial problems. However Walter’s wife, Ruth, agrees with Mama but, also wants to provide more opportunity for her son Travis. Finally, Beneatha, Walter’s sister and Mama’s daughter, wants to uses the money for her medical school tuition. Mama puts a down payment down …show more content…
We had to sell a certain amount of different objects for a fundraiser and the baseball team we're going to Tampa Florida for spring break but did not have enough money. So our softball coach gave the baseball team the money we fundraised for. This book was also written in third person point of view. If the story was written in first person point of view it would just give the read even for realistic qualities because it would be coming for someone who is telling his or her story. If the story was told in second person it would really make sense to the reader because it would be telling how you should do