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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…

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    “There is always something left to love and if you ain't learned that you ain’t learned nothing” “mama”. A raisin in the sun is a magnificent, play on how people are trying to chase their dreams. The drama, a raisin in the sun, by Lorraine Hansberry, talked about pursuing dreams. Walter wanted to chase his by opening a liquor store. second. Beneatha chased her dreams by wanting to become a doctor, and mama dreamed about owning a house. Lastly, Ruth's dream was for her family to be civil.…

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    Raisin In The Sun

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    The title of the play “A raisin In The Sun” was a quote from the poem “A Dream Differed” it tells about time of the great depression when dreams dries up like in the play “A Raisin In The Sun”. This poem is asking what do we do when we put our dreams aside. The play is about how the characters feel when the do or don’t achieve their dreams. Mama has an amazing dream to move her family out of the ghetto. She wants to move into a nice house with a nice yard so her kids can play. There are many…

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    A Raisin In The Sun

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    A Raisin in the sun essay In the play A Raisin in the Sun, written by Lorraine Hansberry, a story is told of the Younger’s, a lower class family struggling through the dreams, problems, and emotions life throws at them. The Youngers are a large African American family that include Ruth, a hardworking woman and the mom of Travis; walter, travis’s father and a man with a big dream, Benetha,the independent woman and the sister of Walter, travis, the playful child of walter and ruth, and lastly,…

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    Raisin In The Sun

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    In the play, “A Raisin in the Sun” is a story about an African-American family trying to make a living and pursue their dreams in America around the 1950’s. Also, the characters in the story all deal with their situation in different ways. This then leads to the characters providing different meanings and perspectives on what life was actually like for them at the time and the decisions they had to make. Outside of the story the play itself had effects during the time it was performed. The…

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    like a raisin in the sun?” The play “A Raisin in the Sun”, was also based on Hansberry own experience as a young African-American woman living in a white neighborhood. The play tells the story of a lower-class African-American family that struggles to gain middle-class recognition. In the beginning of the play, the Youngers are waiting for an insurance check of $10,00 from a life insurance policy of the deceased husband of Mama, Mr. Younger’s. The plot of the play primarily focuses around how…

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    When an individual travels from one place to another, the question of whether to honor their original traditions or adopt the new culture of their home frequently arises. While there is no correct answer—as people have different opinions—a representation of both sides can be seen in society and literature. Lorraine Hansberry’s A Raisin in the Sun exemplifies the comparison between staying true to one’s origins and assimilating into a new culture with the characters of Joseph Asagai and George…

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    Are you always on the same page with your mother? A Raisin in The Sun takes place during the early 1950s in Chicago’s South side. It is about a black family having money troubles, trying to move into a white neighborhood where they are not wanted. In A Raisin in The Sun, the argumentative relationship between (Walter and Beneatha), (Mama and Beneatha), creates a conflict of struggle against family hardships that emerges from their behavior towards each other and help develop the themes…

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    “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 over, like a syrupy sweet? Maybe it just sags like a heavy load. Or does it explode? - Langston Hughes, (1951) This poem was written in the beginning of the book, A Raisin in the Sun, and shows how the play is an example of the black experience in Chicago through segregation and the hidden or blatant racism Black people like me…

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    In the plays “Disgraced” and “A Raisin in the Sun” the subject of assimilating into American culture is brought into light. Amir was born as an American but to immigrant parents who raised him as Muslim. Beneatha is an African American woman raised off the American Dream with Christian values. The attitude towards assimilation between these two characters differs greatly between these two characters. Amir sees it as a fact a life something that is inevitable and as something that should be…

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