Raisin Bran

What is money really good for? Can money really make you happy? The theme of the novel, The Glass Castle, by Jeannette Walls is money cannot buy you happiness. The Walls family lives their life simply and poorly, despite their financial difficulties. One may believe that money can really make the Walls family happy by relieving them from these difficulties; however, money often causes more difficulties. The quote, “Someone had slashed him apart with a knife and stole all of our money. I knew it…

Selfish. Desperate. Ambitious. When the opportunity is taken right under from someone's feet, it can be conceded, eager and even hard working depending on the opportunity given. In A Raisin in the Sun, Lorraine Hansberry shows how the struggle was for a colored man in the 1950s to not be successful. Walter Lee Younger, a defiant, selfish, dream chaser, who does not feel validated, and who's never listened too, but will do anything to help his family live happier. The goal Walter wants for him…

Rob Kardashian might be getting back into the family business, but not the business you might think. Rob Kardashian is a successful sock designer, so he probably wasn't hurting for cash, but the pricey arrest of new girlfriend Blac Chyna and getting thrown out of the home he shared with older sister Khloe Kardashian, might have the only Kardashian son experiencing a cash flow problem. At least, that's what veteran porn mogul Larry Flint is hoping. According to TMZ, Larry Flint recently sent a…

How would your life be different if there wasn’t a mother there to support you? Many children rely on their mother to provide support, safety, and love. Throughout the story the boy goes to the tree for various things. In the Giving Tree, Shel Silverstein personifies the character of the treeto depict a mother figure. A mother is always willing to help her child. The gives the bpy anything she can give him when he wants it to make him happy. She gave him apples when he wanted money and she gave…

In her play A Raisin in the Sun, playwright Loraine Hansberry uses the characters of Joseph Asagai and George Murchinson to show the themes of race and sexism. Compared to other characters, Asagai and George appear very little. However, their dialogues with the Beneatha display their opinions on the issues of race and sexism. While Asagai symbolizes the African American heritage and support of women’s rights, George displays the assimilationist African American and the sexism found in Chicago…

Character Analysis of Mama in the “A Raisin in the Sun” The play, “A Raisin in the Sun” describes a few months in the life of an African-American family, the Youngers, living in Chicago in the 1950s. When the play begins, the family is about to receive insurance compensation amounting to $10,000. This compensation is as a result of the deceased Mr. Younger’s life cover policy. According to the play, each of the grown up members of the Youngers has an idea on how to spend the family fortune. Mama…

house 11,000 residents actually housed 27,000 (Chicago Southside 1950’s, 2011). The Southside was primarily made up of African-Americans, in fact, according to Chicago Southside 1950’s, 2011, it was considered the “Capital of Black America.” In A Raisin in the Sun, a play written by Lorraine Hansberry, the difficulties of African-American families living in Chicago were portrayed. Chicago has improved when it comes to crime rates, but poverty and police brutality are things that still greatly…

that shapes and influences the life of every individual united under the name. Different family members may experience certain situations or aspects of the family differently because of the uniqueness of that particular individual. Stories such as “Raisin in the Sun”, “Barn Burning”, and “Everyday Use” develops the difference between certain characters’ attitudes toward the family along with the development of the personality shaped and influenced by the family. The relationship amongst the…

In Lorraine Hansberry’s play, A Raisin in the Sun, the character’s interactions with each other reveal what internal thoughts would reveal in an ordinary book. Two of the characters who are not a part of the Younger family are the men in Beneatha Younger’s life. Hailing from decidedly different upbringings, George Murchison and Joseph Asagai provide opposing viewpoints on the American way of life. Through the contrast between Beneatha’s love interests Hansberry shows the conflict between…

Religion is a central theme that comes to mind when discussing A Raisin in the Sun. Lena Younger is the head of the household and makes it her job to implement religion and God into the daily lives of her family. She finds herself getting heated and agitated over her youngest daughter’s lack of belief in God. Beneatha Younger is the youngest and is an aspiring doctor. She gets into a discussion with Mama Lena over the presence of God, which leads her to being slapped and having to apologize to…