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Dreams and goals are important in developing a person’s thoughts and actions. Seeking one’s dreams is the basic goals of their lives, and once they reach those goals, true happiness can be achieved. In ‘A Raisin in the Sun’, written by Lorraine Hansberry, the characters pursue prosperity through means as they see fit, though it can be vary from person to person. For example, Walter believes money can achieve bliss, while Mama believes that bonding with her family and buying a house are the best…

of supporting one’s family and living a comfortable life is the overall American Dream. However, according to some contemporary writers, “... the American dream has been accessible only to a privileged few” (Werlock 1). In the play A Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine Hansberry, the Youngers, an African American family living on the Southside of Chicago, all work towards acquiring their own goals in life. They each overcome barriers such as racism and sexism on the road to carrying out their dreams.…

In her play, “A Raisin in the Sun,” Lorraine Hansberry projects several conflicts that African Americans faced in the 1950s through her characters. These conflicts include the pressure to either assimilate to the current American standards or to maintain African tradition, the urge to make money to get one’s family out of the ghetto, the need to lead one’s family, and the tough decisions to be made to support and protect the family. Hansberry openly addresses the fact that there was a serious…

A wise person once said, “Sometimes we have to let go of what’s killing us, even if it’s killing us to let go.” A man will always try to do what’s best for his family. But does he always know what’s best for the family? In A Raisin in the Sun, Lorraine Hansberry debuts a thirty-five year old man who thinks life revolves around money. Walter Lee Younger, a selfish, careless, and disobedient man will do anything to own a liquor store, but in the end will eventually learn some things are not…

Dreams are ideas and thoughts we ponder on, hoping that one day we may meet it. Sometimes we accomplish this and other times, we are close but not quite there. A Raisin in the Sun, a play by Lorraine Hansberry and Of Mice and Men, a novella by John Steinbeck have a similar theme, dream. A Raisin in the Sun is about a lower class African-American family, the Youngers, trying to better their lives with an insurance check coming in due to the death of their father and husband. Lena Younger (Mama)…

A Dream Deferred In A Raisin in the Sun, the author, Lorraine Hansberry, chronicles the ambitions and tribulations of the impoverished Younger family, and concurrently Hansberry attempts to answer Langston Hughes’ famous question: what happens to a dream deferred? After Walter Younger, who yearns to be affluent and to be able to provide for his family, loses all his money in a bad business deal and effectively deters his dream, he invites Karl Lindner to sell their recently-bought house in the…

The play “A Raisin in the Sun” by Lorraine Hansberry follows a struggling black American family living on the south side of Chicago in the 1950s. The main characters include, Walter Lee, Beneatha, Lena “Mama”, Ruth, and Travis. As the play opens the family members are anticipating on receiving an insurance check and throughout the play they have their own interpretation on what they would like to do with the money. That of which leads to one of the conflicts in this story which is dreams.…

The Hidden Issues in A Raisin in the Sun A Raisin in the Sun is a classic domestic tragedy written by Lorraine Hansberry in 1959. The play lets the audience and or readers see what life is really like in the Younger household, who is an african american family who lives on the South Side of Chicago. The younger family is living in a small two bedroom apartment which seems to over flowing with the amount of people that are residing in the apartment. At the beginning of the play the family is…

buy The Sun Also Rises. In the article, Faverty help me understand the preview of the book, and the background of Ernest Hemingway. In the fourth paragraph, “Lady Ashley, or Brett, as she is called, is the dark angel who dominates his “The Sun also Rises.” She is the center of an inglorious company of drug addicts, homosexuals, drunks, sophisticates, and “literary cripples” (Faverty).This statement helped me have a glimpse of Lady Ashely’s lifestyle, and how she’s one of the main…

A Thousand Splendid Suns, written by Khaled Hosseini, is a heart-warming, gut-wrenching, powerful fictional novel that leaves readers wanting more. It was a #1 New York Times bestseller and definitely owned up to its great reviews. You learn the importance of friendship while also gaining a feel of what it’s like to be a woman living in Afghanistan, especially during the Taliban takeover. The author grabs your attention in a way that makes you feel like you’re apart of this unbelievable novel.…