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Money For A New House Walter
627 wordsOne of the first ideas mentioned in this play, A Raisin In the Sun, is about money. The Younger's end up with no money because of Walter's obsession with it. When Walter decides not to take the extra money he is offered it helps prove Hansberry's theme. Her theme is that money can't buy happiness. This can be seen in Walter's actions throughout the play. While Mama is talking to Walter, she asks him why he always talks about money. 'Mama: Oh -- So now it's life. Money is life. Once upon a time f...
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Beneatha's Dream
630 wordsA Raisin in the Sun - Money Where money is but an illusion and all it brings are nothing but dreams, one family struggles to discover that wealth can be found in other forms. In the play 'A Raisin in the Sun,' Lorraine Hansberry uses the indirect characterization of the Younger family through their acquaintances to reveal that money and materialism alone are worthless. Living in a society where the fulfillment of dreams is based upon material wealth, the Younger family strives to overcome their ...
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America Walter Younger
983 wordsAnalysis of the Character Walter in A Raisin in the Sun Everyone in America wants to achieve some sort of financial success in his or her life. Sometimes living in a capitalistic society entices many to become too materialistic. Greed is the characteristic that many Americans then attain. This is all in pursuit of the American dream. For most Americans, this high status is very difficult to achieve. In Lorraine Hansberry's A Raisin in the Sun, she examines an African-American family's struggle t...
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Walter The Liquor Store
903 wordsA Raisin In The Sun Everyone in America wants to achieve financial success in their life in one form or another. Sometimes living in a capitalistic society entices many to become too materialistic. This is most commonly referred to as the American Dream. For most Americans, this high status is very difficult to achieve. The play, A Raisin in the Son, (written by Lorraine Hansberry) examines an African-American's family's struggle to break out of the poverty that is preventing them from achieving...
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Rich And Willy Believes
460 wordsA common theme in society today is that money is the key to happiness. In A Raisin in the Sun and Death of a Salesman the theme that money is the root of contentment is also present. In A Raisin in the Sun, Walter Lee has such a desire to be rich that he neglects his son and wife. Willy, in Death of a Salesman, is also very distracted by the thought of money. First of all, Willy believes that he needs to be as successful as his brother, Ben, in order to be happy. He spends his whole life wishing...
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Rest Of The Money To Walter
573 wordsRoils Review of A Raisin in the Sun. This is probably the first play I've ever seen that I REALLY HEATED. A Raisin in the Sun The Madison Repertory Theatre has produced many plays by African American playwrights recently, such as last year's From the Mississippi Delta, but their most recent, Lorraine Hansberry's A Raisin in the Sun is certainly one of the very Worst. The play starts in a darkened living room. Ruth Younger wakes her family on a Friday morning. Her father-in-law has recently died,...
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Walter Younger
1,267 words"Conflict in an American family" The play "A Raisin in the Sun" illustrates three main conflicts in the younger family life; they are internal, social, and interpersonal. The conflicts in the story give insight as to who the characters are and what they really want out of life. Conflict is one of the underlying themes in the play, which was written by Lorraine Hansberry, it helps to tell the story and explain the situation that the Younger family is in. The characters in this story were African ...
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Willy Vs Walter A Good Drama
1,046 wordsWilly (Death of A Salesman) vs. Walter (A Raisin in the Sun) A good drama is based on a strong set of characters. For instance, a good collection of characters will lead the audience to identify the characters with something in the real world and get emotionally involved with the characters. Every individual has its own character, which is composed of personalities, behaviors and individualities. The audience compare characters to evaluate and relate the characters' experiences to their own live...
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Ruth
269 wordsWalter (In-Depth Analysis) As Mama's only son, Ruth's defiant husband, Travis's caring father, and Beneatha's belligerent brother, Walter serves as both protagonist and antagonist of the play. The plot revolves around him and the actions that he takes. Most of his actions and mistakes hurt the family greatly, but his belated rise to manhood makes him a sort of hero in the last scene. His character evolves the most during the course of the play. Throughout the play, Walter provides an everyman pe...
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Walter's Dreams
4,174 wordsA dream deferred is a dream put off to another time, much like this essay. But unlike dreams sometimes, this essay will get fulfilled and done with. Each character from A Raisin in the Sun had a deferred dream, even little Travis although his dream was not directly stated. Their dreams become dried up like a raisin in the sun. Not just dreams are dried up though; Walter Lee and Ruth's marriage became dried up also. Their marriage was no longer of much importance, like a dream it was post-pone d ...
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Mama's Money
1,257 wordsLorraine Hansberry's novel, A Raisin in the Sun, revolves around a middle-class African-American family, struggling during World War II. By reading about the Younger's true to life experiences, one learns many important life lessons. One of the aforementioned would be that a person should always put family's needs before their own. There are many examples of this throughout the novel. Just a few of these would be the example of Ruth and her unborn baby, Walter regaining the respect of his family...
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Money Into A Liquor Store
430 words'Life' In the novel 'A Raisin in the Sun' an African American family suffers the loss of one of their family members. He was the oldest person in the family and had always had dreams of his family having a better life. When he died the life insurance company sent the rest of the family a check for ten thousand dollars. The family argues impatiently about how they should spend the money when they finally relieve the money. Walter Lee, the oldest son, wants to invest the money into a liquor store ...
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Play Walter
1,072 wordsPart A: One striking aspect in "A Raisin in the Sun" was in Act II Scene, when Bobo gives Walter the news that Willy went off with the money for the liquor business. I honestly did not think that would happen. I respected Willy to be one of Walter's good friends. I thought they would invest in the liquor business together and make good money. I was in total disbelief when Bobo announced the bad news. Also in Act, I did not expect Walter to change his mind about accepting Mr. Linder's "exchange"....
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Walter Want's The Money
1,094 words'A Raisin In the Sun': An Analysis'A Raisin In The Sun' is a play written by an African-American playwright - Lorraine Hansberry. It was first produced in 1959. Lorraine Hansberry's work is about a black family in the Chicago's South-Side after the Second World War. The family consisted of Mama (Lena Younger), Walter Lee (her son), Ruth (his wife), Travis (their son), and Beneath a (Walters younger sister). The Younger family lived in poor conditions, and can't afford to have better living stand...
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Theme Of Family Values
472 wordsTheme in the A Raisin in the Sun There are many themes in A Raisin in the Sun. The this play was written by, an African American, Lorraine Hansberry. The three themes that stood out when I read the play were; family values, money isnt everything, life in poverty. The first and, I feel, most important was the theme of family values. It was mentioned a lot how family values are passed on through generations. For example Mama was always saying what her husband was like and what he would do. Family ...
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Lives In The Apartment
628 wordsA Raisin in the Sun - Essay question 2 Throughout history, America has showed its will and strength to overcome obstacles and to reach its goals. Every new decade demonstrated something knew and different that America had to pull through. This country has overcome many important feats, which shape our history and the way we live today. Back in the 1950's, America was starting something new. We have just come out of vigorous wars and just wanted to relax. During this period, segregation of the co...
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Communication Gap Between Walter And Ruth
823 wordsCoup number one is the scene when Ruth finds out that she is pregnant and wishes to tell Walter. Ruth wants to tell Walter about the new baby and their plans weather or not to keep the baby but he has his own little problems and is too mind bothered to listen. So Mamma sits him down and makes him listen. In this scene, it shows how Walter really doesn't know his wife as well as he thought he did and as well as the communication gap between Walter and Ruth. The fact that he thought that Ruth woul...
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Walters Family
295 wordsThere were many similarities in the characters from To Kill a Mocking Bird and Remember the Titans. The characters in both of the stories have similar experiences, but they dealt with them differently. Walter Cunningham in To Kill a Mocking Bird had a lot of things in common with "The Fat Kid" in Remember the Titans (I didn't quite catch his name, so I will refer to him as "The Fat Kid"). Well, Walter and "The Fat Kid" came from family's that didn't have a lot of money. Walter couldn't afford to...
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Walter's Son Walter Lee
255 wordsA domestic drama set in a tenement on the south side of Chicago, Lorraine Hansberry's tells the story of the Younger family. Following the death of the family's father and provider Big Walter, who has died from overwork and grief over the death of a child, the Youngers await the payment of Walter's life insurance. For Walter's son Walter Lee, the money would enable him to open a liquor store and give up his degrading work as a chauffeur for a wealthy white; he also dreams of buying pearls for hi...
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Different Value Systems Cause Walter And Mama
1,390 wordsWhile reading A Raisin in the Sun, one learns much about the values of the characters in the story, especially of Mama and Walter. Through the dialogue and actions of the two characters, we learn that the value systems of Mama and Walter are extremely different, and even sometimes contradictory. Mama's greatest value is family, while Walter's values evolve only around fame, power, and wealth. As a result of their radically different value systems, Mama and Walter's motivations, actions, and rela...
