... everything that he got. Well in the play A Raisin in the Sun by Langston Hughes, several of then characters has dreams that they are aspiring to one day achieve. Everyone needs to have something like a dream or a goal to keep themselves pursuing something in their life. We all strive for something to keep our ... about or do they shrivel up "like a raisin in the sun?" Beneatha is one of the man character's in this play. She is the daughter of MaMa and the sister to Walter. She is also a very attractive college student who is dating two guys at the moment. These two men who she seeing ar...

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... yard. They await the arrival of the other daughter, Dee. The exposition goes through the mother's thoughts of how the day is going to progress. She knows exactly how Maggie will act once Dee arrives. Mama sits outside and waits for Dee, all the while she daydreams about the way she wants the rest of the afternoon ... to go. A television show comes to mind with the thought of Dee and her sitting in the kitchen hugging like a perfect mother and daughter. Mama also thinks of the other house, the one that burnt, and the way Dee hates the old house. The new house on the other hand sits in a ...

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... . The leaders of each section were depicted by their attitude towards life and desire to put the family in different positions. These people were Mama, Walter, and Beneatha. Mama is the leader of one way of thinking, she desires the family to be together and for the Youngers to be one strong unit. ... . Even though his intensions were good, him being a partner in a liquor store would only make his drinking worse, and him dealing with drunks all day would make him grow farther away from the family. At least he was making an effort to get the family economically right. Unlike his sister Ben...

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... decides to move into the house so the whole family moves to the neighborhood and the play ends. 1. Setting: South Side Chicago World War II to present day. 2. Symbol: Mama's plant is a symbol of life. 3. Protagonist: Mama 4. Antagonist: Lindner 5. Simile: " sleepy as the devil." 6. Metaphor: "You are a horrible chic at this hour." 7. Characterization: Walter is greedy and wants money. Ruth is quiet. Beneatha ... is moody. Mama is very religious. 8. Man vs. Man: Walter versus Beneatha. They argue about the money that belongs to their mother. 9. Man vs. Self: Walter versus himself. Walter...

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... a brother. The sisters were Nenny and Kiki, and the brother's name was Carlos. Kiki was the youngest, and Esperanza was the oldest. Like most Hispanics, the family was tightly bonded. Mama and Papa frequently dreamed of a new house, but Esperanza knew dreams were just dreams. Esperanza was also at the mercy of a bad neighborhood. She thought it was fine, but later ... experiences gathered from her life, Esperanza began to feel out of place on mango Street. She wanted to leave that place and make lots of money. She mentions how one day, she will have a great big house, and welcome the ho...

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... his wife. He does not march with the times. He is a conformist, and ever since they were married he has promised his wife he would build her a new house one day, but he never did. He wants to build a log cabin for Norma Jean but she thinks that it would be inappropriate in the new subdivision "I don't want to live in ... understand that Norma Jean has the right to do what she likes. From the moment Mabel catches her daughter smoking, Norma Jean decides to be herself. "Everything was fine till Mama caught me smoking", says Norma Jean, standing up. "That set something off". In short, Shil...

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• Grade Level: High School