A Raisin In The Sun

Title	A Raisin In The Sun
# of Words	701
# of Pages (250 words per page double spaced)	2.8

A Raisin in the Sun

Word Count: 690

The
play depicts the feelings and thoughts of the people of their
time. Their feelings are different then what we see today in
our lives. The family had to deal with poverty and racism.
Not having enough money and always being put down
because of the color of their skin held them back from
having a lot of self-respect and dignity. I think that Mama
was the one who had the most pride and held the family
together. Ruth was being prevented from having a baby
because of money problems, Walter was bringing him self
down by trying to make the liquor store idea work. Once
Mama decided to buy the house with the money she had
received, Walter figured that he should further go on with the
liquor store idea. Then, when Walter lost the money, he lost
his dignity and tried to get some money from the “welcome
party” of Cylborne Park. Mama forced him to realize how
far he went by making him show himself to his son how low
he would go. But he showed that he wasn’t susceptible to
the ways the racism created. Raisin In the Sun Dreams can
be seen in many ways. A dream could be something you had
in the night that seems so real, or a dream could be your
fantasy, where everything is going your way. The last type of
dream is something that has more of a deep sense and plays
an important role in your life. The type the dream the
Younger family had. Each individual had their own hopes
and anticipated something. Walter and his chance to be big
and important with his liquor store, Beneatha and becoming
the opposite of an asimillist and becoming a doctor, or Ruth
and her moving out of the rap trap of a life and home, and
becoming something bigger and more significant. The person
I saw that had the foremost wishes was Mama. All she
wanted was to see her family happy and for her to be happy
herself for once. She wanted the family to stop suffering and
“never moving forwards”. Mama wanted Travis to have his
own room, and by this she sacrificed her own personal room
for that by sharing with Beneatha in the new house. She was
s...

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