The play has a very strong view on Feminism in the 1960s The three characters which are women Mama Ruth and beneath show an influence over the men of the family They are the main supporters of the family because Walter is too lazy to do anything or care about his family since all that is important to him is money Mama is by far the dominant female in the family since she directly gave Benetha orders to say there is still a god in my mothers house and Benetha obeyed her so that makes Mama domina
The Younger family is an average African American family trying to live a spectacular life Mama simply wants a happy family and is willing to do whatever it takes for that to happen Ruth is a hard worker and a loving wife She cooks and cleans in order to keep her family satisfied Walter the husband has a dream to open a liquor store and waits for Mama to get her insurance check Beneathas dream is to be a doctor and is willing to do whatever it takes to become one They set these goals in order t
Divisions Anything in the universe can be divided Galaxies can be divided by shape planets can be divided by composition Most humans divide themselves as well All around the world people judge one another through certain characteristics such as their grades in school or athletic ability After they judge each other on those certain characteristics they divide each other into groups Then they will try their best to join the group that is the most appealing in their mind by changing their own char
Many times the daily oppression of African Americans back in slavery times made being their own persons extremely hard to do Many times families were seriously affected by the mental physical and emotional abuse inflicted by their slave masters thus causing rifts between family members This is evident in both Lorraine Hansberrys A Raisin in the Sun and August Wilsons The Piano Lesson Both authors tackle the issue of identity and family ties in their plays Both families in the two plays are forc
Harlem In the 1920s a breakthrough of many great African American writers emerged This period was known as the Harlem Renaissance One of the greatest writers during this time was Langston Hughes Hughes was one of the well known and more intellectual writers and his work was powerful and moving Langston Hughess poem Harlem is written about the dreams of the people during the time of segregation and racism Written in 1951 Hughes asks the question What happens to a dream deferred Hughes addresses
Culture Roots Identity The two characters I chose to write about are Nora from A Dolls House and Walter from A Raisin in the Sun I am choosing these two characters for many reasons I feel that Noras culture and identity has been very much affected by the way Trovalds culture made him act towards Nora Walter has been delayed in achieving his goals simply because his culture was not looked upon as being very established or prosperous The play taking place during the 19 century you will notice tha
Everyone in the world has dreams some come true and others stay dreams forever In the poem A Dream Deferred Langston Hughes expresses his facts of a dream being put on hold and a dream being seized or even postponed to come true The author uses a lot of imagery during this poem to express his point He does this to show the reader how he feels about a person putting their dreams off until later The way he writes certain things in this poem should also show his values as a person and how he was t
In the poem Harlem 1951 by Langston Hughes its a very thoughtful essay that had me wondering and asking myself questions that was hard to find answers too Especially on the questions What happens to a dream deferred Does it stink like a raisin in the sun Or does it explode We all have had dreams before and know that they can not be predicted no matter how accurate you think are Dreams are like diseases you never know when it will occur The purpose of dreams experiences as a dreamer and why we d
DREAM DEFERRED Langston Hughess poem Dream Deferred is basically about what happens to dreams when they are put on hold Hughes probably intended for the poem to focus on the dreams of African Americans in particular because he originally entitled the poem Harlem which is the capital of African American life in the United States however it is just as easy to read the poem as being about dreams in general and what happens when people postpone making them come true Ultimately Hughes uses a careful