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Examples Of Beneatha In A Raisin In The Sun

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Cooper McMillan Ms. Coen Advanced English 9 May 19, 2023 Title In the ’50s and ‘60s and long before, African Americans did not have the same rights or opportunities as their white counterparts. When this was happening multiple factors led to this such as segregation, redlining, and the availability of certain jobs. During the primary time of the segregation, specifically, from 1954 to 1968, the African Americans Were fighting for the right to be looked upon as equal. This led to pay disparity and caused a lot of different views on money as someone could see in the play A Raisin in the Sun. The author, Lorraine Hansberry presents Walter Lee, Beneatha, and Mama to convey their different outlooks on money, such as investing, helping the family, or education, ultimately illustrating that the …show more content…

When Walter and Mama were arguing during breakfast time Mama told Walter, “Now don't you start, child. It's too early in the morning to be talking about money. It ain't Christian” (Hansberry 41). The reader can look at the point where Mama said “it aint Christian” and tell that she uses her religion to form this opinion that she has about money. A different point of view the reader can look at is during another argument between Mama and Walter she said, “Oh So now it's life. Money is life. Once upon a time freedom used to be life now it's money. I guess the world really do change” (Hansberry 73). The reader can imply that Mama didn't grow up in a time with a lot of freedom because she says ‘Once upon a time freedom used to be life’ which shows the reader that she didn't always have freedom and used to strive for freedom and she got that freedom, but the reader could say that her goals where reached but doesn't think that her kids should be able to have their own

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A person’s dreams and how they reach them can affect the path of their life. Beneatha Younger’s dreams, in Lorraine Hansberry’s A Raisin in the Sun, are no different. We can see how Beneatha’s dreams change throughout the play. In the beginning, Beneatha is confident, although she wants to understand who she is.

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Every individual symbol has its own unique and distinct traits that have its resemblance to different aspects of life. In Lorraine Hansberry’s play, A Raisin In The Sun, many symbols and themes were introduced which held a significant meaning and value to the play. One key symbol that was significant in this play was Beneatha’s hair, which represented many aspects of the Youngers day to day life, especially of Beneatha’s whose character trait and personality developed alongside this symbol throughout the play. One way Beneatha’s hair represents Beneatha in this play is how it contains aspects such as assimilation and change, which correspond to Beneatha’s personality in the beginning of the book very well. The scene that represents this begins with the Youngers cleaning their apartment and doing

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Runaway Juvenile Dispatched to 900 N. Travis for report of a runaway juvenile 's possible location, Upon arrival, I made contact with the Juvenile 's mother Leticia Ramos (DOB-00-00-0000). Ramos stated, "I heard Leon was staying with my daughter, and she was moving from Nixon to San Marcos, and he was going with her. I 'm upset because she did not contact me nor did Leon about whereabouts, and I want him home now before I press charges. " Ramos made contact with her daughter identified as Sunshine Fonseca (DOB-09-02-1991), and advised Fonseca to return home with Carrera, and moments later Fonseca arrived, and Carrera exited the SUV.

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Before the children even begin to go to the store, Miss Moore asked them an upright question: “And Miss Moore asking us do we know what money is, like we a bunch of retards. I mean real money, she say, like it’s only poker chips of monopoly papers we lay on the grocer” (1). Miss Moore was setting up the idea for the rest of the story. The children knew what money was, but didn’t understand how it works. Miss Moore is surprised when Sugar speaks about what she has learned by saying: “imagine for a minute what kind of society it is in which some people can spend on a toy what it would cost to feed a family of six or seven” (6).

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Everyone wanted the money for their own needs. This tears apart the family even more due to arguments over what it should be used for. In Act 1, Scene 2 on pages 73 and 74, Mama and Walter have an exchange about money. In this conversation, Walter says “Money is life, one's success is based on how much money they have made now.”

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One of the first times that Walter and Mama argue about money is when their father/husband's check finally comes. Walter wants to use his fathers money to fund a liquor store, Mama doesn't think that is a good idea so refuses to listen to anything he says. Mama not listening to Walter can be found in the passage “WILL SOMEBODY PLEASE LISTEN TO ME TODAY!” (73 Hansberry). Another time money has caused an argument between Walter and Mama is when Mama confronts Walter about how his behavior has been changing in the last couple of years into something not even she can recognize.

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No one ever stays the same forever. This is shown in Beneatha Younger in “A Raisin in the Sun”. Beneatha is a young black women, who faces challenges everyday. She is a students at a college and dreams to be a doctor but no one else seems to believe in her. This makes her try harder and makes her change the way she thinks.

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While Miss Caroline is going around, looking and touching into lunch boxes she realizes the Walter Cunningham did not have his lunch with him and at that point, Miss Caroline offers him a quarter, so that he can go and buy a lunch. However, Walter doesn’t take the quarter because he knows that he cannot pay Miss Caroline back because he is poor. Miss Caroline doesn’t seem to understand this issue because she grew up in a richer area and she had not come across a problem

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One of these flaws is equal rights. African Americans are having difficulties obtaining their own spot. “[Hansberry brings] local, individual struggles of African Americans—against segregation, ghettoization, and capitalist exploitation—to the national stage. (Gordon, 121 and 122)” The play first points out segregation.

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In the play A Raisin in the Sun, Lorraine Hansberry introduces a family trying to move up in the world but has trouble doing so because they are racially opposed by society. Starting in the 1890’s the Jim Crow Laws were used in the South as a way to oppose African-American giving them a status called, “separate but equal.” They mandated segregation of public schools, public transportation, public facilities including restaurants, bathrooms, and drinking fountains. In the 1950s African- Americans were starting to fight for equal rights and were starting to make headway.

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This could be for a variety of reason such as the way walter acted once mama received the money. He was always upset about not being the complete “breadwinner” and he technically wasn't the head of the house because mama was. Walter tries to make more money by investing in the liquor store. He loses the money because the man runs off with and mama warned him before so of course she becomes disappointed. “THAT MONEY IS MADE OUT OF MY FATHER’S FLESH!”

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In the play A Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine Hansberry, Beneatha has one relationship with George Murchison, the other with Joseph Asagai. The relationship that Beneatha has with these two men are different in health, Beneatha’s relationship with Asagai is healthier than her relationship with George. The author is using Beneatha’s contrasting relationships to show that wealth and upbringing do not define how a one treats another in a relationship. Beneatha’s relationship with Asagai is healthier because Asagai has a more positive view on the world, Asagai is friendlier to Beneatha’s family, and Asagai cares about what Beneatha wants in her life.

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Being the man of the household, Walter dreams of owning a liquor store and plans on using Lena’s money to do so. Walter is always after money and believes that the only way to succeed in life is with money. For example, when Walter is talking about the check, he says, “Mama, sometimes when I’m downtown and I pass them cool, quiet-looking restaurants where them white boys are sitting back and talking about things, turning deals worth millions of dollars, sometimes I see guys don’t look much older than me” (992).This shows how Walter wanted something more out of life and not just be a poor black man. Everyone in this family had dreams but no one supported each other dreams.

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During the depression, there was not just one particular reason for the depression, yet there were several events that took place and led to the cause of this economic crisis known as the Great Depression. The stock market crashing, banks closed, the federal government reduced taxes, but the most important factor that affected the rise in stock was credit. When the banks cut back on lending things began to go downhill from there, areas began to see severe depression. The industrial areas also, they were beginning to slow down, so much of the boom was caused by the buying of goods, and the economy had come to a halt. Last, the reason was problems in Europe.

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