Sam Parashar Parashar 1
Ms. Sullivan
English 9
2/13/23
The Strength of Perseverance
The mental strength and the sacrifice one is willing to take to reach higher heights is the ability to go on when facing problems that look hopeless... The play “A Raisin in the Sun '' by Lorraine Hansberry shows the strength and the sacrifice the Younger family had to take to achieve their dreams. A middle-class family had five people trying to live in a small house. They got a check from the insurance company regarding the death of a family member. Everyone in the house has their idea of where to spend the money. Likewise, “Feel Invincible” A song by John Cooper shows the strength and the willpower of a man who always finds hardship and still reaches
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The strength to never give up and the sacrifice one is willing to make to reach their dreams when facing problems that are hopeless makes one different from others.
“Raisin in the Sun'' is a play by Lorraine Hansberry and demonstrates the strength to never give up, and the sacrifice one is willing to make to reach their dreams when facing problems that seem hopeless. Walter is fascinated with the money that they are getting from the death of big water. He plans to invest the money in the liquor store that his friend Harris told him about. Instead, Mama buys a house, Walter is mad at his mother's decision and believes that she crushed her dreams. Mama gives him money left from the purchase To add to Beneathea's bank account for her call studies and takes some for himself. Walter ignores the instruction and instead invests the money left in the liquor store. However, Lorraine Hansberry unexpectedly reveals “ ‘ Man... I trusted you, man I put my life in your hands.. man, why did you run away with that money ’ ”(128). The risk Walter took in hopes of being successful and showing his dreams to the family was doing because he trusted the
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A man who has faced a lot of hardships finds himself in his mind trying to figure out how to fix his problems. Cooper writes “ ‘Hey, hey, hey, every day when I'm awake / I am trying to get up there knocking me down /chewing me up spitting me out’ ”(2). The problem he's facing is bringing him down, The struggles are like ups and downs in life. Cooper writes “ ‘ When I need to be saved / you're making me strong, making me stand/ Shot like a rocket up in the sky / Nothing can stop me tonight(2). Even after all the struggles and hardships he had faced and he has never given up and kept on facing his problems until he has won. When he fixed his problems his life went up and his conference was