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A Raisin In The Sun - Term Papers

A Raisin In The Sun

Everyone in America wants to achieve financial success in their life in one form or another. Sometimes living in a capitalistic society entices many to become too materialistic. This is most commonly referred to as the American Dream. For most Americans, this high status is very difficult to achieve. The play ,A Raisin in the Son,(written by Lorraine Hansberry) examines an African-American's family's struggle to break out of the poverty that is preventing them from achieving some sort of financial stability, or the American Dream. It focuses on Walter's attempt in "making it," or "being somebody." In this play Walter has become corrupted by the more Materialistic ideals of America's ...

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He is unhappy with his job and he desperately seeks for an opportunity to improve his family standing. He tells his mother how he feels about his job when she wouldn't give him the ten thousand dollars to invest in a liquor Store," I open and close car doors all day long. I drive a man around in his limousine and I say, "Yes sir; no sir, very good sir; shall I take the drive, sir?" Mama, that ain't no kind of job... that ain't nothing at all. Mama, I don't know if I can make you understand." Walter is not able to provide for his family by American standards, and as a result , his family lives in poverty. The poverty they experience is noticeable in their living arrangements. In the very beginning of the play we see how a family of five shares a one bedroom, dilapidated apartment, on Chicago's south side, Living on the south side of Chicago doesn't exactly represent the American dream that Walter so desperately wants to obtain. In this part of town there are no big yards or ...

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Added: 5/6/2007 06:10:00 PM
Category: English
Type: Free Paper
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