Even though Maggie is portrayed as a frail, quiet, shy child, she reveals her thoughts when Dee is told no by Mama for the quilts. You can still appreciate your family heritage even if an item is put to everyday use, so long as it’s taken care of and appreciated for what it’s worth, not monetary wise but as a special part of someone’s
Ellen moved in with her grandmother and started working on a cotton field and grew close to another worker named Mavis. After growing close to Mavis, Ellen realized she has no real reason to feel above African Americans just because she is white. She saw the way they work and the way they treat each other and she realized she was being unfair and rude. Especially to her best friend Starletta, Ellen says at the end of the novel, “Well I came to your house so much because I did not want to be with my daddy and mostly because I like you so much.” (125) Kaye Gibbons wrote Ellen Foster for the world to understand that child abuse is a very serious thing and no one is taking an action for it. It landed on Oprah’s best read’s lists and people started to understand that the
A Raisin in the Sun essay All throughout Lorraine Hansberry’s play, A Raisin in the Sun, each character dreams of a better life, but each of their visions of the American Dream differs significantly. Mama, the head of the family, dreams of purchasing her family a bigger house, regardless of its location, in order to fulfill the dream that she originally had with her now deceased husband; She wants to have a garden and a yard for Travis, her lovable grandson, to play in. Her will is demonstrated when she says “We wasn’t planning on living here more than a year… but Lord, child, you should know all the dreams I had ‘bout buying that house and fixing it up and making me a garden in the back” (44-45). On the contrary, Walter, Mama’s son, believes
Although the quilts at the present moment in the story were stored, they were being saved as a wedding present for the younger Maggie. When Dee showed up in the story and started requesting (demanding) to have certain pieces of Mama’s (and Maggie’s) house, it rubbed me the wrong way. This character in the story is introduced as the long lost sister/daughter who basically shunned the family homestead but is now coming back to gather the same memories, not for the tools that they are, but for decoration. Although it can be argued that her intentions may be good, and in trying to keep
She is a respected member of the community, beloved by everyone. The town knows Mrs. Strangeworth is proud of her roses which have been in the family for generations. Tourists ask to have one, but she always says “no”. She does not like the idea of them going to different, strange
As a women stated in the film, “The strong and tightly knit families I had grew up around had begun to shatter and it was one of the most tragic things I had seen”(Pruitt-Igoe). Kids struggled in school and in social settings without that reinforcement of a father figure. It broke down the image of what a true family really consisted of and started a generational outbreak of black fathers not being a round that is still present amongst African Americans
PROMPT D Thesis In Lorraine Hansberry’s play, A Raisin in the Sun, mam’s deep nurture toward the plant despite of the lack of sunlight and energy on it, symbolizes her care towards her family even in the poorest condition they are living in, and the conditions African American were living in. TS 1: Mama’s family: -As the mama confesses that the plant never gets enough light or water but still she takes care of it and nurtures it, similar to her care for her children, unconditional despite of the less perfect environment for growth -Mama’s success in life is a result of persistence and dedication to her dream which is to have a house with garden. “Well, I always wanted me a garden like I used to see sometimes at the back of the
In efforts to keep her family together after Beneatha gets mad at Walter she says, “ There is always something left to love . And if you aint learned that, you aint learned nothing”(884). Mama is trying to hold her family together during a very difficult time. Michael also cares about his family and would do anything to protect them. While Michael and Mama are walking in a real nasty part of town Michael says, “ I got your back.” it is a simple phrase, however, Mama knows he won’t let anything bad happen to her.
Suffering seems to be treated as the biggest factor in their lives. Hansberry uses these various themes to depict conflicts in a realistic way.In order for things to change they need to hold on to their dignity and see themselves as normal human beings who have worth. Mama has dreams to move the family in a bigger house which will allow them to create a better home. In getting the home racism becomes a limitations for them. This did not stop Mama by the end of the play they are able to fulfill the dream of living in a house which unites them as one.
It implies that her connection with the quilts is personal and emotional. It means a lot to her because of the people they represent and not merely because of the concept that they were stitched by hand. In contrast, Dee believes that traditions are about African culture and wants nothing to do with her family’s heritage until it is in style. Dee is ashamed of her family’s heritage and what they represent. After she moved to the city and become an educated and sophisticated, young woman, she wrote to her mom that she would always visit, “but will never bring her friends” (Walker 3).