Money gives us all that we require but money is not the only thing that we need to keep happy and fit. In the play “A Raisin in the Sun” money played a huge role in the Younger’s family triumphs that we still see in society today. During a time of poverty and racism, each person in the Younger family had a different view on what money meant to them. Everyone looks to be apart of that “American Dream” that so many Americans want and strive for but so many never witness, but can the “American Dream” be bought with money? Many believe that it can’t be attained by everyone.
I believe the statement “Australian playwrights often include important symbols in their plays” is true as I have experienced and seen the use of symbolism in the plays Ruby Moon and A beautiful life help put the point of the story across as it represents the emotions, mood and meaning of the plays. Matt Cameron created the play Ruby Moon about a couple named Sylvie and Ray who are grieving over their young daughter, Ruby Moon’s disappearance. The disappearance haunts the parents in a way a normal couple would over their child’s disappearance. Throughout the play, the couple dress up and act out as other
REPORTING SOCIAL WORKER | Jacob Glynn | SUBJECT DETAILS | Name: Roy Law Smith Date Of Birth: Occupation:Marital Status: | ASSESSMENT DETAILS | | BACKGROUND | Roy Law smith grew up in orphanages and with foster parents, but has constructed a frictional childhood of joy and high culture, he also swings wildly between moods of excitement and depression. Roy is passionate but he is blind and unrealistic dreams of greatness alienates him from others. | BEHAVIOUR OBSERVATIONS | | RECOMMENDATIONS | | NOTES It’s Roy’s idea to put on the production of Cosi Fan Tutte. The opera is important to him, he says, because it would summon up a “world that was as far removed from this depressing asylum as possible. A world that was like my childhood: tea parties, dances in our ballroom, circus performers coming to perform just for me.” But none of this is actually true.
The main conflicts in this film are both internal and external. The conflicts that are internal is the fact that every on in the Younger family thinks that money will buy them happiness, and they all constantly disagree with each other about what they should do with the money. Walter wants the money so that he can prove that he is capable of making a future for his family. By doing well in business Walter thinks that he can buy his family happiness. His internal conflict comes into play because he has forgot about his husband responsibilities that he has toward his family by creating this infatuation with opening the liquor store with his friends.
The Fair Housing Act of 1968 helped abolish the discrimination due to it prohibiting discrimination in sales and rentals of housing. In the play A Raisin in the Sun one key factor of living the American Dream would be to purse living in a quality house in a desirable neighborhood. However, in this play the American Dream of the Younger family became very difficult due to discrimination. In the play A Raisin in the Sun, Lorraine Hansberry portrays all members of the Younger family with different ideas of their American Dream. Mama and Ruth had a similar idea of their dream.
Mehul Patel Block 8 3/18/15 Reflection In Act II Scene II of Raisin in the Sun, many director style choices were made throughout the process of this reenactment. Personally, for my character; Walter, I chose to modify my voice to what was being expressed by the character and by the plot that was evolving around him. When he initially arrives into the scene he has a very depressed, melancholy tone due to the fact that nothing was going right for him in his life including his job, his family, and his finances. But after Mama turns over the remaining money over to Walter, the tone in his voice changes into a more excited and enthusiastic state. And when he talks to his son, Travis, he displays a mood of confidence and a dream like flow to his voice and dialogue.
Forget to help those around you because one is to focused on attaining these goals. Tyler Frazier Professor Tolbert Eng.1020 16 April 2012 A Raisin in the Sun is a play with many themes and real life issues. It touches on racism, one’s dreams and values, family issues etc. The biggest themes are the Young’s dreams they all have and how their family deals with these issues, and racism. Mr. Linder aids that theme to be a prominent one and shows how the family deals with it.
In the poem Harlem (1951) by Langston Hughes, it’s 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 dream are some of the things I was trying to find answers to when I read the poem.
Even though it’s their own house, her whole family must share one bedroom. Now, I know if I had been anticipating an amazing house, and then had to end up sleeping in the same room as everyone else, I’d be disappointed, too. Esperanza and her friends always knew that in their hearts, there was no way to escape the lives they lived. The residents of Mango street all had their own ideas on love, friends, a good life,
He dreams of his son being wealthy when growing up and being able to purchase expensive jewelry for his wife. Walter believes that money will indeed buy him happiness. He is so over his head with this dream that he leaves home and skips out on work for a couple of days drinking at the Kitty Kat bar. The point in the play where I initially began to feel sympathy for Ruth was when she found out she was pregnant with her second child. When Walter came home he didn’t care to talk to his wife.