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A Raisin In The Sun
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Who is Mama? | The matriarch of the family; deeply religious; values dignity, homeownership, and family unity; loves her plant | Walter & Beneatha's Mother |
| Who is Mama? | The matriarch of the family; deeply religious; values dignity, homeownership, and family unity; loves her plant | Walter & Beneatha's Mother |
| Who is Walter Lee Younger? | Works as a chauffeur; is frustrated with his job; has ambitious dreams of owning his own business; struggles with his pride and identity | Ruth's Husband & Travis' Father, Beneatha's Brother |
| Who is Ruth Younger? | Exhausted mother who plays peacemaker in the younger family; focused on keeping the family stable | Walters Wife & Travis' Mother |
| Who is Walter Lee Younger? | Works as a chauffeur; is frustrated with his job; has ambitious dreams of owning his own business; struggles with his pride and identity | Ruth's Husband & Travis' Father, Beneatha's Brother |
| Who is Ruth Younger? | Exhausted mother who plays peacemaker in the younger family; focused on keeping the family stable | Walters Wife & Travis' Mother |
| Who is Travis Younger? | Youngest member of the Younger Family; represents hope and the family's future | Walter & Ruth's Son |
| Who is Beneatha Younger? | Going to college to be a doctor; exploring her culture, identity, and independence | Mama (Lena's) Daughter, Walters Sister, Travis' Aunt |
| Who is Joseph Asagai? | College student from Nigeria; thoughtful and idealistic; encourages cultural pride and big dreams | Courting Beneath |
| Who is Travis Younger? | Youngest member of the Younger Family; represents hope and the family's future | Walter & Ruth's Son |
| Who is Joseph Asagai? | College student from Nigeria; thoughtful and idealistic; encourages cultural pride and big dreams | Courting Beneath |
| Who is George Murchison? | Wealthy and arrogant; well put-together; values status and assimilation over cultural identity; anti-feminist | Courting Beneatha |
| Who is Mr. Karl Lindner? | Polite but promotes segregation and opposes the Youngers' move | Represents Clybourne Park Improvement Association |
| Who is Bobo? | Nervous and honest, he brings devastating news about the money | Mutual friend/business partner of Walter & Willy Harris |
| Mama's Plant | Represents mama's hope, care, and the family's dream of growth despite harsh living conditions |
| The New House | Symbolizes hope, progress, and the promise of a better future despite racism and danger |
| Beneatha's Hair | Represents identity, cultural pride, and rejecting assimilation |
| The Insurance Money | Represents opportunity, conflict, and the different dreams of each family member |
| The Insurance Money | Represents opportunity, conflict, and the different dreams of each family member |
| The title A Raisin In The Sun | Refers to the poem "Harlem" by Langston Hughes; about dreams that are delayed; struggled for, or at risk of being destroyed |
| “Seems like God didn’t see fit to give the black man nothing but dreams – but he did give us children to make them dreams seem worth while.” | Mama (Lena Younger) |
| “You never understood that there is more than one kind of feeling which can exist between a man and a woman – or, at least, there should be.” “And there ain’t going to be no investing in no liquor stores. I don’t aim to have to speak on that again.” | Ruth Younger |
| “I ain’t never stop trusting you. Like I ain’t never stop loving you.” | Beneatha Younger |
| “Oh – Mama – they don’t do it like that anymore. He talked Brotherhood. He said everybody ought to learn how to sit down and hate each other with good Christian fellowship.” | Beneatha Younger |
| “You just can’t force people to change their hearts, son.” | Mama (Lena Younger) |
| “Sometimes you just got to know when to give up some things…and hold on to what you got.” | Mama (Lena Younger) |
| “We get to looking ‘round for the right and the wrong and we worry about it and cry about it and stay up nights trying to figure out ‘bout the wrong and the right things all the time…" | Walter Lee Younger |
| “We get to looking ‘round for the right and the wrong and we worry about it and cry about it and stay up nights trying to figure out ‘bout the wrong and the right things all the time…" | Walter Lee Younger |
| “Here I am, a giant – surrounded by ants! Ants who can’t even understand what it is the giant is talking about.” | Walter Lee Younger |
| "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…" | Mama (Lena Younger) |
| "Then isn’t there something wrong in a house—in a world—where all dreams, good or bad, must depend on the death of a man?" | Beneatha Younger |
| “And there ain’t going to be no investing in no liquor stores. I don’t aim to have to speak on that again.” | Mama (Lena Younger) |
| “And there ain’t going to be no investing in no liquor stores. I don’t aim to have to speak on that again.” | Mama (Lena Younger) |
| What is life like in the Younger apartment? What details show the family’s exhaustion and financial stress? | |
| What is the living situation regarding the bathroom, and how does this reflect their social standing? | |
| Why is the insurance check so important to every member of the family? | |
| What are Walter’s business plans, and why do they matter so much to him? | |
| What was Walter’s specific (and illegal) plan to fast-track his business goals? | |
| Why is Ruth’s pregnancy such a major turning point in the play? | |
| Why does Mama decide to buy a house? Why is the location important? | |
| What is Clybourne Park, and why does the Younger family’s move create conflict? | |
| What specific gifts are given to Mama, and who gives which one? | |
| Who is Karl Lindner, and why does he visit the Youngers? | |
| What happens to the insurance money? How does this change Walter? | |
| To what biblical figure does Beneatha compare Mr. Lindner, and why is the number "thirty" significant? | |
| How does the play end? What final decision does Walter make? | |
| Can you place the following in order of their publication/occurrence: the poem "Harlem," the play A Raisin in the Sun, and the "I Have a Dream" speech? |
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