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A Raisin in the Sun: Unit Exam
Directions: Using a number two pencil, fill in the letter with the best answer.
I. MATCHING: Match each character with the proper description. One will be left over.
1. Beneatha a. man whose death brings the Youngers $10,000
2. Ruth b. thinks women only need to be pretty & sophisticated
3. Travis c. a messenger of bad news
4. Walter Lee d. runs off with $6500
5. Walter e. represents pride in African heritage
6. Joseph Asagai ab. is becoming a "settled" woman
7. George Murchison ac. wants to earn money carrying groceries
8. Karl Lindner ad. makes the Youngers a humiliating offer
9. Bobo ae. a chauffeur who dreams of owning
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"...[Walter] needs something–something I can't give him anymore."
IV. TRUE OR FALSE: Mark A for TRUE or B for FALSE
37. Beneatha wants Mama to use all of the insurance money to finance her education
.
38. Walter believes a wife should support her husband's dream.
39. George Murchison respects Walter's dream.
40. Joseph Asagai believes that black Americans should assimilate into the dominant American
culture.
41. Walter is excited when he learns that Ruth is expecting a baby.
42. Mr. Lindner represents the Clybourne Park Welcoming Committee.
43. Beneatha thinks George Murchison is a fool.
44. The Youngers are honored that Mr. Lindner wanted to make them an offer.
45. Mama says there's always something left to love in a person.
46. Mama makes the finals decision that the family will move.
47. Asagai is from Nigeria.
48. Walter's character is very static; that is, he does not change much throughout the play.
49. Walter admits to Ruth that he doesn't know how to become close to her.
50. Ruth becomes frantic and upset when Mama talks about canceling the
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A Raisin in the Sun
Though there was a heightened sense of tension over civil rights in the late 1950s when A Raisin in
the Sun was written, racial inequality is still a problem today. It affects minorities of every age and
dynamic, in more ways than one. Though nowadays it may go unnoticed, race in every aspect alters
the way African–Americans think, behave, and react as human beings. This is shown in many ways
in the play as we watch the characters interact. We see big ideas, failures, and family values through
the eyes of a disadvantaged group during an unfortunate time in history. As Martin Luther King said,
Blacks are "...harried by day and haunted by night by the fact that you are a Negro, living constantly
at tiptoe stance, never quite knowing what
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Toward the end of the play his spirit is broken, and he behaves almost like a madman, plotting to
give in to Lindner and accept his offer; this action greatly worries his mother. The whole time,
Walter wasn't simply looking for a chance to follow through with his plans. He was seeking support
from the system that he found himself subject to. This idea comes up in Gertrude Samuels' Even
More Crucial Than in the South. "...the real drive that is now rising ominously is a demand for
personal dignity" (Samuels 1546). His personal dignity is at stake repeatedly throughout the story
when he finds himself battling against a troubled family and a corrupt system. The racism
–steeped
social system negatively affects African–American males and females, causing deeply rooted issues.
The three women in the story, Beneatha, Ruth, and Mama, represent the different views Black
women took during these troublesome times. There were women like Beneatha, who didn't want to
live the typical life of a wife and mother, and openly disapproved the assimilation of Blacks into
American culture as well: "Because I hate assimilationist Negroes!" (Hansberry 1500). She wanted
to become highly educated, and to change the world somehow. She wanted to be something.
Beneatha is a very strong–willed, hard–headed character. This could very well have been caused by
the unfair rules of her time constantly being reiterated to her through several mediums. Over and
over again she is told that she must
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A Raisin in the Sun Essay
A raisin in the sun is a true story about an African American family that fights about who should get
the money. Mama is the one that has the money, she wants to use the money to buy a house but
Walter wants the money to invest it in a liquor store, and Beneatha needs the money for college to
become a doctor. Eventually Mama decides to give the money to Walter but then Walter loses the
money,the guy he gave the money to ran off with the money.When the family bought the house
Mr.Linder pays them a visit and tells them not to and tries to talk them out of it. The reason why he
doesn't want them to move in because the neighborhood is full of white people and if they move in
then other African Americans will try to move in too.
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Also another theme would be about money because in the story as you can see Walter needs the
money to open up his liquor store and Beneatha needs the money to go to college, and Mama who
want to buy a house instead of living in a place where it's so small and having to share a bathroom
with the neighbors.this all shows money problem, each of them has a dream they want to achievel
but they can't, just like how Beneaths dream was to become a doctor but it's not going to happen
because they lost the money.
The setting of "A Raisin In The Sun" is in a tiny apartment in Chicago south side 1950s. the place is
really crowded, especially with 5 people living in it. There's only 2 rooms. Travis, Walter's son
sleeps in the living room on a small couch. The kitchen is so small. They have a small bathroom that
they have to share with their neighbors.(pg.861)When Ruth finds out she's pregnant right away she
thinks of getting an abortion because she knows theres no place for the baby to sleep. in 1950's in
the south there was a lot of racism you can tell that by how the neighbors didn't want them to move
in the neighborhood.
This story is a true story but sadly things that happened in that story still happens today . people are
still races to other races. White people are still racist to african americans like they always say how
african americans are dangerous, they bully people and other kind
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“A Raisin in the Sun”
Lorraine Hansberry used symbolism in her successful drama, "A Raisin in the Sun" to portray
emotions felt in the lives of her characters and possible her own. Hansberry set her piece in
Chicago's South Side, probably the early 1950's. During this period in history, many African–
Americans, like the Youngers, struggled to overcome the well–known prejudices that were far too
familiar. The main scene, in this touching realist drama, is the home of the Youngers, an
overcrowded run–down apartment. Hansberry used this private scenery to enhance the many
feelings the Youngers, and other African–Americans, fought to conquer and to embrace in the name
of happiness.
As with families of any ethnic group, the Youngers ultimate goal was to be
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Hansberry, not only, played on the condition of the apartment; she used the size as well. The
condition alone portrayed the despair and oppression the Youngers felt, but Hansberry wanted to
make their struggle to suppress depression undeniable. She did this by placing the family of five,
soon to be six, in a two–bedroom apartment with no bathroom. This small, cramped apartment also
symbolized the pressures from society to divvy up the limited resources partitioned for African–
Americans. By setting the scene this way, Hansberry also was able to set the mood. The feeling of
tension and need for the characters to fight for their fair share is apparent in the opening act, as Ruth
rushes Travis into the bathroom before the neighbors. These feelings serve as a foundation for the
problems in act three between brother and sister, Ruth's motive to have an abortion, and represent an
explanation to the need so many African–Americans felt to compete against each other. Hansberry
characterized the lack of resources, a common theme here, not only in the lack of space, but also in
the lack of food, money, and sunlight. As conflict intensified in the small space, Mama realized that
her be–loved family was falling apart and only the reality of owning a home could bring unity. To
overcome the mountains of negative emotions the Youngers turn to their beckons of hope. The three
main symbolic items Hansberry used were Mama's
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A Raisin in the Sun Essay
A Raisin in the Sun Creativity of Hansberry played a crucial role in the development of African–
American drama since the Second World War. A Raisin in the Sun was the first play by African–
American author which was set on Broadway and was honored by the circle of New York theater
critics. Drama of A Raisin in the Sun (1959) brought Hansberry to the Award Society of New York
Critics as the best play of the year. A Raisin in the Sun shows the life of an ordinary African–
American family which dreams of happiness and their desire to achieve their dream. A Raisin in the
Sun is a play telling the story of an African–American tragedy. The play is about the Younger family
near the end of the 1950s. The Younger family lives in the ghetto and
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The driving spring of action is the desire of the Youngers to leave the ghetto, which causes fierce
resistance to their future white neighbors. The events of the play took parts not in historically racist
South, but in the North, where people are usually more tolerant. The play is attractive not only by
acute but also deep character development. Images of Walter Lee, torn between traditional values of
the African–American community – principles of love, unity, and human dignity – and values of
American society, obsessed with the idea of material success, is extremely interesting, as well as the
image of his mother, symbolizing the best traits of African–American people. There are conflicts in
the play especially between the siblings. Who has more rights to fulfill their personal dreams, which
deserves their dream to come true sooner? Mama Lena is facing these difficult decisions. Making
the right decision is hard for her because she wants to make it right for everyone and wants no one
to be hurt by a wrong decision. Incidentally, the play tells the story of a family which members
diligently pursue work which has not paid much, especially in the environment of racial intolerance.
The story of Lena's daughter, who is still looking after herself, is, therefore, more volatile. And her
son of Walter Lee, who soon abandons himself because he wants more from his life,
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