A Raisin In The Sun Quote Analysis

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A raisin in the sun

"Dreams and dedication are a powerful combination," William Longood wrote. The dream of man will live, but with no force to go after it, it will defer. "I gotta go get it, I gotta go get it, I gotta go get it, I gotta go get it." The fast moving pace and forward ethos is quick and thoughtful. Walter's mindset shifts throughout A Raisin in The Sun by Lorraine Hansberry in stages that are represented by the song, King's Dead, as made popular by Jay Rock, Kendrick Lamar, Future, and James Blake through his intoxication and anger, his selfishness, and finally his acception of himself and his family. Walter's intoxication is a gateway to his true feelings. His anger matches that of Lamar in the song. The song starts off with …show more content…

Not your father, not your brother, Not your reason, not your future, Not your comfort, not your reverence, not your glory, Not your heaven, not your angel, not your spirit, Not your message, not your freedom, Not your people, not your neighbor, Not your baby, not your equal, Not the title y'all want me under," Lamar raps. This seemingly divine section, still part of the wonkily timed verse (which is now an anthem for Walter) starts off with Lamar "mocking others ('f*ck your feelings, f*ck your culture' etc.), before turning the lens on himself with the sudden question, 'Who am I?'" He answers it by saying who he is "not," "not your brother… etc." Lamar is asking this existential question of who he is, and, like Walter, has to answer that with his origins. Lamar says "not your people, not your neighbor," perhaps alluding to having it be his people, his neighbor. Like Walter says to Beneatha at the end of the play, "Africa! What he want you to go to Africa for?" He is unconscious of other people's peoples. His fear of the "other" again is a showcase of his own internalized oppression. He perhaps is jealous of the ability to see the original culture. His final acceptance is bitter for him, but he pulls through in the

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