Family Theme Analysis

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The theme of family is prevalent throughout many pieces we have read this semester. Within these pieces are dysfunctional families who work together and want the best for each other and for themselves. Even though these families don’t always get along and agree with each other, in the end, they all want what is best for their family. Much of these stories is focused around each of the families and their own struggle in finding happiness. The families made sacrifices in order for the rest of the family to be happy and for their legacy to carry on.
The family theme is shown many times in both A Raisin in the Sun and A Good
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A Raisin in the Sun gave us the Youngers who are trying to make some money, each wanting something else to make their lives and their families lives better in some way. A Good Man is Hard to Find gave us a family of six going on a vacation, each wanting to make the vacation interesting in some way. Lastly is Death of a Salesman, which told a story about the Lomans and how each of them wanted to good for their family, but had trouble getting it to happen and often had different views with the problem. Each of these stories, in their own way, told of a dysfunctional family trying to solve their problems. In the end, each of these families lost something that made their family what it is and could be. Raisin in the Sun showed the Youngers losing almost all of their money. When Beneatha tells, “What do you want from me, Brother-- that I quit school or just drop dead, which!” it is shown that the family is tight on money and are trying to get their goal with money (719). Death of a Salesman had the father Willy Loman die in a suicidal car crash. Biff asks his mother, “Why does dad mock me all the time?” because his father wants to be proud of him but isn’t proud of what he is doing( ). A Good Man is Hard to Find showed the entire family being killed in the end. Each of these stories sow the family losing something as a family and dealing with it together. It is this idea that is able to bring together each of the families in their own way, seeing as the Youngers will have to work together to afford their house, the Loman’s will have to deal with WIlly’s death, and the last family will be together in the afterlife. It is this idea that brings the three stories together and shows how the function as a

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