A Raisin In The Sun Dialectical Journal

Summer Journals

A Raisin in the Sun

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban A Raisin in the Sun: Act I: 2 pages To begin with, A Raisin in the Sun, Act I , starts by introducing the five main characters; Lena, Ruth, Walter Lee, Beneatha, and Travis Younger. All of these characters, in my opinion, have unfulfilled dreams, which mostly involve money. Although this family is separated from the white middle-class culture, they too have the same type of dreams like the rest of the american society. Firstly, Mama’s plant symbolizes her dream because she cares for it as she cares for her family. Even though the plant doesn’t get enough light or water, it grows with her care and love, just like her family. Her family struggles but with her

Her Hair is wild and untamed and she is yelling words that don’t make sense. I think that Beneatha is attempting to embrace her inner culture and express herself as an individual, like in Act I, and show that society does not control her. George, a posh boy that looks down on the lower-class and too Walter Lee, acts like a “white” boy, walks in on Beneatha and is appalled by what he sees. Her freedom and fun are despicable to him. Also, George is a man who attempts to fit in the “white” world and Beneatha strongly disagrees with his actions. As mentioned before, Beneatha thinks you should accept who you are and embrace it. To be yourself is to have power and respect. Pretending to be someone who you are not is the worst torture that anyone can give themselves. Beneatha’s hair is wild, she’s dancing, she’ s being herself, but this is frowned upon by society. Everyone should be the same and just fit in, when that’s the opposite of what Beneatha really thinks. Secondly, in the second act it is shown that Walter and Ruth have lost their spark, even though they still love each other. I think this is because Walter is so caught up in the money and the dream and he forgets whose always been there and supported him; Ruth. But yet they still fight and put their own wishes before each other. Instead of compromising and figuring out

I chose this book because I read the first two books of the series but I never had the time to read the third. Also, my sister has read the entire series and told me that this book was her favorite. When I was reading the book, it completely exceeded my expectations. The descriptive language was phenomenal, and the story line kept me wanting to read more. I would definitely recommend this book to most age groups and to people who are interested in books about action and adventure. I do not particularly love reading, but this book has made me think that I've just been reading the wrong genre of books. This book is filled with adventure, action and mystery and the characters are relatable, interesting and fun. As I was reading the book, I developed attachments to each and every character, but most of all, Sirius Black. He was put in jail and the entire time I thought he was a mad man hunting Harry down for Voldemort when this was really a misunderstanding. One thing that confused me was when Sirius broke into Gryffindor and Ron woke up seeing Sirius standing over him with a knife. When Ron screamed, Sirius escaped. But the entire book, I was wondering, considering the fact that Harry and Ron shared a bedroom, why Sirius Black would be trying to kill Ron when Harry was right there? Eventually, the story unravelled and unveiled the truth. Black was trying to kill Ron’s pet rat, Peter