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.
A Raisin in the Sun – Freedom Have you ever found money coming between you and your family and disrupting love and life? Money can destroy families and change them for the worse. In the Raisin in the Sun, the author Lorraine Hansberry, uses events of her life to relate and explain how the Younger family, of Chicago's South side, struggles and improves throughout the book. One main cause for their family's problems is because of money and how it causes anger to control the family. The play
In 1961, previous to the outbreak of Occupy Wall Streets of Greenwich Village’s Washington Square Park was filled with three–thousand young beatnik protestors. Playing instruments and singing folk music symbolized the starvation that these young folks wanted of freedom and equality for America. Protestors demonstrated mixed cultures, individualistic beliefs that went against the status quo of America after the post-war years. The Beatnik Riot involved young traditional Americans fighting not just
Included in Source A is an excerpt by Kirk Savage regarding the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C., home of the monuments. Although it is simply a large marble statue and the text of the Gettysburg Address on a panel, countless people make visits to the monument daily. This is the result of the size and mere existence of the work. By using
In a Raisin in The Sun a play written by Lorraine Hansberry, emphasizes the importance of dreams regardless of the many obstacles and struggles in life. A dream to have a better life. Mrs. Younger, Walter Lee, and Beneatha have their own idea and dreams of what they consider to be a better life. A Raisin in The Sun title comes from the poem “Harlem” also known as “A Dream Deferred” by Langston Hughes. Hughes reflects on intense images of what happens when a dream becomes put off or lost. It dries
Texas, one of the West South Central states of the United States. It borders Mexico on the southwest and the Gulf of Mexico on the southeast. To the west is New Mexico, to the north and northeast lie Oklahoma and Arkansas, and Louisiana bounds Texas on the east. Austin is the capital of Texas. Houston is the largest city. Texas is the size of Ohio, Indiana, and all the New England and Middle Atlantic states combined, and its vast area encompasses forests, mountains, deserts and dry plains, and a
was born May 19, 1930 in Chicago, Illinois. She was the youngest of four children by seven years. Her father was a real estate broker and her mother was a school teacher. In 1938, her father, Carl Augustus Hansberry, moved the family to Washington Park a subdivision on Chicago’s south side. By moving to this neighborhood they violated a restrictive covenant and their white neighbors were very upset and started violently acting out towards them. There were multiple legal efforts to force the Hansberry's
The Spectrum of Urban Planning Urban Planning is the process of planning the development of land and other resources to improve a community in ways that benefit the lives of people within these communities. Urban Planning is a complex area of study because of the many different factors involved and the people it has an effect on. Planning can be controversial, political, and cause anger towards officials if it is not executed correctly. Urban planners must weigh their decisions and base them on
Treaty of 1794. The first territorial judge, August Woodward, arrived in June 1805 to discover that the primarily French-speaking city had burned to the ground in an accidental fire. He based the new city on Pierre-Charles L'Enfant's design for Washington, D.C., using broad avenues radiating fanlike from large circular centers. (M. L. Daley) The city served as the territorial capital and then as the state capital from 1805 until 1847, when the capital was moved to Lansing. Industries, including wood
org. N.p., n.d. Web. 29 Nov. 2013. . United States Congress. Compact Cities: Energy Saving Strategies for the Eighties. Washington: U.S. G.P.O., 1980. Print. United States. Environmental Protection Agency. Restructuring the Commercial Strip a Practical Guide for Planning the Revitalization of Deteriorating Strip Corridors. By ICF International and Freedman Tung & Sasaki. Washington, D.C.: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 2010. Print. "Urban Sprawl." Pearland Independent School District, n.d. Web
Every year millions of American’s purchase chemicals intended to clean their home, remove weeds from lawns, and promise to eradicate various insects and other household pests. It is a deadly love affair with scientific advancements to create larger crops, more appealing food items and the promise of cleaner environments. Yet until recent years and the noticeable focus on organic and natural foods, very few have questioned these advancements. Rachel Carson was one of the people who had the courage
1. Briefly describe the factors that lead to population growth and potential stabilization. How does human demographics influence population dynamics in more and less developed nations and what might this mean for future population and economic growth? What do you see as the pros and cons of a large human population (brief)? Are there too many or too few people? Why do you think this? There are three main factors that fuel rapid population growth in the world. Firstly, the increased