Place your comments on _A Raisin in the Sun_ here. Some possible topics to address are as follows:
1. Attitudes of the various characters
2. How the various characters change
3. Themes for the work
4. Applications of the work to today's society
5. Literary devices used to help create meaning
6. Symbols in the play
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2. Walter-Lee changes from beggining to end. The begging of the story he is a calm working family man who spoils his son, but then when times get tuff he does not stick them out. He turn to achocol to take all his problems away, to make it all seem like a dream. So in the middle of the story it makes his seem immature and childlike, espically the part where he pitches a fit over what Lena wants to do with the money. At the end though Walter's strength and maturity glow's when he tell's Mr.Lindner he does not want the money, but what is best for his family; the house.
6. I think the symbols are:
The Check
Mama's Plant
Beneatha's Hair
The African Robe
The Quote: "Eat your eggs!" Ruth Younger
sorry if there are any mispelled words I was in a hurry and forgot to do spell check
Lindsey, what do you think those items symbolize?
6. I think one of the symbols would be the moving crates. I think they symbolize a new beginning for the family
I agree with Lindsey, I think that Walter goes through the most change from the beginning to the end of the play.
I think that some of the symbols in the play are Mama's plant, the kitchen window, and the hypothetical garden at the new house. The plant represents past hopes and dreams. The window represents the current hope of a new and better life. The hypothetical garden represents rebirth.
Some possible themes for the play are fighting for what is right VS doing what is easiest, honesty VS doing what you think is best, and pride VS peer pressure.
6. one of the symbols in the play is Mama's plant, to me all the time and effort she puts into taking care of it making sure it survives is exactly what she does for her family. She makes choices with her family's best interest at heart, for a better future for them.
1. Joseph Asagai has the best attitude in the play. He has done so much to better himself from where he came from but he did not forget his past. He helps Beneatha see that moving forward is good just as long as you know how blessed you are to have what you have.
I agree with Barbara. The plant symbolizes how Mama takes care of the plant compared to how she also takes care of her family.
Walter Lee did not have the right attitude through the entire story. He got so caught up in what he wanted and what he thought he had to have instead of focusing on the most important things in life and making good choices for his family.
6.) I believe the symbols are-- the check, Benethea's hair, and Mama's plant
2.) At the begginig of the story Walter is just a family working man and then he turns to alcohol to help him cope with things. By the end of the story he shows his maturity by telling Mr. Linder that they are going to move and he does not want the money.
I agree with Lindsey about the symbols. The plant and check were major symbols that everyone seemed to relate to.
Walter Lee changed the most I think. He had an extremely distinctive attitude which made him well-known.
The plant in the story symbolizes mama's dreams.
Walter Lee changes from the beggining to the end. He turns to alcohol to solove his problems, in the end he straightens up.
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