In the play, Ruth has a job of cleaning and ironing other families clothes while Walter is a chauffeur for a white man. Also, Beneatha, a young African American woman, wanted to become a doctor. What opportunities did blacks have in the fifties and sixties in jobs and the economy?
-LTC
Saturday, March 21, 2009
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Facts on "A Raisin in the Sun"
genre · Realist drama
time and place written · 1950s, New York
setting (time) · Between 1945 and 1959
setting (place) · The South Side of Chicago
protagonist · Walter Lee Younger
major conflict · The Youngers, a working-class black family, struggle against economic hardship and racial prejudice.
rising action · Ruth discovers that she is pregnant; Mama makes a down payment on a house; Mama gives Walter the remaining insurance money; Walter invests the money in the liquor store venture.
climax · Bobo tells the Youngers that Willy has run off with all of Walter's invested insurance money; Asagai makes Beneatha realize that she is not as independent as she thinks.
falling action · Walter refuses Mr. Lindner's offer to not move; the Youngers move out of the apartment to their new house in the white neighborhood; Beneatha finds new strength in Asagai.
themes · The value and purpose of dreams, the need to fight racial discrimination, the importance of family
motifs · Racial identity, the home
symbols · “Eat your eggs,” Mama's plant, Beneatha's hair
time and place written · 1950s, New York
setting (time) · Between 1945 and 1959
setting (place) · The South Side of Chicago
protagonist · Walter Lee Younger
major conflict · The Youngers, a working-class black family, struggle against economic hardship and racial prejudice.
rising action · Ruth discovers that she is pregnant; Mama makes a down payment on a house; Mama gives Walter the remaining insurance money; Walter invests the money in the liquor store venture.
climax · Bobo tells the Youngers that Willy has run off with all of Walter's invested insurance money; Asagai makes Beneatha realize that she is not as independent as she thinks.
falling action · Walter refuses Mr. Lindner's offer to not move; the Youngers move out of the apartment to their new house in the white neighborhood; Beneatha finds new strength in Asagai.
themes · The value and purpose of dreams, the need to fight racial discrimination, the importance of family
motifs · Racial identity, the home
symbols · “Eat your eggs,” Mama's plant, Beneatha's hair
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