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Aim: To review for our tomorrow’s exam on A Raisin in the Sun
Do Now: Review. Who are the 5 characters? How are they characterized?
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Characters Mama The matriarch. Her husband had died and she is about to receive $10,000 of insurance money. Beneatha Mama’s daughter and Walter’s sister. She is going to school to be a doctor. Walter Mama’s son, Beneatha’s brother and Ruth’s husband. He wants to open up a liquor store with his friend, Willy Harris. Ruth Married to Walter. She is tired and serious from overwork. Travis Walter and Ruth’s son. He is the third generation of the Younger family.
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Themes Unfulfilled Dreams What is everyone’s dream The American Dream
What does it mean in general? What does it mean to the Younger family? Roots What are the 2 ways in which Mama is trying to plant roots. What other character represents roots?
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Topics of Interest Beneatha’s 2 Suitors George Murchison Joseph Asagai
The Setting The African American experience after WWII The Younger apartment
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