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Analysis Of A Raisin In The Sun

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Analysis of A Raisin in the Sun
Question 1
In the play A Raisin in the Sun, the central conflict in is the Youngers, a working-class
family struggling against economic deprivation and racial bias. The rising action is during the
discovery that Ruth is pregnant, and Mama makes a down payment for a house and entrusts
Walter the remaining insurance money. Walter then invests the money in a liquor store business
venture. The rising action reaches the climax when Bobo informs the Youngsters that Willy ran
off with Walter's invested insurance money. Besides, Asagai makes Beneatha apprehend that she
is not as independent as she thinks.
Question 2
The falling action begins when Walter declines Mr. Lindner's offer of not moving, and
the Youngsters move from their apartment to the new house within the white neighborhood
while Beneatha finds a new strength in Asagai. The techniques that move the action along
include denouement explaining the play's previous events and peripety where Walter's fortunes
change for the better.

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Question 3
The protagonist of the play is Walter Lee Younger. Walter is a dreamer that desires to be
rich and formulates a plan of acquiring wealth with his friend Willy Harris. During the play's
opening, he gets into a liquor store venture and spends the rest of the play discovering his
family's issues. The play's antagonist is Karl Lindner, the only white character who arrives at the
Younger's apartment and offers them a deal to move to the white neighborhood. Lindner is shy
and timid upon arrival at the Youngers. Lena Younger is Walter's moral, maternal, and religious
mother and wants to use her husband's insurance money as a down payment on a house to fulfill
her family's dream.
Question 4
The language of the play is non-standard English with a black dialect for most of the
characters. Walter and Mama's conversation when she asks Walter why he always talks about
money and Walter responds that life reveals the ideological differences between Mama's and
Walter's generation (Petrie). Mama's views are different from Beneatha's and Walter's. The
dialogue indicates that the characters connect money to race as Mama says before, freedom sed
to be life, and now Walter considers money to solve everything. Soliquay is seen when Ruth and
Walter talk about eggs, and Walter starts a conversation with himself.
Question 5
The characters grow and change to the play's events. At the start of the play, Walter is a
dreamer and wishes to use the insurance money to start a liquor business and hope he will make
a lot of money. Lena refuses to give Walter the money, and he is upset and loses hope. As the

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Surname: 1 Student’s Name Instructor’s Name Course Date Analysis of A Raisin in the Sun Question 1 In the play A Raisin in the Sun, the central conflict in is the Youngers, a working-class family struggling against economic deprivation and racial bias. The rising action is during the discovery that Ruth is pregnant, and Mama makes a down payment for a house and entrusts Walter the remaining insurance money. Walter then invests the money in a liquor store business venture. The rising action reaches the climax when Bobo informs the Youngsters that Willy ran off with Walter's invested insurance money. Besides, Asagai makes Beneatha apprehend that she is not as independent as she thinks. Question 2 The falling action begins when Walter declines Mr. Lindner's offer of not moving, and the Youngsters move from their apartment to the new house within the white neighborhood while Beneatha finds a new strength in Asagai. The techniques that move the action along include denouement explaining the play's previous events and peripety where Walter's fortunes change for the better. Surname: 2 Question 3 The protagonist of the play is Walter Lee Younger. Walter is a dreamer that desires to be rich and formulates a plan of acquiring wealth with his friend Willy Harris. During the play's opening, he gets into a liquor store venture and spends the rest of the play discovering his family's issues. The play's antagonist is Karl Lindner, the only white character who arrives at the Younger's ...
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