About this title: The award-winning, now classic drama about a working-class African-American family on the South Side of Chicago--their hopes, their dreams, their aspirations.
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Edition: Illustrated.
Binding: Mass-market paperback
Publisher: Signet Book
Date Published: 1961
ISBN-13:9780451161376ISBN:0451161378
Description: Fair. No dust jacket as issued. Name on edge and a little underlining. Mass market (rack) paperback. Glued binding. Contains: Illustrations. Audience: General/trade. read more
Description: Good. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Description: Good. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Description: Acceptable. Shows definite wear, and perhaps considerable marking on inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Signet
Date Published: 1961
ISBN-13:9780451161376ISBN:0451161378
Description: Good. Cover has minor wear or damage General Used Condiiton. Minor Defects may Exist. Minimal Shelf wear. Text may contain minor marking or highlighting, Binding Tight. Previous owners name or bookplate may be present. All domestic items shipped within 24 hours. International orders shipped within 72 hours. Customer Service isn't just a motto for us, its a way of life. read more
Edition: Illustrated.
Binding: Mass-market paperback
Publisher: Signet Book
Date Published: 1988
ISBN-13:9780451161376ISBN:0451161378
Description: Good. No dust jacket as issued. Ex-library. plastic over dust jacket; stamps, stickers and library marks; RTB708. Mass market (rack) paperback. Glued binding. Contains: Illustrations. Audience: General/trade. read more
Description: Published by Signet Book from New American Library, 1966. Famous Broadway play. No DJ. Book good with some foxing of pages. Slightly soiled. (Theater catalog, Fiction catalog) read more
Description: Acceptable. Former Library book. Shows definite wear, and perhaps considerable marking on inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Binding: Mass-market paperback
Publisher: Vintage Books USA
Date Published: 1994
ISBN-13:9780679755333ISBN:0679755330
Description: Good. No dust jacket as issued. Cover has some wear with small chips at edges, store sticker on back, lightly tanned pages appear unmarked. read more
"What happens to a dream deferred? Does it dry up like a raisin in the sun? Or fester like a sore-- And then run? Does it stink like rotten meat? Or crust and sugar over-- like a syrupy sweet? Maybe it just sags like a heavy load. Or does it explode? The reason why i really liked A Raisin in the Sun because it realates to real life in away that everyone can feel. There is nothing fake about any of the characters in the book. As you read, you tend to find someone that you know. The conflict of tyhe story is so real that you feel it and makes you believe you are apart of the story in someway. The themes of the book are so real because everyone can feel the emotion in them. In this essay, I will explain how these things ultimatly made me love the book A Raisin in the Sun . A Raisin in the Sun interest me because of the conflicts the book contains. Some of the conflicts include: man vs. man, man vs. himself, and man vs. society. Walter lee constantly argues with his mother about the insurance money. This relates to real life because, children and there parents argue every day. Man vs. himself is a conflict in the book because, Walter Lee constantly condemns himself to a worthless future. This ties into everyday life because when people use the word cant, they condemn themselves to a worthless future. Man vs. society because the community of claybourn park tried to convince the younger family not to move to there nieborhood because the color off there skin. People must deal with racism and predjudice everyday. Another reason why I like the play A Raisin in the Sun is because of the characters that interact through out the book. Take Walter Lee for example, in the play, he is very niave when he trusts someone else with is money and then they run off with it. Walter Lee changes because whenit really comes down to it, he makes the right choices. this relates to real lfe in the way that walter lee is the essance of some students who play around but when it comes down to it they do what they need to do. Another character in the play that stood out to me was mama. Mama was the back bone of the family pushing her chilren because she knew the potential they had. This relates to the everyday women, pushing and challenging there children to be th best that they could possibly be. The last character that really stood out was Mr. linder. In the story, linder is the biggest concrete antagonist though, he represents a more abstract antagonist, racism. Linder represents the evil of the human mind. The same evil that everyone must face in some way or another. The themes from the book"
"I really enjoyed this play. I first read it in HS (like most other things) but re-read it for my future novelinks project. I think it expresses so many of the concerns at the time period (despite being vague...sometime between WWII and present) of not only a poor family, but of the black family. It's a devastating story that you have to just sit and watch it unfold, knowing what will happen but see it destroy the characters pulls various emotions, that a play usually lacks. I really liked seeing major issues develop around each character....the black identity in all characters, particularly Beneatha, manhood in Walter, love and pride in the mother and her relationship with the plant which encompasses all she dreams for, and the list goes on. In a simple and indirect way, Hansberry covers the multitude of issues the black family faced during the time and I think does an excellent job raising the right questions. I would love to see this performed on stage. I've seen a movie interpretation of it, but want to see what it was written for in the theater. I think an actor or actress could take this classic play and really do wonders with it."
"A Raisin in the Sun is a great book that teaches readers important lessons. This story is about a man named Walter Lee Younger and his dream to own his own liquor store. Although he does not have the money to open up a liquor store,his mother, Lena Younger is getting a check from the insurance company. The check is from the death of Walter Lee's father. His family lives in a small apartment building with little space. Lena Younger wants to buy a new house for the family, but Walter loses the money to a man named Bobo. In the end everything works out for Walter Lee and his family, by moving in into a brand new house. I recommend this book to any person looking for a good interesting book."
"The story was brilliant! It was a story about love, sacrifice and family values. My favorite character was Mama Lena. She was the one that really maintain the family values and the respect within the family, which her own kids knew little about. I like the way she interacts with little Travis.
Mama always wanted a house for her entire family, but her dream never came true until her husband dies and because of his insuranse Mama Lena was able to buy the house, her children grew up and so did their dreams. Benetha and Walter wanted different things now. When she finally realizes it, Mama Lena decided to buy a house anyway and she promised it to Travis.
I also like Mama how she truly forgives her son for trusting the man she warned Walter was not good man at all. I like how she brings the family together one more time to live together and even though she knew it would be very risky to live in the new house surrounded by white people she taught again a great lesson to her son Walter by reminding him what his father would have done in his place."
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