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Post by jeffreymonroe1 on Jun 25, 2013 12:15:22 GMT
This post is very much true. Ruth knows things that Walter doesn’t. She knows that she is with child and every decision that is made from now on will affect the upcoming moment. Yes Walter feels that he is not getting the respect he should be given. Ruth should not be hiding thing that is that big. The decision of the money technically is not hers to choose. Walter mother and Walter decisions comes before hers. It all is just a decision that will have to be sat down and be depth with. Eddie, you do not believe that Beneatha (The daughter) has an opinion on where the money is going? She has the big dream of using the money towards medical school to become a doctor and she wants to give back to her African heritage, and help people in Africa. Walter believes this is a waste of money and I do believe also this will not benefit the family. Do you think the setting has effect on the story? Does the time frame affect the story? Think back to the white community offering them money to not move in. I agree Neils. The daughter is being selfish and thinking only about herself and not her family. She also cares more about her African heritage than Her own relatives which is a waste of money.
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Post by justinmy on Jun 25, 2013 12:15:55 GMT
Writing about an exciting moment in A Raisin in the Sun. the mother of Walter and himself were talking about a better life. As the two were talking the mother mentioned that Ruth, the wife of Walter, was with child. Walter had no knowledge that Ruth was pregnant. The mother stated that she wanted to get rid of the child before birth. Walter was stunned to hear that. She believe that the family could not afford another child. The Author uses a tone that tell that this family have live through hard times. The receives ten thousand dollars. The money brings the question that do they keep the child or do not. This express the tone explicitly. The family was in a weird moment then the money come in the scene and everyone is happy. The mother wanted her son to talk to his wife to make a decision on the upcoming child. Walter did not want to entertain the subject. The author also have a conflict in the story when it comes to the money. The mother wants to get a home with the movie other want to invest the money. Justin Myrick- the family could deal with the baby it would have been tough before without the money but they have a little more now so it would help things a little. also, the family would need to invest the money and build it up then they would have plenty more to go on
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Post by ddupree on Jun 25, 2013 12:15:59 GMT
Writing about an exciting moment in A Raisin in the Sun. the mother of Walter and himself were talking about a better life. As the two were talking the mother mentioned that Ruth, the wife of Walter, was with child. Walter had no knowledge that Ruth was pregnant. The mother stated that she wanted to get rid of the child before birth. Walter was stunned to hear that. She believe that the family could not afford another child. The Author uses a tone that tell that this family have live through hard times. The receives ten thousand dollars. The money brings the question that do they keep the child or do not. This express the tone explicitly. The family was in a weird moment then the money come in the scene and everyone is happy. The mother wanted her son to talk to his wife to make a decision on the upcoming child. Walter did not want to entertain the subject. The author also have a conflict in the story when it comes to the money. The mother wants to get a home with the movie other want to invest the money. That is a good example of how the author uses tone to help the reader understand the hardships the family has gone through as is going through. It is sad how that the mother want to get rid of the baby and on the account of not having enough money even though they still had the insurance money coming in. Her wanting to sacrifice the baby is a good way to show how her character is willing to sacrifice a great deal to help her family or how selfish she could be.
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Post by justinmy on Jun 25, 2013 12:16:13 GMT
Writing about an exciting moment in A Raisin in the Sun. the mother of Walter and himself were talking about a better life. As the two were talking the mother mentioned that Ruth, the wife of Walter, was with child. Walter had no knowledge that Ruth was pregnant. The mother stated that she wanted to get rid of the child before birth. Walter was stunned to hear that. She believe that the family could not afford another child. The Author uses a tone that tell that this family have live through hard times. The receives ten thousand dollars. The money brings the question that do they keep the child or do not. This express the tone explicitly. The family was in a weird moment then the money come in the scene and everyone is happy. The mother wanted her son to talk to his wife to make a decision on the upcoming child. Walter did not want to entertain the subject. The author also have a conflict in the story when it comes to the money. The mother wants to get a home with the movie other want to invest the money. Justin Myrick- the family could deal with the baby it would have been tough before without the money but they have a little more now so it would help things a little. also, the family would need to invest the money and build it up then they would have plenty more to go on
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Post by Jeff Hughes on Jun 25, 2013 12:19:14 GMT
Mr. John Harrison i completely agree that Mama should have held onto the money instead of giving it to Walter to blow on his crazy idea for a liquor store. Her intentions were just as Walters were in the sense that they both had were trying to help the entire family out. In the end she should have spent all the money on the down payment for the house and then instead of over half of it getting pissed away they could have maybe been able to have something better than what they ended up with. If Walters plan would have worked with the liquor do you think he would have helped himself or the entire family? Mr. Adam Jones I believe that Walter would have helped his family but he would have used it against them as power over them. Like he did with Beneatha in the beginning of the story arguing that he bought her stuff and put a roof over her head and she shouldn't go to med school and ask her mom for the money that she should let him have the money even if he did help her out that dose not mean he can act all high and mighty about it. it seems that he wants everyone to worship him but hes the most worthless person in the whole family!! If Beneatha would have went to med school do you think she would have helped her family when she was a doctor making big money? I believe that was the reason for her wanting to become a doctor. She has lived the struggle with her family and has seen what a lack of money can do to people. She knows what she needs to do to make her family's life easier and she is trying to pursue that. Frankly, she has a much better chance at that than her father because you are right he is much more focused on the praise he wants for being the provider. Truth is he is not very logical, there are many more safe ways to get money to provide for his family but he wants a liquor store. If walter would have gotten the liquor store running, do you think he would even be able to help his family? Or would he just drink away his problems with his friends?
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Post by ddupree on Jun 25, 2013 12:33:09 GMT
The story of a Raisin in the Sun is a very intense story. There are many different literary devices that are used in the story. The story is about an African-American family who are about to receive an insurance check for $10,000 from the deceased Mr. Younger. The members in the family who are all eligible enough to use the money are all trying to decide what they should use the money for. There is a lot of conflict and irony during these decisions being made. Mrs. Younger wants to use the money to buy house. It has been a dream of hers and her deceased husband’s to buy a house big enough for the whole family and she would like to fulfill that dream. Walter Lee believes buying a liquor store solve the family’s financial issues. Walter’s wife agrees with Mrs. Younger about buying house. She would like more room for her son to play. Walter’s sister Beneatha wants to use the money to get to medical school. Between all the families’ arguments and all of their decisions there is a lot of dramatic irony and conflict. I agree that the story of a Raisin in the Sun is a very intense story. There is not a dull moment is the story. The authors use of the literary devices is what keeps the story so interesting. Though out the story the main conflict was on how the family should spend the money. Each member of the family had their own idea of what they should spent the money on and how it would benefit the family the most.
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Post by jaymedossett on Jun 25, 2013 12:33:18 GMT
The point in the story that i choose, that wasn’t so to say,exciting,but rather opened you up to how the characters live and how money is really an issue in the family. This is point is made in the beginning of the story when the family is just waking up and the story is describing how they share a bathroom with their neighboring housing in the apartment complex. Already that tells you that the family doesn’t have enough money right there. Then before Travis leaves for school he informs Ruth and Walter that he needs fifty cents for school. Ruth says to Travis that we don’t have it, and Travis begins to aggravate her. Walter then gives Travis a whole dollar and then he is off to school. To me the story uses characterization to explain how the characters are. It tells you bits and pieces about each of them so that you kind of build up enough information to find out what kind of person the characters are.
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Post by willbishop119 on Jun 25, 2013 12:39:48 GMT
Well in the story "Ä raisin in the Sun" the author uses some controversy between the characters in the story to make interesting. By controversy I mean makes the characters make decisions of what they want and what they need. The controversy or the arguement in the story is each adult character in the story has a dream of what they would like to do with the money they are going to get from the insurance policy from Mr. Youngers death. Even though each one of the characters had dreams they couldn't have them all, so they had to choose from what they really needed for the whole family. I think that the author made this story exciting and interesting to the readers by, using arguements and tough life decisions to show them and the readers that no matter what if you stick together as family nothing can tear you apart. The reason its interesting to the readers is that everyone can relate to them by having dreams of what they wanted but also had to make choices so they could still survive and better thier familys. I agree with Mr. Wilder, the author uses the controversy between the characters to keep the readers interested in the story. The controversy in the story is about the money that they are going to get from Mr. Younger’s death. Even with all the family members already making up their mind about what they want to do with the money, Walter (the father) wants to invest the money in a liquor store.
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Post by jaymedossett on Jun 25, 2013 12:41:32 GMT
A tense moment in "A Raisin in the Sun" was during the first act when Ruth and Walter start fighting about the check that they are expecting from the life insurance company, and their overall happiness. Ruth was making breakfast for her son Travis while they were arguing. Ruth told her husband Walter to "Eat you eggs", this is a tense and symbolic moment in the story because Walter fells like he is no allowed to make any decisions and not respected throughout the household. When Walter was told to eat his eggs, Ruth was basically telling him to be quiet and that his opinion didn’t matter. At this time Walter does not know that Ruth is pregnant and she feels that he is not making the right decision. This is an internal conflict because if Walter knew that his wife was pregnant he would have a different outlook in the matter at hand. I agree with the response, a few times in the story it stresses that Walter feels like he has no dominance over the family any more. He can’t provide money for his family and the money that he getting, he can’t even decide what they can spend the money on. He wants to go in with some friends on a liquor store, he believes that it will make a lot of money and restore his dominance in the family.
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Post by Adam Jones on Jun 25, 2013 12:47:49 GMT
Mr. Adam Jones I believe that Walter would have helped his family but he would have used it against them as power over them. Like he did with Beneatha in the beginning of the story arguing that he bought her stuff and put a roof over her head and she shouldn't go to med school and ask her mom for the money that she should let him have the money even if he did help her out that dose not mean he can act all high and mighty about it. it seems that he wants everyone to worship him but hes the most worthless person in the whole family!! If Beneatha would have went to med school do you think she would have helped her family when she was a doctor making big money? I believe that was the reason for her wanting to become a doctor. She has lived the struggle with her family and has seen what a lack of money can do to people. She knows what she needs to do to make her family's life easier and she is trying to pursue that. Frankly, she has a much better chance at that than her father because you are right he is much more focused on the praise he wants for being the provider. Truth is he is not very logical, there are many more safe ways to get money to provide for his family but he wants a liquor store. If walter would have gotten the liquor store running, do you think he would even be able to help his family? Or would he just drink away his problems with his friends?Mr. Hughes, i really didn't see that Beneatha would have helped her family out. i felt that she was only trying to help herself get out of the situation she was in. It is true that she has a lot better chance of making money than Walter does. I do think that if Walter would have gotten the liquor store up and running that it would have never taken off like he thought because not only him but Willy the guy he went on it with would have helped drink it into the ground. I think maybe the reason he wanted a liquor store was so he could have access to alcohol and make that the way he dealt with his family problems. Either way i think the liquor store idea was a bust from the beginning, there was a lot of better things that could have been done with the money.
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Post by wyattcolehubbard15 on Jun 25, 2013 12:52:09 GMT
In "A Raisin In The Sun" there is a tense moment between characters when they are arguing about who is going to use the money for what. Beneatha wants to use it to go to med school, Walter Lee wants to use the money to invest in a liquor store with his friends. Walter thinks that the liquor store would be a good investment and would make them money. Beneatha thinks that by going to med school she could make enough money to support her family. The author uses point of view to show to contrasting ideas in the story. Yes this was a very tense moment in the playwright. This family was receiving the money from a insurance policy from Mr.Young's passing, the father of Walter and Beneatha. Everyone in the family had there own ideas for the money witch created tense times. An its sad today in money homes still today money causes stress and pain in the family. Walters idea for the money and Beneaths idea where not bad ideas but the didn’t seem the best for the family. Ruth on the other hand wanted to uxse the money to help the family like buy a new home. She had the best idea of all and this caused the moment to be tense but in the end made a happy ending.
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Post by justinmy on Jun 25, 2013 12:52:33 GMT
A tense moment in "A Raisin in the Sun" was during the first act when Ruth and Walter start fighting about the check that they are expecting from the life insurance company, and their overall happiness. Ruth was making breakfast for her son Travis while they were arguing. Ruth told her husband Walter to "Eat you eggs", this is a tense and symbolic moment in the story because Walter fells like he is no allowed to make any decisions and not respected throughout the household. When Walter was told to eat his eggs, Ruth was basically telling him to be quiet and that his opinion didn’t matter. At this time Walter does not know that Ruth is pregnant and she feels that he is not making the right decision. This is an internal conflict because if Walter knew that his wife was pregnant he would have a different outlook in the matter at hand. So what Adam is saying that there is internal and external conflict throughout the story. They make story exciting and keep readers on the edge of their seats and makes them want to keep reading. Like Adam said if Walter knew about the baby that was on the way then he might think again about what that money needs to be spent on. Thats how the conflict works against each other to make it so excitng and interesting. Justin myrick- i agree with adam if he would have known his wife was pregnant, it wouldnt have bothered him because he would have known that she would have had alot of mood swings or it wouldnt take much to set her off. also i dont think he would have been worried about the money as much
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Post by Jeff Hughes on Jun 25, 2013 12:53:08 GMT
Tension first arises in a raisin in the sun when Travis asks Walter for money and Ruth immediately refuses saying “we don’t have it.” Walter, trying to be a good father and help his son be accepted at school, gives him twice the amount he asked for. He does this realizing he will have to ask Ruth for more money for his own cab fare later. This act sparks a conflict about the use of an insurance check and how it should be spent. Walter makes the suggestion of investing in a liquor store and Ruth shoots him down saying “eat ya eggs” meaning shut up. This sets the basic recurring theme (arguing about money) for the story. Yes that’s all understandable . We always want the something new in life. We can try an take the other family members part but can one live with that? Sealing it away with out them knowing. Walter, Ruth and Benetha were arguing with each other. Walter was trying to talk his younger sister out of going to med school so that he could use the money that his mom would give her for school, for him and his buddies to buy a liquor store. Then Walter drags his wife into it by saying that they have done allot for he and she owes it to them You are right Eddie, stealing is bad enough but only heartless man could live with stealing from his own family. It seems as though walter doesnt want beneatha to go to med school for his own selfish reasons. He wants to be the provider and wants everyone to look up to him. He cant have his sister stealing his thunder.
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Post by ddupree on Jun 25, 2013 12:53:24 GMT
Discussion question 1 In the story "Ä raisin in the Sun" the author uses conflict between the characters in the story to make it catchier. The conflict in the story is the character in the story knows what they would like to do with the money they are going to get from the insurance policy from Mr. Younger’s death. The characters knew what they wanted to do but also knew they couldn't have everything they wanted, so they had to make a family decision. I think the excitement the author gave out from the story was that the family had a conflict and decisions can be rough on people but a family can still stick together. People reading this story can relate because there is always decisions that involve family and what will be the beneficial result for everybody. I agree that the author uses the conflict between the characters to make the story catchier to the reader. The main conflict of the entire story is about how the family wants to spend the money and how they believe that their idea will help the family. The author use many arguments to help the reader understand each characters point of view on how to spend the money. Each of the characters ideas seemed to be more self centered than the one Mama had. She wanted to actually bye a larger house so that they could move out of the small apartment that the are living in now. I also agree that people who have been in similar satiations can relate to this story.
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Post by willbishop119 on Jun 25, 2013 12:53:32 GMT
To answer your question Mr. Akkerman , I have the reason to believe that the mother of Walter has the most influence on the whole family. The mother seems to be the only person with the right mindset to make decisions out the whole family. The couple Walter and Ruth has a lot to learn they have to learn to talk about thing and Walter needs to learn that a bottle doesn’t always fix your problem. So what the mother say will more than likely go in that household. Mr. Austin, yes mama does have more knowledge and experience being the oldest in the household. Since it was her husband that passed away I also believe she has the right to the money and make the decision of what is going to happen with the money. During this time period though women and colored people did not have all the rights what they deserved and that might be a reason why Mama could not stand up against Walter being the man of the house. Do you believe that Walter is ignorant trusting willy Harris which runs away with the liquor store money? Mr. Akkerman, yes I do believe that Walter is ignorant trusting Willy Harris with the liquor store money, knowing that he may not be trustworthy. Mr. Austin is also correct, Walter needs to learn that the bottle will not solve his problems, nor does he seem the have the right mindset to run the family, which mama seems to be the best suited for, and yes mama should have the right to the money since it was her husband who died, but you are correct about the day and age of this society during this time period.
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