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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?. Characters. Mama The matriarch. Her husband had died and she is about to receive $10,000 of insurance money. Beneatha
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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?
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.
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?
Topics of Interest • Beneatha’s 2 Suitors • George Murchison • Joseph Asagai • The Setting • The African American experience after WWII • The Younger apartment
