Raisin test

Restricted neighborhoods

, often literally fenced in, where entry is limited to residents and their guests. Although predominantly high-income based, in North America gated communities are increasingly a middle-class phenomenon.

What year is the book based in

1959

Joseph Asagai

A Nigerian student in love with Beneatha. Asagai, as he is often called, is very proud of his African heritage, and Beneatha hopes to learn about her African heritage from him. He eventually proposes marriage to Beneatha and hopes she will return to Nigeria with him. / static

Mr. Lidner

A member of the clybourne Park improvement association. He doesn't want the Younger's in his white only neighborhood. He visits their home and tries to talk them out of moving to clybourne Park, but ultimately fails. / static

Metaphor vs. Simile

A metaphor is direct relationship where one thing IS another (e.g. "Juliet is the sun"). A simile, on the other hand, is indirect and usually only likened to be similar to something else. Similes usually use "like" or "as" (e.g. "Your eyes are like the ocean").

Beneatha's dynamic change UNFINISHED

Beneatha's catalyst was the African music and clothes given to her by asagai. It was then that she realizes that she no longer wants to be an assimilationist— instead of conforming to northern cutler and just society's ideals in general, beneatha would honor her culture, and even maybe move to Nigeria with Asagai.

Bennie's dream and symbol

Beneatha's dream is to become a doctor and to save her race from ignorance. Dream symbol: beneatha's hair

How is god present?

Bennie doesn't believe. Mama strongly believes. Ruth almost gets an abortion, which is strictly non-Christian

Who is beneatha? (Bennie)

Bennie is Mama and big Walters daughter, and Walter lee's sister. She has two boyfriends, George and asagai, and she is going to medical school. / dynamic

What was Ruth's conflict with bennie

Bennie is mean to walter

How does Africa relate to each character?

Bennie: her roots Walter: gives him confidence mama: it's her heritage ruth: she donates to the churhc

Who is big Walter?

Big walter is the late husband of Mama, and the father of bennie and walter. His life insurance is $10,000 / static

Does it have a happy ending?

Bittersweet. Because: Pros: new house, private bathroom, Travis has his own room, yard for mama, safer neighborhood, better schools, Walter is a man now Cons: losing money, Bennie still has to share a room, hard to say goodbye to the old house

Bobo

Bobo is Walters friend who also has his money stolen by Willie, however much less. / static

What was Ruth's conflict with Travis?

Fifty cents speech

Jim Crow Laws

Laws designed to enforce segregation of blacks from whites

Mama dream and symbol

Mama dreams of moving her family out of the ghetto and into a house with a yard where children can play and she can tend a garden. Symbol of the dream: Mama's plant

Who is Mama?

Mama is Bennie and Walter's mom. She loves to garden and she is the head of the household. She wants better for everyone. / static

What was Ruth's conflict with mama

Mama tries to tell Ruth how to parent her child.

Genre

Play

Tenements

Poorly built, overcrowded housing

What does the rat symbolize?

Poverty, unwantedness, burden, death, and dirty.

Who is Ruth?

Ruth is Travis's mom and Walter Lee Younger's wife. She is pregnant, and about 30. /static

Ruth's dream and symbol UNFINISHED

Ruth's dream is to build a happy family and for her family to live somewhere safe. Dream symbol:

Mrs. Johnson

The Youngers' neighbor. Mrs. Johnson takes advantage of the Youngers' hospitality and warns them about moving into a predominately white neighborhood. She is jealous of them. / static

What are all of the deaths in the killing scene?

The rat, the baby (abortion), the cockroaches, Walter's dreams of owning a liquor store

Theme: manhood

This play has a constant theme of manhood, and what it really means to be a man, .

Who is Travis?

Travis is a young boy, (around 10) that is Ruth and Walter Lee's son. / static

Who is Walter lee younger?

Walter Lee Younger is Mama and Big walter's son, Ruth's Wife, bennies brother, and Travis's dad. He is a chauffeur for Mr. Arnold. / dynamic

What was Ruth's conflict with walter

Walter gave Travis money they didn't have

Walter's dream and symbol

Walter wants to be able to provide for his family like a man should. He wants to be the head of the house, and he wants to be able to be a great father for Travis. Dream symbol: the eggs

Walter's dynamic change

Walter's first catalyst were they African drums. His second catalyst was Mama. This catalyst happened when he was deciding whether or not he should sell the house. He saw mama and his heart changed, he realized he needed to step up and do something that would benefit everyone else. It was then that he realizes the true meaning of manhood.

George Murchison

Wealthy African-American man who courts Beneatha. He ignores his African culture and is becoming absorbed into the white culture, which makes him an assimilationist. He and Beneatha argue about this. He wants to marry Bennie, but wants her to just be pretty and quiet. / static

Willie Harris

Willie convinces Walter to invest in a liquor store. When Walter gives him the money, he takes it, and runs. / static

What is an allusion?

a reference to famous person, place, thing, or idea.

Great Migration

movement of over 300,000 African American from the rural south into Northern cities between 1914 and 1920

red lining

refuse (a loan or insurance) to someone because they live in an area deemed to be a poor financial risk.

Assimilation

the social process of absorbing one cultural group into harmony with another

What is irony?

the use of words to convey a meaning that is the opposite of its literal meaning