In A Raisin in the Sun written by Lorrain Hansberry Walter experiences frustration throughout act one. The family lives in a small apartment with just two bedrooms. Mama and Beneatha share a room and the other one is for Ruth and Walter. Travis, the son sleeps on the couch everyday in the living room. Walter, the man of the house, works as a chauffer everyday making little money. However, opportunities arise with the insurance money that the family will receive from the death of Walter’s father. Unhappy with his job, Walter wants to be rich and devises a plan to acquire wealth with his friends to invest his father’s insurance money in a new liquor store venture. Nevertheless, the family believes in buying a new house to have a better life instead of risking it all on a risky venture. Walter demonstrates the trait of frustration throughout the Scene. At the breakfast table, Ruth does not agree with Walter’s Liquor store plan, thus Walter becomes frustrated and says “That is just what is wrong with the colored woman in this world… Don’t understand about building their men up and making’em feel like they somebody like they can do something” (34). The Liquor store to Walter is an opportunity that leads to a great provider for the family. Working as a chauffer for a rich white man has made Walter totally dissatisfied. There's no room for advancement as an African American. Thus Liquor store is the only hope for Walter to become rich and successful. In order to invest the money Walter needs support from his family, which he is not receiving according to the context. In Walter’s perspective Ruth is shutting him down with negativities and unreliability. Next, Mama comes and talks about how to spend the money. Mama wants a new house and she does not believe in investing in the liquor store. Walter comes in shortly after the check arrives and tires to convince Mama otherwise. However, Mama will not listen, which frustrated…
Janie is raised by her grandmother, Nanny, after her actual mother runs off. Although Nanny is controlling, she has only Janie’s best interests in mind. When Janie is caught kissing the low-life Johnny Taylor, Nanny arranges for her to marry the wealthy farmer Logan Killicks for protection and stability. Janie is not happy in her marriage, but naively expects to learn to love Logan. Janie implores her grandmother for help, saying, “‘But Nanny, Ah wants to want him sometimes. Ah don’t want him to do all de…
Mariam never thinks she’ll be able to love or be loved again. Two decades later, tragedy strikes Laila, when she loses her parents to a local bombing. Laila is crestfallen and miserable as she watches her life fall into shambles, first with her parents’ death and later with that of Tariq’s. The two women also face an abusive husband together. However, they find solace in each other and learn to deal with their pain through friendship and love. Mariam and Laila’s friendship leads them to endure unimaginable brutalities and gives them the strength to overcome their adversities with startling heroism. When Rasheed threatens to kill Laila, Mariam accepts the fate of being his murderer. After killing Rashid, Mariam notes to Laila, “For me, it ends here. There’s nothing more I want, everything I’d ever wished for as a little girl, you’ve given me. You and your children have made me so very happy. It’s alright Laila jo. This is alright. ( 319)”. Mariam’s sacrifice for Laila shows how devoted she is to…
In the beginning of the characters’ stories, Mariam and Laila mutually cope with inner hindrances implicating adoration, obligation, and liberty. For Mariam,…
When a character reconsiders their beliefs on events that have occurred in the past, they are experiencing moral reconciliation. Mariatu only hoped that she would die as she lied on the ground after the rebels attacked. She prayed, “Please let me die…
Lying on her deathbed , she contemplates that “She had spent so much time preparing for death there was no need for bringing it up again”(2). Even when approached with death she felt like she had to be in control of even the littlest thoughts. Her extreme propensity to control presents a psychological dependency; her urge to control may stem from the loss of her loved ones such as her husband John, her fiancé George, and her child Hapsy. The point of view changes occasionally switches to first person to emphasize the focus on Granny Weatherall’s desires and thoughts at specified time; for example in the middle of a description of George’s abandonment the author adds in, “No, I swear he never harmed me but in that.”(3). Because this information is directly from Granny’s perspective, it demonstrates her deepest thoughts: her need to convince herself that she is not hurt by the abandonment. She tries to suppress the unpleasant pain of the sudden abandonment in order to move on. Because she could not control the jilting by her fiancé, she instead tries to control her emotions not allowing herself to be hurt. To compensate for the unexpected…
There are similar and different ways people can be effected by their past and continue being effected in their current life’s. Like in the two short stories “Rose-Johnny” and “Drinking Coffee elsewhere” both Rose Johnny and Dina there past Because of their rough lives in the past it make it difficult for them to feel comfortable and not want to open up to anyone. Rose and Dina have similarities such as being an outcast, secluded and suffering from a troubled past. However, they also have difference Rose-Johnny is polite, quiet and generous and Dina is angry, loud and straightforward.…
Lily’s blame for accidentally killing her mother causes her to be unsatisfied with her life. Lily, with vague memories, is aware that “it was [her] fault…
According to Couton et al.(2006), various studies have applied hedonic price modeling to show that price variation among new cars can be explained by differences in key product characteristics such as horsepower, engine capacity, speed, and safety features. However, these measurable variables may not be the main explanatory factors which will influence the choice of consumers. Based on the above mentioned content, this research will focus on the decisive factors which will impact the public's final choice of car, especially in the…
In A Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine Hansberry, Walter Lee Younger displays irresponsibility continuously throughout the play. The play is set during a time when racism was still occurring, making life for black families such as the Youngers hard. The lack of money seems to be the main cause of arguments and problems in the Younger household. Walter Lee is a man working a job of driving a man in a limousine, barely earning enough to support the family. Walter Lee complains to Mama about his job. “A job. (looks at her) Mama, a job? I open and close car doors all day long. I drive a man around in his limousine and say, ‘Yes sir,’ ‘No sir,’ ‘Very good, sir,’ ‘Shall I take the drive, sir?’ Mama, that ain’t no kind of job-that ain’t nothing at all. (very quietly) Mama, I don’t know if I can make you understand.” Apparently nobody seems to understand Walter. He is a very selfish, angry, materialistic, greedy, and corrupted man. He hates that his job provides money just enough for his family without there being any left over for the family to spend on. He did not like it when Ruth told Travis that she was not able to give him fifty cents because they could not afford it. Walter heard this and gets upset. He gives Travis a dollar instead, challenging Ruth. It upsets him since he knows he is not able to give his son pocket money because he would go broke himself.…
The mother is very perseverant and refuses to give up on anything. This causes tension between them because Rose is nervous to tell her that she is getting a divorce since Rose knows her mom will tell her to save her marriage. The mother isn’t lenient with her beliefs nor is she understanding, which makes her sort of stubborn.…
This lesson is designed to deepen students’ analysis of the novel A Thousand Splendid Suns. In addition, this lesson is designed to provide educators with a core novel connection to the shelter outreach themes of the Khaled Hosseini Foundation SOS program.…
When the assisted suicide goes wrong and Marit wakes up the next morning she is still confident about the rightness of the decision she has made. Her only concern is that she has to do it all over again. Her words to her husband “I thought you were going to help me” express a huge disappointment. She was supposed to be dead and she is not. Going through something like this once is unthinkable but going through it twice is simply macabre. Nevertheless, she will stick to her plan; she will choose death because living the way she is living is so unbearably difficult that “[we] have no…
A Thousand Splendid Suns: The burqa as a symbol of both the social plight of women and a hidden sense of freedom…
Although Mariam had a hard life, she never initiated a plan for salvation, which is why it was not until she took initiative and killed Rasheed that she finally felt like she had a purpose. Essentially, she remained at home, did what she was told and blamed her surroundings for her fate. While most of the situations in her life she was faced with were not her fault,…