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Brian Picknally (revised)
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Date Posted: 13:40:55 03/01/01 Thu
In reply to:
Mr. Gershman
's message, "Personal Reflection on A Raisin in the Sun" on 10:45:46 02/27/01 Tue
I think that overall, A Raisin in the Sun was a pretty good play. I liked the end of the book where Walter Lee stood up to Karl Lidner. The Youngers deserved the house, and Lidner was wrong for trying to kick them out and pay them money for it.
My initial prediction, that Walter and Ruth were going to split up, didn’t happen. I thought that after Ruth got pregnant, that when Walter found out, he would get really mad and I thought they were going to split up. Judging by Walter Lee's character towards most people, I would have thought that he would have gotten really angry with Ruth and that he would hurt her in some way. That didn't come true and I am very glad that didn't happen, because that could have caused huge problems for the family.
The final message that I got from this play was that if you stick with your dreams, you most likely will accomplish it. The Youngers wanted to move to Clybourne Park, which is an all white neighborhood. Karl Lidner, a member of the “welcoming committee,” offered them money so they wouldn’t move there. Walter called him up and he told him to come over. Then Walter told him that they wanted to move there, and he told him to get out of their house. I believe that if you want to accomplish something, you have to work very hard at it and you can’t give up.
I recommend this book, for anyone who likes to read about examples of the civil rights. A Raisin in the Sun is a great example of the treatment that blacks got from everyone back in that time. It’s also good for people who like to read about families, and what goes on in their lives. Throughout the play, everyone expressed and told what was going on in their lives, and I liked that. This book is a good way to look at a script from a play from a different point of view. This should probably only be read by 7th or 8th graders and higher because some of the language is kind of vulgar. The language also helped express them better. They used harsh words that expressed how they felt.
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