Final Exam Review Project - Period Schedule
Please follow the following schedule
when completing each final exam review activity.
when completing each final exam review activity.
Tuesday, 5/31 - Period 3 - A Raisin in the Sun
Tuesday, 5/31 - Period 6 - Of Mice and Men
Tuesday, 5/31 - Period 6 - Of Mice and Men
Thursday, 6/2 - Period 3 - Of Mice and Men
Thursday, 6/2 - Period 6 - A Raisin in the Sun
Thursday, 6/2 - Period 6 - A Raisin in the Sun
In the comments section, record an entry the contains the following components:
- one significant quotation from A Raisin in the Sun
- the speaker of the quotation
- to whom the quotation is being spoken
- a brief context of what is happening in the scene
- the page number
- your name (to receive credit)
Walter wants his chance at succeeding in a business. Ruth's reaction to this is displayed when she says this to Mama, "No Mama. Something is happening between Walter and me. I don't know what it is-but he needs something that I can't give him anymore. He needs his chance Lena" (Hansberry 42).
ReplyDeleteBefore Beneatha and George go on their date, Walter and George have a little dispute. As George and Beneatha are walking out of the apartment, George turns to Walter and says, "Good night Prometheus" (Hansberry 86).
ReplyDeleteMama knows she can't leave when Ruth tells her to take the money and go to Europe. Mama tells Ruth: "Something always told me I wasn't no rich white woman"(Hansberry 44).
ReplyDeleteWalter is informed by Bobo that all of his family's savings were stolen by Willy. When Mama still isn't believing what happened, Walter says to Mama, "Yesss! All of it... It's all gone..." (Hansberry 129)
ReplyDeleteWhen George comes to the Younger household to pick up Beneatha for their date. Before going, they start to argue about heritage, at that point George says, "Your heritage is nothing but a bunch of raggedy-a**ed spiritualist and grass huts!"(Hansberry 81).
ReplyDeleteAssagai walks into the younger home and sees Benetha’s new hair style. Assagai says to Benetha: “Assimilation is so popular in your country” (Hansberry 43).
ReplyDeleteAsagai is in the Younger household talking to Beneatha about Walter losing the money and she does not care about anything when Asagai says,"Children see things very well sometimes- and idealists even better"(Hansberry 133).
ReplyDeleteJohnson is talking to Mama about Beneatha when Johnson says,"She act like ain't got time to pass the time of day with nobody ain't been to college," (Hansberry 102) then later says how she "can understand how she must be proud and everything-being the only one in the family to make something of herself (Hansberry 102).
ReplyDeleteWalter is trying to convince Ruth to let him buy a liquor store and for Mama to let him use Big Walter's life insurance money to buy the house. "Yeah. You see, this little liquor store we got in mind cost seventy-five thousand and we figured the initial investment on the place be 'bout thirty thousand, see. That be ten thousand each... Baby, don't nothing happen for you in this world 'less you pay somebody off!" (Hansberry 14-15)
ReplyDeleteWhen Linder comes to their house to make them an offer to buy the house from them, Linder says to Walter “What do you think you are going to gain by moving into a neighborhood where you just aren’t wanted…people can get awful worked up when they feel that their way of life is and everything they’ve ever worked for is threatened” then Walter tells him to “get out” (Hansberry 119).
ReplyDeleteAfter paying for the house, Mama gives the rest of the money to Walter and tells him to split it between the liquor store and medical school for Beneatha. Right after receiving the money, Walter talks to Travis. Travis talks to him about not having a office and then Walter says, "No - but after tonight. After what your daddy gonna do tonight, there's going to be offices - a whole lot of offices. . . ."
ReplyDeleteMama says how Travis tries so hard to clean up and act right, but Ruth said that, "No-he don't half try at all 'cause he knows you going to come along behind him and fix everything" (Hansberry 40) snd told Mama how she "done spoiled that boy so"(Hansberry 40).
ReplyDeleteAfter Walter had gotten drunk, he comes home and tucks Travis into bed. The father says to his son what he wants to become in the future. Travis answers, "A bus driver" (Hansberry 108). It shows just how little of a hope the children had during that period.
ReplyDeleteWhen Lennie and George are on their way to see the boss, George says to Lennie, "An' you ain't gonna do no bad things like you done in Weed, neither" (Steinbeck 7)
ReplyDeleteWalter is talking to Travis about a transaction he will make and says, "a business transaction that's gonna change our lives..." (Steinbeck 108)
ReplyDeleteAsagai: Then isn’t there something wrong in a house—in a world—where all dreams, good or bad, must depend on the death of a man?
ReplyDeleteBeneatha: AND YOU CANNOT ANSWER IT!
Asagai: I LIVE THE ANSWER!
Ruth and Walter are having a conversation. When Benetha comes in a starts to chat with Walter, when he says "You a horrible-looking chick at this hour" (Hansberry,35) to Benetha.
ReplyDeleteThe Youngers are excited about moving and Travis gives mama a gardening hat. Ruth asks Travis what is it and Travis says to her, "It's a gardening hat! Like the ladies always have on in the magazines when they work in their garden" (Hansberry 124).
ReplyDeleteMama is arguing with Walter about how they are going to use the 10 thousand dollars when Mama, furious, asks him how come he talks so much about money. Walter then shouts that it is life. Mama icily responds " Oh- So now it's life. Money is life. Once upon a time freedom used to be life- now it's money. I guess the world really do change." (Steinbeck 74)
ReplyDeleteBeneatha and her mother are talking about her becoming a doctor and knowing how Christian her mother is Beneatha portrays her personality to be the opposite. "Well- neither is God. I get sick of hearing about God" (Hansberry 50).
ReplyDeleteNear the end of the book Walters' family becomes proud of him because he has finally realized what it takes to be a true man. He is able to show that he is a true man and Mama says to Ruth quietly, "He finally come into his manhood today, didn't he? Kind of like a rainbow after the rain" (Hasnberry 151).
ReplyDeleteNear the end of the play in Act III, Beneatha expresses her disapointment in Walter to Mama. She is disapointed in walter because he lost the money for the liquor store. Beneatha was starting to give in to Mr. Linder but then Mama spacked some sense into her by saying, "There is always something left to love. And if you ain't learned that,you ain't learned nothing"(Hansberry 135). Mama says this to let Beneatha know how hard Walter is trying to support for her and their family.
ReplyDeleteBeneatha and Walter have just gotten through fighting and Mama comes in with no idea of what just happened when she asked Beneatha "What was you and your brother fussing about this morning?"(Hansberry 41).
ReplyDeleteWhen walter complains to Ruth, that Ruth does not listen to him Ruth says "HOney tou never say nothing new. I listen to you everyday, everynight and everymorning and you never say nothing new" (Hansberry 34).
ReplyDeleteWhen Mama talks about her dream of buying a house, and how it never came true, Ruth says, "Yes, life can be a barrel of disappointments, sometimes" (Hansberry 45).
ReplyDeleteWalter is getting upset at Mama for not giving him the money for the liqour store. In turn, Mama gets upset because there is something consuming Walter. She says to him, "Something eating you up like a crazy man. Something more than me not giving you this money" (Hansberry 72).
ReplyDeleteAs Bobo is explaining that Willy Harris stole Walter's money he says, "When a cat take off with your money he don't leave you no road maps" (Hansberry 128).
ReplyDeleteAsagai is trying to convince Beneatha to come with him to Nigeria and be a docter. He sais "Nigeria. Home. I will show you our mountains and our stars" (Hansberry 137).
ReplyDeleteWalter is talking to Bobo and has found out that thier co-worker ran away with both of their money. Bobo sais "What's the mater with you, Walter! When a cat take off with your money he don't leave you no road maps
ReplyDelete^^^I messed up. ...with no road maps" (Hansberry 128).
ReplyDeleteWhen George goes to Beneatha's house to pick her up for a date. While he is he is waiting, he talks to Ruth for a little bit. Ruth offers George a cold glass of beer and George replies "No, thank you. I don't care for beer. I hope she hurries up" (Hansberry 82).
ReplyDeleteAfter Walter decides for Lindner to give them money instead of the house, Beneatha gets mad and rants to Mama. Moma responds with "Yes-I taught you that. Me and your daddy. But I thought I taught you something else too...I thought I taught you to love him" (Hansberry 145).
ReplyDeleteThis is where Mama told Travis that they are moving into a new house. This occurs soon after Mama receives the check in the mail. Travis says, "Yeah-I always wanted to live in a house" (Hansberry 91).
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Walter tells Beneatha ""Girl, if you dont't get all them silly ideas out of your head! You better marry yourself a man with some loot...", this is Walter trying to explain to her that she needs to settle down and stick with one idea (Hansberry 150).
ReplyDeleteIn the scene walter is very angry about mama going and buying the house but mama then says,"I don't like to see my baby sad, so heres 6,500 dollar" this is then followed by mama telling walter he needs to save some for Beneathas school. Also, that some needs to go to travis's health, but the rest was his.(Hansberry 130)
ReplyDeleteMama says this to Ruth, Beneatha and Walter when deciding if they should risk their well being and move into the new house of their dreams or to stay settled in their tiny apartment which makes them unhappy. "Sometimes you just got to know when to give up some things...and hold on to what you got" (Hansberry 140).
ReplyDeleteNear the begining of the book, when Walter first wants to open the liquor store, Ruth says it is a stupid idea. Walter yells in return; "it's to say that a colored man can do something with his life" (Hansberry 34). (from Devin Kelly P-3)
ReplyDeleteWhile Walter is trying to open his liquor store, and his family is totally opposing it. He is slipping into a deep depression. He starts to question where he is from, his future, and his purpose, also what he wants to do. "Sometimes it's like I can see the future stretched oit in front of me - just plain as day. the future mama. hanging over there at the edge of my days. Just waiting for me - a big looming blank space - full of nothing. Just waiting for me. But it don't have to be"(Hansberry226). the qoute was Walter talking to his explaining why his life sucks.
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ReplyDeleteWell, I ain’t got no fifty cents this morning…I don’t care what teacher say. I ain’t got it. Eat your breakfast, Travis. (Hansberry 28)This is when Ruth denies Travis money for school because money is very tight at the moment
Quinn Abrams
When Walter is talking to Mama about the check Walter says "I want so many things that they are driving me crazy...Mama-look at me"(Hansberry 73). This is because everyone does not want to have a liquor store, and that maybe with the new money from the check they may get it.
ReplyDelete"We don't want to make no trouble for nobody or fight no causes, and we will try to be good neighbors" (Hansberry 148). Walter is sayig this to Mr. Lindner after explaining why they are moving into the new house, after they make their final decision to move.
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