This post is for Freshmen only. The following assignment is due by Monday, 1/10.
- 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)
One significant quotation from A Raisin in the Sun is: "Me and Willy was going to go down to Springfield and and spread some money 'round so's we wouldn't have to wait so long for the liquor license... Thant's what we were going to do. I got to the train station yesterday morning-eight o'clock like we planned... Willy didn't never show up" (Hansberry 127). "You mean he went by himself. You mean he went off to Springfield by himself-to take care of getting the license- We just got to find him. THAT MONEY IS MADE OUT OF MY FATHER'S FLESH-" (Hansberry 128).
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There are two speakers of this quotation. The first speaker is Bobo and the second speaker is Walter. In the first part of the quotation, Walter is being spoken to by Bobo, and in the second part of the quotation, Bobo is being spoken to by Walter. In this scene, Bobo came into Walter's house to tell him the big news that all of their money that was going to be used to get the liquor license and get the liquor store was with Willy, their friend. Once that Bobo told Walter that Willy didn't show up at the train station, Walter immediately knew that Willy took advantage of Walter and was going to use the money for his own purposes. Walter was pretty mad at this point and Bobo was on the verge of tears. The page number of this scene is on page 127 and 128.
Mama and Walter are fighting about her money and what she is planning on doing with it. They share different opinions on what money really is worth. Mama says to Walter "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 . . ."and Walter responds with
ReplyDelete"No—it was always money, Mama. We just didn’t know about it" (Hansberry 74). Walter believes that money can solve any problem and that if people in the world had money, they would be careless about other things. Mama is disappointed in Walter due to his obsession with money. This scene is an important part of the book because it exploits each characters views on money and with this you can predict what is going to happen with the money Mama recieved.
Even before they have it, the money is a big topic of conversation for the family. In the beginning Mama is talking to Ruth about what she thinks should be done with the money before anything happens in the book. Mama says, "Some of it got to be put away for Beneatha and her schoolin' and ain't nothing going to touch that part of it" (Hansberry 44).
ReplyDeleteBeneatha, Ruth, and Mama are talking about Beneatha and her future and who she is going to marry. Beneatha gets really mad when Mama mentions that god has to do with what she does in her life. Mama yells at her and Beneatha says,"Mama you don't understand. It's all a matter of ideas, and god is just one idea I don't accept. It's not important. I'm not going out and be immoral or commit crimes because I don't believe in god" (Hansberry 51). This is important because it is showing how Beneatha is going against her mom and speaking her mind about what she believes in.
ReplyDelete"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?" This quotation is said to Beneatha by Asagai after Beneatha has found out that all of the money is gone. Asagai says this to her because Beneatha really is acting as if all her dreams were dependent solely on that money when they really dont, is what Asagai is trying to explain to her.
ReplyDelete"Where you born with it like that"(Hansberry 62). This quote was spoken by Asagi to Beneatha. Asagi was talking about Beneatha's hair because she had straitened it. This quotation is important because I think that by Asagi saying that Beneatha is changing herself to look like what other people want her to look like makes Beneatha realize that she wants to be different. This quotation helps her find herself.
ReplyDelete"There is always something left to love. And if you ain’t learned that, you ain’t learned nothing."(Hansberry 135)This quote was spoken by Mama to Beneatha. In this scene Beneatha is mad at Walter for losing all there money. Mama is telling Beneatha that no matter what happens when someone is in a bad condition you need to help them instead of criticizing them.
ReplyDelete"The Murchisons are honest-to-God-real-live-rich-colored people, and the only people in the world who are more snobbish than rich white people are rich colored people. I thought everybody knew that"(Hansberry 49). In this part of the book Beneatha is telling her mom that she does not want to marry George Murchison because she does not love him and she thinks he is to shallow for her, but Beneatha is being pressured by most of the family to marry George Murchison because he is rich and that could help the family. But Beneatha is the type of person who does not care what other people think, so she does not feel any of the pressure that the family especially Walter is putting on her.
ReplyDelete"And we have decided to move into our house because my father-my father-he earned it brick by brick"(Hansberry 148). Walter is telling Linder that they are definitely moving in and that he doesn't want his offer for the money. Walter is finally realizing that money isn't everything and he is becoming a family man. He also knows that Mama really wants to move out so he is fulfilling her dream.
ReplyDelete"What you need me to say you done right for? You the head of this family. You run our lives like you want to. It was your money and you did what you wanted with it. So what you need for me to say it was all right for? So you butchered up a dream of mine - you - who always talking 'bout your children's dreams..."(Hansberry87). Walter was talking to mama when he said that to her. Mama had just bought a house and Walter was mad that he didn't get the money for his liquor store. People do get mad when they don't get their way. Walter convinced himself that he was going to get the money, and he got very mad at mama. He was the only person in that family that didn't like mamas choice of spending the money that they got
ReplyDeleteRuth is trying to persuade Mama to give Walter the money, so that he can follow his dream of owning a liquor business. Ruth says to Mama, "Mama, something is happening between Walter and me. I don't know what it is - but he needs something - something I can't give him any more. He needs this chance, Lena” (Hansberry 25). Ruth hopes that this will bring back Walter’s happiness and confidence and give Walter a chance to finally be the man of the house and show everyone that he can support the family.
ReplyDeleteWalter is stressed and frustrated. He cracks when talking to Mama. "You ain't even looked at it and you have decided. Well, you tell that to my boy tonight when you put him to sleep on the living-room couch... Yeah and tell it to my wife, Mama, tomorrow when she has to go out of here to look after somebody else's kids. And tell it to me, Mama, every time we need a new pair of curtains and I have to watch you go out and work in somebody's kitchen. Yeah you tell me then!" (Hansberry 71). Mama does not give a chance for Walter to convince her to buy the liquor store, so Walter gets mad and bothered that he is helpless when it comes to money.
ReplyDelete"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?" (Hansberry 135). This quote was said by Asagai to Beneatha after she found out that the money for her education was gone. Asagai then asks Beneatha to marry him and go to Africa with him where they can practice medicine and take care of people. Asagai gives Beneatha a new a better dream.
ReplyDelete"Maybe we could meet the notes on a little two-story" (Hansberry 44). Mama is going to finally buy a house with the $10,000 check she is getting. It has always been Mama's dream to get this house, and now she is finally going to be able to get it with the life insurance check she got.
ReplyDelete"Ain't nothin' can tear at you like losin' your baby" (Hansberry 45). This quote from Ruth to Mama shows that Ruth is very protective of her family. Throughout the play, Ruth is consistently taking care of herself as well as her family.
ReplyDelete“Yes I would too, Walter. I gave her a five-dollar down payment.” (Hansberry 75). This is Ruth talking to Walter about having abortion. In this scene, Walter is getting upset with Mama, and when Mama tells Walter to talk to his wife, he gets very mad and ignores her. Then they start to talk about the pregnancy and Ruth gets mad and storms out. This is significant because this shows Walter’s and Ruth’s marriage is rocky. Also because they are already in need for money, they cannot afford to take care of a baby.
ReplyDelete"What you tell the boy things like that for?" (Hansberry,31). This was the scene where Travis asked his mom for 50 cents but she said she didn't have any. Then Travis told his father that his mom won't give him 50 cents. Walter got mad because he didn't like the thought of telling his son that they don't have money. That they can't afford things like the rich "white" people.
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"He finally come into his manhood today, didn't her? Kind of like a rainbow after the rain..."(Hansberry 151). In this quote Mama is telling Ruth how proud she is about Walter finally putting his family out first. Walter stood up for what's right and left the money behind for the first time.
ReplyDelete" I don't know were we lost it, but we have,(Hansberry 87). This is what Ruth said to Walter during a fight they were having about money. Throughout the book they grow farther apart and their relationship is weakened. This describes how their relationship is being ruined by their fighting
ReplyDelete"Mama a job? I open and close doors all day long. Mama, that ain't a job at all" (Hansberry 73) Was said by walter to Mama when he had an argument that he was not a man and that he hadn't ever done anything important in his life.
ReplyDelete"No there ain't no women! Why do women always think there's a woman somewhere when a man is restless"(Hansberry 73). This was an important part of the play when Walter was yelling at his mama. This was happening because they are all under a lot of stess with the check and the money that they recived.
ReplyDelete"Mama, you should have seen the rat...Big as a cat, honest! Gaaleee, that rat was really cuttin' and Bubber caught him with is heel and the janitor , Mr. Barnett got him with a stick-and then they got him in a corner and -BAM! BAM! BAM!-and he was still jumping around and bleeding like everything too-there's rat blood all over the street-"(Hansberry 59) this was Travis describing a scene in the alley to his mother. This took place on page 59.
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"Plenty. My husband always said being any kind of a servant wasn't a fit thing for a man to have to be. He always said a man's hands was made to make things, or to turn the earth with- not to drive nobody's car for em- or- (she looks at her own hands) carry they slop jars. And my boy is just like him- he wasn't meant to wait on nobody" (Steinbeck 103). Mama is talking to her neighbor, Ms. Johnson and Ruth. Mama is explaining how she wants a better life for her son. It is challenging to have a better life because of the fact that they're african American.
ReplyDelete"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?" Asagai is saying this to Beneatha, and he believes that the people in this world do not understand the values of life. He comes from Africa where there is poverty, and he appreciates everything. He is trying to say that it takes one man to make a statement possibly by dying, for other people to follow their dreams.
ReplyDelete" '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 ' " (Hansberry 74). Mama is talking to Walter in this quote. During this scene, Walter infuriates after he is denied to be given money to open his own liquor store.
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