Then three huge events happen: 1) Lena decides to buy a house for the family…in a white neighborhood, 2) Lena entrusts the rest of the money to Walter, advising him to save a good amount for Beneatha’s schooling, and 3) Walter loses all the money in the liquor store scam.
What are the most important events in raisin in the sun?
Major conflict The Youngers, a working-class Black family, struggle against economic hardship and racial prejudice. Rising action Ruth discovers that she is pregnant; Mama makes a down payment on a house; Mama gives Walter the remaining insurance money; Walter invests the money in the liquor store venture.
What happens in Act 2 Scene 1 of A Raisin in the Sun?
Act 2, Scene 1 of A Raisin in the Sun opens later the same day that Act I ends. Beneatha is dressed in the Nigerian robes and dances to the Nigerian music that Joseph Asagai brought her. Walter, drunk but joyful, initially ridicules but then joins her. Beneatha’s date, George Murchison arrives, interrupting the dance.
What happens in Act 2 Scene 3 in A Raisin in the Sun?
Scene three takes place the following Saturday, which the day that the Youngers are moving to their new house. Ruth is in a wonderful mood, looking forward to taking a long hot bath and telling Beneatha about how she and Walter went to the movies last night. Their lives really seem to be improving.
What is the most important lesson to learn from A Raisin in the Sun?
The Importance of Family
The Youngers struggle socially and economically throughout the play but unite in the end to realize their dream of buying a house. Mama strongly believes in the importance of family, and she tries to teach this value to her family as she struggles to keep them together and functioning.
What scene does Walter lose the money?
Act II, scene iii.
What are 3 conflicts in a raisin in the sun?
Self, Character vs. Society, Character vs. Nature, or Character vs. Technology.
What happens in Act 3 of a raisin in the sun?
Walter, very agitated, puts on an act, imitating the stereotype of a Black male servant. When he finally exits, Mama declares that he has died inside. Beneatha decides that he is no longer her brother, but Mama reminds her to love him, especially when he is so downtrodden.
What happens in Act 2 Scene 2 of a raisin in the sun?
Analysis: Act II, scene ii. In Beneatha and George’s conversation, Hansberry reveals two sets of values regarding education. Beneatha believes in education as a means to understanding and self-fulfillment, while George sees education as a means to get a good job.
How many scenes are in Act 3 of a raisin in the sun?
one scene
Your assignment for Week 4 is to read Act 3 of A Raisin in the Sun (pages 131-151). Act 3 only has one scene and it is the last scene of the play.
How does Ruth feel at the end of Act 2?
She feels she needs to buy the house to hold the family together. Ruth rejoices, but Walter feels betrayed, his dream swept under the table. Walter makes Mama feel guilty, saying that she has crushed his dream. He goes quickly to his bedroom, and Mama remains sitting and worrying.
How does Walter lose the money?
How does Walter lose the insurance money? Walter loses the insurance money to Willy, a crook that he mistakes for a friend. Mama entrusts Walter with all the money that remains after the down payment on the new house.
Who stole the money in a raisin in the sun?
Willy
Instead, Willy stole all of Walter’s investment money, as well as Bobo’s life savings. During Act Two, Scene Two, Mama entrusted $6500 to her son, Walter. She instructed him to place three thousand dollars in a savings account.
What does Beneatha’s hair symbolize?
Beneatha’s Hair
Her new, radical afro represents her embracing of her heritage. Beneatha’s cutting of her hair is a very powerful social statement, as she symbolically declares that natural is beautiful, prefiguring the 1960s cultural credo that black is beautiful.
What grade level is A Raisin in the Sun?
The A Raisin in the Sun grade level is 9th grade and up. (I have used the play for an advanced group of 8th graders.) Even though the reading grade level for A Raisin in the Sun is low, the issues, themes, and context are more appropriate for High School.
What does Mama’s plant symbolize?
The most overt symbol in the play, Mama’s plant represents both Mama’s care and her dream for her family. In her first appearance onstage, she moves directly toward the plant to take care of it.
What gift does Travis give to Mama?
gardening hat
Scarlett O’Hara When Travis gives Mama his gift, of which he is enormously proud, everyone laughs because it is an oversized gardening hat worn, as he says, by [rich] ladies “who always have it on when they work in their gardens.” However, instead of looking like a rich “lady” in her garden, in this hat, Mama looks
Why did Beneatha say she wouldn’t marry George?
Beneatha said she wouldn’t marry George because she thinks he is too shallow.
Who stole Walters money?
Jack & Todd stole 80% of his money and killed Hank and Steve. It was this action that finally destroyed Walt’s chance to simply return to his family. To protect his family from being threatened by Jack & Todd.
What is Beneatha’s major conflict?
Beneatha’s relationship with her mother is largely one of conflict because of their many differences, but it is not a strained relationship, for even after her mother slaps her for her blasphemous talk, Beneatha later hugs and thanks her mother for understanding her dismissal of George.
What happens in Act 1 Scene 1 of a raisin in the sun?
Lesson Summary
The Youngers are the main characters in Lorraine Hansberry’s play A Raisin in the Sun. In Scene 1, the family is obsessed with a $10,000 insurance check that is set to arrive any day. Each person in the family wants to escape poverty by using the money to fulfill their own dreams.
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