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        <title><![CDATA[Walter realizes that his son is watching his every move.  Even if...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Walter realizes that his son is watching his every move.  Even if Walter feels like a failure because he squandered his father's life insurance money, he realizes that he cannot set such a poor example in front of his son.  If he does, then what hope is there for him to ever be his own boss or for his son to know when to stand up for himself or his family? He also recalls how hard his dad worked for the money and how he would have never let...]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[Walter realizes that his son is watching his every move.  Even if...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Walter realizes that his son is watching his every move.  Even if Walter feels like a failure because he squandered his father's life insurance money, he realizes that he cannot set such a poor example in front of his son.  If he does, then what hope is there for him to ever be his own boss or for his son to know when to stand up for himself or his family?
Mama reminds Walter of this as he is about to take the money from Mr. Lindner, and he...]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[It should, but it is up to each character to discover how living in...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[It should, but it is up to each character to discover how living in one's own house would accomplish his or her dream.  It obviously fulfills Mama's because she'll have a place in the sun where her children--just like her plant--can expand and not be stifled.  For the rest:
1. Beneatha: Throughout the play, Beneaths is searching for identity.  She flits from one interest to another, from one man to another, hoping that she will discover who...]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[In A Raisin in the Sun, does Mama Younger's dream of owning a house of...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[In A Raisin in the Sun, does Mama Younger's dream of owning a house of their own fulfill each family member's dream?]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[In A Raisin in the Sun, what makes Walter suddenly change his mind about...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[In A Raisin in the Sun, what makes Walter suddenly change his mind about taking Mr. Lindner's money?]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[What are some examples of conflict between action and submission for...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[What are some examples of conflict between action and submission for Walter and Beneatha? Which are resolved and which remain open?  ]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Thu, 3 Dec 2009 07:01:49 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[What are the dreams of each person?  What forces, internal and...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[What are the dreams of each person?  What forces, internal and external, defer, modify, or block each one? ]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Thu, 3 Dec 2009 06:59:01 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[What do you think accounts for its continuing popularity?]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[What do you think accounts for its continuing popularity?]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[Is the result of the dreams/ forces what Hughes predicts in his poem? ...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Is the result of the dreams/ forces what Hughes predicts in his poem?  How do the dreams conflict? ]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[I don't think George is actually talking about Walter's connection to...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[I don't think George is actually talking about Walter's connection to alcohol per se.  I think he is mocking Walter's "big ideas" about how black men can improve their lot, particularly since Walter's ideas do not include education and white shoes like George's.  George seems to be saying that Walter is trying to bring down a metaphorical fire to the "mere mortals" like George.  Of course, George is being sarcastic.  He hold himself and...]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[In a larger sense, both Mama and Walter perceive money in different...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[In a larger sense, both Mama and Walter perceive money in different ways.  Mama sees money as something that is supposed to provide stability and vision for a family.  Her investment of the money into a house for the family confirms this.  She gives some of the money to Walter in the hopes of him being a leader and provider to the family, like he is "supposed to."  At the same time, Walter sees money as a form of escape.  Spitting venom...]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[As Walter talks to Mama about the use of money, what does the dialogue...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[As Walter talks to Mama about the use of money, what does the dialogue reveal about each of their values in A Raisin in the Sun?]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[For Mama, success is growth and placing one's family first.  Her...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[For Mama, success is growth and placing one's family first.  Her struggling plant is a symbol of this.  Mama feels that if she can keep her family together and satisified, she is successful.
Walter, on the other hand, has an opposing view of success.  He wants to be his own boss, make his own money, and do as he pleases.  He is weary of being emasculated, whether it be by all the women in the house or by being a driver to a white man.  He...]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[How does Mama define success in A Raisin in the Sun? How does Walter...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[How does Mama define success in A Raisin in the Sun? How does Walter define success?]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Sun, 8 Nov 2009 15:15:36 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Lindner comes to visit the Younger family in the attempts to dissuade...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Lindner comes to visit the Younger family in the attempts to dissuade them from moving into Clybourne Park.  The belief is that by presenting "the difficulties" that are inevitable in such a move, the Younger family will acquiesce and not move. At the same time, Lindner offers money to the Younger family to not move.  His purpose in the work is to represent the force of the cultural majority that might not be outwardly or demonstratively...]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[Why has Karl Lindner come to visit them in A Raisin in the Sun?]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Why has Karl Lindner come to visit them in A Raisin in the Sun?]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[Some more clarification might be needed in this particular question. ...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Some more clarification might be needed in this particular question.  Part of the reason why Walter asks Ruth about her condition at the start of the play might be related to their general state of marriage during the exposition.  Walter is immersed in a job as a driver which he detests, and yearns to open a liquor store business.  Ruth, while standing by her husband, does not want to see him waste the family finances on this particular...]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[Why did Walter ask Ruth what was wrong with her?]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Why did Walter ask Ruth what was wrong with her?]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[Ruth goes to the doctor's office to confirm her pregnancy.  It is...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Ruth goes to the doctor's office to confirm her pregnancy.  It is critical to the development of the play for several reasons.  The first would be that as the family is enduring challenges, there is a sense that something is about to happen which will be definitive in the family's situation.  The waiting for the insurance money, the predicament that begins the discussion of the move, as well as the general feeling of change which seems to...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2009 18:38:08 PST</pubDate>
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        <description><![CDATA[What did Ruth find out at the doctor's office in "A Raisin in the Sun"?
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