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   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 racist, but still represents views that embrace segregation and racial division.  His presence reflects the difficulties that people of color face when wanting to seek the dream of integration.  This level of inertia is presented to contrast to the galvanizing power of dreams.  In some respects, Lindner might be the embodiment of the deferral of dreams.

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   Posted by akannan on Saturday November 7, 2009 at 12:44 PM