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DO NOW: Read the following statement and decide whether you agree or
disagree with it. Then, EXPLAIN your reasoning.
Once children are grown, their parents are no longer responsible to provide
them with money and housing.
You’ve seen the characters in the play – Beneatha, Ruth, Walter, and Mama
encounter conflicts with each other and within themselves. In A Raisin in the Sun
a number of conflicts develop, and many are resolved.
TYPE OF CONFLICT:
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1. Describe the setting of the story. What does the interior of the Younger
house tell you about the family that lives there?
2. What is your impression of Ruth? From what you have seen so far, how
would you describe the relationship between Ruth and Travis? Ruth and
Walter? Ruth and Beneatha? Ruth and Mama?
3. When family members argue, the reasons may be more complex than
they at first appear. What are the reasons for the arguments between
Walter and Ruth? What kind of conflict is it? Why?
4. What is Beneatha like? What is her “dream”? How does Walter feel
about her plans? Why?
7. Who is George Murchison and how do Beneatha, Ruth, and Mama feel
about him?