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Dreams Come True Act Ii Scene
2,481 wordsThe action of the play takes place in the poor South side of Chicago, sometime after World War II, probably around 1959. Most of the action takes place in the apartment of the Younger's, especially in the living / dining room and near the bathroom that they share with the Johnson family. Some of the action also takes place in the kitchen and in the two small bedrooms. The first bedroom is shared by Mama and her daughter, Beneatha; the second serves as a bedroom for Walter and his wife, Ruth. The...
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Five Hundred Dollars Dreams Come True
2,481 words... his attempts to kiss her, he departs. Mama asks her daughter whether she had a nice time. Beneatha says that she thinks George is stupid. Mama tells her that she need not waste time with fools. Beneatha is glad that she is understanding. Mrs. Johnson, a neighbor, enters. She has come over to warn the Younger's of the dangers involved in moving into a white neighborhood. Her concern for their welfare does not seem very genuine; instead, she comes across as an interfering busybody, who gets in...
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Million Dollars Billion Dollars
1,596 wordsCharles H. Keating Jr. has been the focus of criminal investigations by the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Internal Revenue Service, the Justice Department, The Securities and Exchange Commission, and the House Banking Committee for a six-year shadow of the nation's biggest savings-and loan debacle. The federal government proclaims that he fraudulently managed California's Lincoln Savings into its closure, and in the process profited for himself and his family an estimated thirty-four mill...
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Raisin In The Sun Amount Of Money
737 wordsThe above passage taken from the play A Raisin In The Sun by Lorraine Hansberry between Mama and her son Walter shows how the author can address many themes of the play in one scene or even just a few lines; She addresses such themes as dreams, prejudice, and family. Mama is the head of the household where she lives with her son Walter and wife Ruth with their son Travis along with Walters sister Beneatha or Bennie as some like to call her. The passage tells the reader that Mama went out and did...
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White People Clybourne Park
1,263 words... this guy who doesnt think about his actions like I said before. Who knows how much farther down hill this family can take. Later into the story when Mama wants to buy the house, the landlord stops by the apartment when Mama isnt home and the Younger family discuss this house with them. Mr. Lindner (the landlord) thinks that the family isnt suited for Clybourne Park because he doesnt think they will fit in. Well Walter intimidates Mr. Lindner a lot by saying things about why they arent suited...
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Walter Lee Dream Deferred
667 wordsThe opening scene, Hansberry tells us, is a pan shot of Chicago's South Side during the 1950 s (although it could as well be the 1990 s). Exterior and interior images show that we are in a ghetto, and this is how people live here. More importantly, this is a ghetto of African-Americans who have few choices in a white society. Over the panning shots is superimposed Langston Hughes' poem "Dream Deferred, " providing the inspiration for the title: "What happens to a dream deferred? Does it dry up l...
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Gay And Lesbian Women In General
2,132 wordsIn July 2003 Minnesota state Rep. Aryan Lindner viewed a travelling Holocaust exhibit after that he defended his position that gays and lesbians were never persecuted during the Holocaust. His latest allegation goes even further, saying that "the main gay participants in the Holocaust were Nazi concentration camp guards, " and he suggests that homosexuality helped lead to World War II. Lindner said he bases his accusations on the book "The Pink Swastika, " published by Abiding Truth Ministries, ...
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Person Society Parents
595 wordsNature vs. Nurture Have you ever wondered what enters a persons mind when they decide to commit a horrible crime such as murder? I have often read of such brutal cases in the newspaper or on television and was curious as to what they were thinking and why they had done it. What would make a person take another's life? Many doctors will often try to analyze the mind to seek out those answers. They usually discover more knowledge of the individual by closely examining or questioning other family m...
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