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What does the nickname Alaiyo mean?
Bonus points if you can tell me why that name fits Beneatha.
The nickname means "One for Whom Bread - Food - Is Not Enough"?
She is never satisfied. She always wants to learn more and pursue different interests
Mrs. Johnson, the Younger’s next door neighbor, visits and tells them about what?
A bombing of an African American home in a white neighborhood
Who wants to earn money carrying groceries?
Travis Younger
Why is Ruth mad at Walter for giving Travis money?
They don't have the money to spare
The first African American woman playwright to have a play performed on Broadway
Lorraine Hansberry
Who represents pride in African heritage?
Asagi
What does Beneatha suddenly do after George calls her an assimilationist?
Who says this: "Think big. Invest big, gamble big...lose big if you have to."
Walter Lee
What year did the play debut?
1959
From where does A Raisin in the Sun get its name?
The poet Langston Hughes.
Who does Mama plead to after Walter loses the money?
God
What neighborhood do the Younger's plan to move to?
Clybourne Park
Who says this: "I'm sorry about this new baby, Walter"
Ruth
What does Mama do when the check finally comes?
She hands it to Travis and tells him about their new future.
What is the setting (place AND decade) in which the play takes place?
Chicago, ~1950s
Who runs off with the money?
Willie Harris
In Act 1 Scene 1, what do Walter and Beneatha argue about?
Walter is angry at Beneatha for trying to become a doctor while everyone else in the family is working a job to make ends meet.
Who says this: "If there are two things we, as a people have to overcome, one is the Klu Klux Klan- and the other is Mrs. Johnson
Beneatha
How does Mama symbolically make Walter the head of the household?
She gives him “control” over the money.
An event that took place from about 1916-1970 in which more than 6 million African Americans moved from the the rural South to cities like Chicago.
The Great Migration
Thinks women only need to be pretty & sophisticated
George Murchinson
Who makes the Youngers a humiliating offer?
Lindner
Who says this: "When a cat takes off with your money, he don't leave no roadmaps."
Bobo
____ represents the traditional woman, while ____ represents the modern woman.
Ruth, Beneatha
Executive Order 1981
Brown v. Board of Education
The “Little Rock Nine” fight
“Freedom Riders”
"I Have a Dream"
Are all examples from the...
Civil Rights Movement