Vocabulary
the final part or outcome that is the result of development over time.
Culmination
How do we effectively provide evidence for our extended responses? (5 steps)
Introduce, signal, quote, cite, explain.
Who says, "Well – I don’t understand why you people are reacting this way. What do you think you are going to gain by moving into a neighborhood where you just aren’t wanted and where some elements – well – people can get awful worked up when they feel that their whole way of life and everything they’ve ever worked for is threatened. (2.3.80)
Mr. Lindner
Who steals the Youngers' money?
Willie Harris
What does Asagai want to do at the end of the play?
Take Beneatha with him to Nigeria to practice medicine.
What are the three types of racism?
Interpersonal
Institutional
Who wrote the poem "Harlem" that the title of the play comes from?
Langston Hughes
Who said, " I’ll work … I’ll work twenty hours a day in all the kitchens in Chicago… I’ll strap my baby on my back if I have to and scrub all the floors in America and wash all the sheets in America if I have to – but we got to MOVE! We got to get OUT OF HERE!! (3.1.74)
Ruth
How does Walter Lee develop at the end of the play? Why is this significant?
Walter says, "money is life," but at the end, he refuses to take Lindner's money.
What gift is given to Mama by Ruth, Walter, and Beneatha?
Gardening tools
a literary device in which the author writes themselves into the story under the guise of, or from the perspective of a character they create
self-insertion
What is an example of institutional racism faced by the Youngers that still exists today?
Housing discrimination
Biased hiring practices.
Racial profiling
Who said: "sure enough one day a kid named Rufus came down too fast and hit the sidewalk" and his head split open right there in front of all of us.
Beneatha
Who says this and what is the significance?
"There is something wrong when all the dreams of a household depend on a man dying."
Asagai: he is telling Beneatha not to give up on her dreams.
What Change does Mama and Ruth see in Walter at the end?
He came into his manhood
the resolution/ending of a story in which the protagonist's identity is solidified
Denouement
What theme does Hansberry promote based on the ending with the Youngers moving into the new house and returning to "normal."
The importance of overcoming adversity/obstacles.
Resilience in the face of adversity
Who is describe here:
"The red showing in his eyes, the veins moving in his head, I seen him grow thin and old"
Big Walter
What lesson does Mama give Beneatha after she says Walter is no brother of her?
You don't love someone when they are only doing good but also when they are down in life
What dream has dried up like a raisin in the sun, but whose dream is fulfilled?
Walter Lee's dream of owning a liquor store has dried up, but Mama's dream of owning a home has been fulfilled.
Name 1 literary term and 1 theme that are synonyms for this idea: problems that characters face
adversity and conflict
How does Hansberry insert her life experience in the text?
Her family is from Southside Chicago and moved into a white neighborhood.
Who says:
I can just see that chick someday looking down at some poor cat on an operating table and before she starts to slice him, she says..."By the way, what are your views on civil rights down there?"
Walter
Which character has the greatest influence on Walter's decision to refuse Lindner's offer and why.
Travis; he does not seem to want to let him down, even though he did not seem to care about the feelings of the other characters.
What shames the family even more than Walter losing the money and why?
His act of groveling on the floor as if he would beg Mr. Lindner to give them the money.