WE ARE NOT MEETING IN CLASS NEXT WEEK!

This is a reminder of what I've said since the beginning of the semester....


NO CLASS MEETINGS NEXT WEEK!

TODAY IS THE LAST DAY TO HAND IN YOUR PAPERS!

REMINDER ABOUT THIS LAST WEEK...

I WILL BE IN MY OFFICE (1137) IN THE RED AREA FROM 10AM-2PM ON BOTH WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY.

THURSDAY IS THE LAST DAY TO HAND IN THE FINAL PAPER!

More On A Raisin in the Sun

Background Info on the play:

http://www.legacy.com/news/celebrity-deaths/article/lorraine-hansberrys-a-raisin-in-the-sun

https://theundefeated.com/features/new-documentary-lorraine-hansberry-of-a-raisin-in-the-sun-one-tough-minded-woman/

https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/1959/05/09/playwright

https://www.newsday.com/entertainment/tv/lorraine-hansberry-review-superb-portrait-of-important-playwright-activist-1.16239285

Hansberry on Writing the Play:

https://nj.pbslearningmedia.org/resource/hans17-ela-writing/lorraine-hansberry-a-raisin-in-the-sun-hansberrys-writing-process/#.WoGoha6nG70

ESSAY TWO QUESTIONS....I WILL ALSO HANDOUT THE QUESTIONS IN CLASS THIS WEEK

DUE THURSDAY JUNE 13—BRING DRAFTS TO MY OFFICE (1137) ALL NEXT WEEK from 10-2 for review

3 PAGES, DOUBLE SPACED, SIZE 12 TIMES NEW ROMAN

USE TWO OUTSIDE SOURCES (NOT INCLUDING THE TEXT!) AND QUOTE THE PRIMARY TEXTS AS WELL.

USE THE EXAMPLE PAPER HANDOUT FOR MLA GUIDELINES!!

Refer to the class blog for outside source info: eng215summer2019.blogspot.com

Pick ONE of the essay topics below for your paper.

A Raisin in the Sun

1.       Each of the characters in the Younger family has a particular individual dream. One wants to move to a bigger home, one wants to attend medical school, one wants to rise above his conditions though does not necessarily have a plan to do so. Write an essay in which you compare and contrast the functions of dreams in A Raisin in the Sun. Consider whether there was a way to make each individual dream compatible with others’ dreams. If so, explain why the characters did not identify this alternative. Use examples from the texts along with 2 outside sources to support your thesis.

2.       As we discussed in class, it can be said that each of the three female characters (Beneatha, Ruth and Mama) represent three women at different spectrums of their lives. Explain how they differ by finding examples in the text. Use examples from the texts along with 2 outside sources to support your thesis.

3.       The title of Hansberry’s play makes a direct reference to the Langston Hughes poem, “A Dream Deferred.” “What happens to a dream deferred?” asked Hughes. “Does it shrivel up like a raisin in the sun?” Consider the conclusion of A Raisin in the Sun—or lack of one—and write a persuasive essay on A Raisin in the Sun in which you attempt to convince the reader that Hansberry does or does not answer Hughes’s question through the actions of her play. Explain the significance of the

4.       Pick a character and explain why he or she is main character in the play.

THURSDAY MAY 30TH PLEASE BRING YOUR PAPERS TO 1137 IN THE RED AREA!

THURSDAY MAY 30TH PLEASE BRING YOUR PAPERS TO 1137 IN THE RED AREA!

A Raisin in the Sun

Link to "Harlem" poem:

https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/46548/harlem

Below are links that would function as strong outside sources:

http://www.umich.edu/~eng217/student_projects/araisininthesun/historicalcontext.html

http://connection.ebscohost.com/c/literary-criticism/36902365/somewhat-like-war-aesthetics-segregation-black-liberation-and-raisin-sunhttp://lifeofannekathrin.files.wordpress.com/2010/03/race-in-a-raisin-in-the-sun.pdf

http://www.iasj.net/iasj?func=fulltext&aId=45950

http://www.iasj.net/iasj?func=fulltext&aId=62331

You can look through these links to see if any may be useful for your paper:

https://www.google.com/#q=a+raisin+in+the+sun+scholarly+articles

this link will explain how to quote and cite a play in your paper:
http://libguides.pstcc.edu/content.php?pid=24540&sid=1751573

American Dream:

https://edsitement.neh.gov/lesson-plan/raisin-sun-quest-american-dream

https://www.huntingtontheatre.org/articles/A-Raisin-in-the-Sun/A-Dream-Realized-Hansberrys-iA-Raisin-In-The-Suni/

http://mobile.nytimes.com/blogs/dealbook/2014/12/10/many-feel-the-american-dream-is-out-of-reach-poll-shows/?smid=fb-nytimes&smtyp=aut&bicmp=AD&bicmlukp=WT.mc_id&bicmst=1409232722000&bicmet=1419773522000&_r=0&referrer


Women in the play:

http://www.academypublication.com/issues/past/tpls/vol01/10/04.pdf

http://vc.bridgew.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1159&context=undergrad_rev

Some Important Quotes from the play:

http://www.pbs.org/wnet/americanmasters/blog/eight-haunting-quotes-raisin-sun/

NO CLASS MONDAY MAY 20. I HAVE A FAMILY EMERGENCY.

NO CLASS MONDAY MAY 20. 

I HAVE A FAMILY EMERGENCY.