4/26/18

Today in class we reviewed and analyzed again what we read yesterday in A Raisin In The Sun. We started to correlate some of the things from the play to the original poem, A Dream Deffered.  We analyzed that a line in the poem "fester like a sore" could relate to Walters want for the liquor store and how stubborn he is about it. The line "does it stink like rotten meat" can also relate to Walter and Ruth's relationship with Mama because there is non stop fighting in the house. We went over what deffered means and what it means in this context which is a dream put aside. Another big thing we went over is the word explode in the poem. This could relate to the tearing of the family, the risk of wasting the whole $10,000, if there really is anything good that is going to come out of the money, and Ruth's abortion. Relating to Ruth she is also carrying a very heavy load because she is currently working while taking care of an entire family, being pregnant and dealing with Walter and Ruth. We then went on to read a couple pages and found out that Mama spent the money on a new house and that there is even more tension building in the family with Walter.  This could be an inside view in a very struggling family that has many obstacles in their way of "happiness". One could be race because at the time segregation was still a very big thing and they had just moved into an all white neighborhood; They were afraid of racism and hate crimes, and groups such as the KKK.  This also shows how hard of a decision a woman has to make when they are thinking about abortion and how it's only her choice to make and no one else's. They are also very much struggling with money and it shows it's not easy to start with nothing and rise up just by working. Many things get in the way such a family.