Tuesday, April 17

Today we read more of a raisin in the sun, beginning to go over act 1. We continued to analyze using the T chart. By using this, we were able to develop relationships between characters, allowing us to understand the family dynamic and how they interact with the environment around them.

Literal	Figurative
Worn out house and furniture. House is small, old and unkempt. Mama is alone, no male head of the household. Furniture is worn. Time is destroying the house. Only one window, little light. In a poor area.	Don't have a lot of money. The family is problematic. Time is removing the love from the home. Nostalgia is reflected through the time when the house was new. Don't know what's coming for the future. Little light makes the family depressed. The hope is hard to find.

In the sections we read today, we began to go over how Ruth and Walter interact as husband and wife, living in the poor conditions they currently inhabit. They talked about what they should do with the life insurance check for Mama, because of her late husband. Walter wants to invest in a liquor store or some similar endeavor, while Ruth thinks that Mama should decide how the money should be spent. This leads to conflict and an argument about how the family should be involved in deciding how the funds should be distributed and spent, with Ruth siding with the family, while Walter sides with his own investments and how he thinks he can make money. Although a small character, Travis leads into this argument by asking for money for a school related event.

By using these resources in a daily interaction or conversation, we are able to analyze how people communicate with the environments around them. By observing how the people interact in the book, we are able to extrapolate how people would interact in a similar environment. By observing behaviors exhibited in a pattern, we are able to make conversation and form new attachments to people, places, or things.