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Monday, December 14, 2009
Hansberry's Language
Share a line or two of Hansberry’s that you find particularly interesting, neat, complex, funny, or profound. (Please actually write the line in your post.)
A line that Hansberry wrote in “A Raisin in the Sun” that I thought was interesting was when Mr. Linder was speaking to Walter, Ruth, and Beneatha. Mr. Linder said, “I am sure you people are aware of some of the incidents which have happened in various parts of the city when colored people have moved into certain areas-” I thought it was peculiar and kind of mean when Mr. Linder said “you people”. It was racist and I though it was kind of upsetting too that he divided them up like; whites separate from blacks; when he was speaking. Mr. Linder wasn’t refereeing to the Younger’s nicely when he says that, it sounds mean and unfriendly when he says ‘you people’. It’s hard for me to explain this but I didn’t think it was right for him to say that. This line shows that even when people like Mr. Linder are trying to be respectful and mannered, he is still racist.
One part that i thought was funny in a "Raisin in the Sun" was after Mr. Lidner left and Mama and Travis came back to the house. Walter, Beneatha,and Ruth told Mama that she had a caller. They lied to Mama what Mr. Lidner had said to them. Walter said, "yeah, they said that they can't hardly wait to see your face."At this point Mama can tell that they are lying to her because they are all laughing.But, Mama forgets that they are completely lying after they give her the gifts they bought her for the new house.
I though that a pretty neat, funny part could be found on page 67, just after Asagai leaves for the first time. This part is agood example of how Hansberry has the characters entering and exiting the set often, like in a sitcom. Beneatha leaves with his present, which she thinks is really wonderful, saying she is out "'to become Queen of the Nile,'" jokingly. When Ruth enters and asks Mama where Beneatha went, Mama answers, "'Far as I could make out-- to Egypt.'" (67)
I thought when Beneatha said "Mama, Asagai asked me to marry him today and go to Africa-" and then Mama responded "He did? You ain't old enough to marry nobody-" was funny. I was very happy for Beneatha because she is so into Africa and she would really enjoy being there and being a doctor. I also like Asagai, he treats her well and he accepts her for who she is and who she wants to be. Unlike George, he encourages her intrest to learn about Africa. I found that it was funny because Mama just passed right over it and went on to tell the movers to be more careful. I don't think that she really knows that Beneatha has real feelings for Asagai and that his proposal could change their lives forever. Also, later, when Beneatha and Walter are fighting, Walter also passes over it and tells her to marry George. My emotions when I read this were mixed, I felt bad for Beneatha because no one is taking her seriously enough to congradulate her and ask what she is going to do, but it is also happy because of all the commotion that is going on because of the move.
There are many interesting quotes in Hansberry's "The Raisin in the Sun". The one that i chose to discuss is found on page one hundred and forty-five. At this point in the story, Walter has just called Mr. Linder over to make a deal on the Clybourne Park house. BENEATHA- "He's no brother of mine." MAMA- "What you say?" BENEATHA-"I said that that individual in that room is no brother of mine"(145) Benetha is very upset because she feels that Walter has lost his pride by making a deal with "the man". I like this quote because of the language that Beneatha uses in her second verse of the quote. I believe that is is characteristic of her.
There is one part of the "Raisin in the Sun" that really catches my attention. It is just a narration, with Beneatha, Mama, Walter, and Ruth in the room. It was a little after Bobo gave Walter and the rest of the Younger family the bad news of how Willy took his money and Walter's $6500 (Walter's $3500 and Beneatha's $3000). "There is total silence. Ruth stands with her face covered with her hands; Beneatha leans forlornly against a wall, fingering a piece of red ribbon from the mother's gift. Mama stops and looks at her son without recognition and then, quite without thinking about it, starts to beat him senselessly in the face. Beneatha goes to them and stops it." (129) This excerpt shows the true disappointment in Walter from the rest of the Younger family (besides Travis). Mama was never the one who would get angry at losing money or not having money, but after seeing her completely go crazy and beat Walter, it shows that Walter made an enormous mistake. Also, it shows us that this incident makes Mama begin to care for money, which she had really shown no interest for until now.
Refering to a group of African Americans as "youo people" like in th enovel "A Raisin in the sun" I think is very crude. Refering to someone as "you people like Mr Linder did i think is refering to the family that they are ib a lower standard as everyone else. Hardly giving them credibuility as a human being. Basicly say they each of the African American he was refuring to like Ruth, Walter and Beneatha. As if they where individually "it's". Which I found to be very rude. This is also and example of what African Americans had to face ain this time growing up.
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A line that Hansberry wrote in “A Raisin in the Sun” that I thought was interesting was when Mr. Linder was speaking to Walter, Ruth, and Beneatha. Mr. Linder said, “I am sure you people are aware of some of the incidents which have happened in various parts of the city when colored people have moved into certain areas-” I thought it was peculiar and kind of mean when Mr. Linder said “you people”. It was racist and I though it was kind of upsetting too that he divided them up like; whites separate from blacks; when he was speaking. Mr. Linder wasn’t refereeing to the Younger’s nicely when he says that, it sounds mean and unfriendly when he says ‘you people’. It’s hard for me to explain this but I didn’t think it was right for him to say that. This line shows that even when people like Mr. Linder are trying to be respectful and mannered, he is still racist.
One part that i thought was funny in a "Raisin in the Sun" was after Mr. Lidner left and Mama and Travis came back to the house. Walter, Beneatha,and Ruth told Mama that she had a caller. They lied to Mama what Mr. Lidner had said to them. Walter said, "yeah, they said that they can't hardly wait to see your face."At this point Mama can tell that they are lying to her because they are all laughing.But, Mama forgets that they are completely lying after they give her the gifts they bought her for the new house.
I though that a pretty neat, funny part could be found on page 67, just after Asagai leaves for the first time. This part is agood example of how Hansberry has the characters entering and exiting the set often, like in a sitcom. Beneatha leaves with his present, which she thinks is really wonderful, saying she is out "'to become Queen of the Nile,'" jokingly. When Ruth enters and asks Mama where Beneatha went, Mama answers, "'Far as I could make out-- to Egypt.'" (67)
I thought when Beneatha said "Mama, Asagai asked me to marry him today and go to Africa-" and then Mama responded "He did? You ain't old enough to marry nobody-" was funny. I was very happy for Beneatha because she is so into Africa and she would really enjoy being there and being a doctor. I also like Asagai, he treats her well and he accepts her for who she is and who she wants to be. Unlike George, he encourages her intrest to learn about Africa. I found that it was funny because Mama just passed right over it and went on to tell the movers to be more careful. I don't think that she really knows that Beneatha has real feelings for Asagai and that his proposal could change their lives forever. Also, later, when Beneatha and Walter are fighting, Walter also passes over it and tells her to marry George. My emotions when I read this were mixed, I felt bad for Beneatha because no one is taking her seriously enough to congradulate her and ask what she is going to do, but it is also happy because of all the commotion that is going on because of the move.
There are many interesting quotes in Hansberry's "The Raisin in the Sun". The one that i chose to discuss is found on page one hundred and forty-five. At this point in the story, Walter has just called Mr. Linder over to make a deal on the Clybourne Park house.
BENEATHA- "He's no brother of mine."
MAMA- "What you say?"
BENEATHA-"I said that that individual in that room is no brother of mine"(145)
Benetha is very upset because she feels that Walter has lost his pride by making a deal with "the man". I like this quote because of the language that Beneatha uses in her second verse of the quote. I believe that is is characteristic of her.
There is one part of the "Raisin in the Sun" that really catches my attention. It is just a narration, with Beneatha, Mama, Walter, and Ruth in the room. It was a little after Bobo gave Walter and the rest of the Younger family the bad news of how Willy took his money and Walter's $6500 (Walter's $3500 and Beneatha's $3000). "There is total silence. Ruth stands with her face covered with her hands; Beneatha leans forlornly against a wall, fingering a piece of red ribbon from the mother's gift. Mama stops and looks at her son without recognition and then, quite without thinking about it, starts to beat him senselessly in the face. Beneatha goes to them and stops it." (129) This excerpt shows the true disappointment in Walter from the rest of the Younger family (besides Travis). Mama was never the one who would get angry at losing money or not having money, but after seeing her completely go crazy and beat Walter, it shows that Walter made an enormous mistake. Also, it shows us that this incident makes Mama begin to care for money, which she had really shown no interest for until now.
Refering to a group of African Americans as "youo people" like in th enovel "A Raisin in the sun" I think is very crude. Refering to someone as "you people like Mr Linder did i think is refering to the family that they are ib a lower standard as everyone else. Hardly giving them credibuility as a human being. Basicly say they each of the African American he was refuring to like Ruth, Walter and Beneatha. As if they where individually "it's". Which I found to be very rude. This is also and example of what African Americans had to face ain this time growing up.
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