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A Raisin in the Sun Flashcards

1
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Who is Beneatha?

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  • she believes in female rights
  • wants to go to school to become a doctor
  • more focused on education and a career than getting a husband
  • sister to Walter
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Who is Mama?

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  • caretaker of the family
  • symbolizes hope (with her flower)
  • she knows what’s best for her family
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Who is Ruth?

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  • mother of Travis, also pregnant with her second
  • wife of Walter
  • very much dislikes the poverty lifestyle
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Who is Mrs. Johnson?

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  • neighbor to the Youngers

* doesn’t mind life in poverty and is envious of the Youngers’ bravery to move

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Who is Walter?

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  • husband of Ruth
  • he dislikes being a chauffeur- feels like a slave
  • he wants Mama’s insurance money to buy a liquor store
  • he gets $3,500 (for Beneatha and himself) and he loses it to Willy who steals it
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Who is Travis?

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  • the son of Walter and Ruth
  • 10 years old
  • doesn’t fully understand the financial situation that the Youngers are in
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Who is Joseph Asagai?

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  • a friend of Beneatha
  • a black man very proud of his culture
  • polar opposite of George
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T or F: Ruth gets pregnant and wants to abort the baby.

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True

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T or F: The insurance money gets stolen by Mrs. Johnson.

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False- The money is stolen by Willy (Walter’s friend).

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T or F: The Youngers call Karl Lindner and tell him that they’re moving in no matter what they do.

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True

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T or F: Clybourne Park is a white neighborhood.

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True

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12
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What does Ruth call Mama?

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Lena

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13
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What did Mama call her late husband?

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Big Walter

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T or F: Mama had lost a baby when she was young.

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True

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T or F: Beneatha is heavily religious like her mother.

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False- Beneatha is an Athiest and does not believe in God. Everything she has, she earned for herself. God didn’t give it to her or help her.

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16
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The setting of the novel is around the end of ______ and _____________.

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WW2 and Present Day

17
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The story takes place in ____________,___________.

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Southside, Chicago

18
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T or F: Walter does not drink alcohol.

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False- Walter drinks often, especially when he is stressed.

19
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Meaning of assimilationist:

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Someone willing to give up their own culture for the dominant culture (example. George)

20
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T or F: Walter acts completely normal when he is drunk.

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False- he has no censor in his speech and is not normal

21
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What is prejudice?

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Similar to bullying and exclusion

22
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What is discrimination?

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When the thoughts of prejudice are put into action

23
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What is the American dream?

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A set of ideals which it is believed that through hard work there’s an opportunity for prosperity, success, and upward social mobility.

24
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What time period does this story take place?

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Between end of WW2 and present day; 1950’s

25
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What place does this take place?

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Southside, Chicago

26
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T or F: Ruth gets pregnant before Mama buys the new house in Clybourne Park.

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True

27
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T or F: The American Dream is only attainable to white people.

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False, The American Dream is attainable to EVERYONE no matter what race, gender, or social status

28
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What is the “tone”?

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The author’s attitude toward the subject.

29
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What does Ruth think that the money should be used for?

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To travel

30
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How much money does Mama tell Walter is for Beneatha’s tuition?

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$3,000

31
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What does Mama do to Walter when she finds out he lost the money?

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She beats him

32
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When the money was lost, what did Asagai suggest to Beneatha?

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Go to Africa with him

33
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How much money was the initial check?

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$10,000

34
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What does Mama say expresses her?

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The plant

35
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Who wanted to co-own the liquor store?

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Bobo and Walter

36
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Who is George?

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  • wealthy, arrogant black man

* “white washed”, lost his culture

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