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A Raisin in the Sun: Younger Women's Dreams and Independence

Explore the struggles and aspirations of the younger women in "A Raisin in the Sun": their desires for the American Dream, Mama's symbolic plant, and Beneatha's untraditional ways challenging societal norms of the 1950s.

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A Raisin in the Sun: Younger Women's Dreams and Independence

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  1. Aim: With what issues are the Younger women dealing? Do Now:

  2. American Dream • A nice, big house with a yard • A nice car • A happy family • Money to spend

  3. Mama’s Dream • What has always been Mama’s dream? Why is her dream even more important now? • Mama’s Plant. How is the plant unlike other things in the Younger apartment? • What could the plant symbolize? • The plant symbolizes Mama’s dream. • She tends to the plant and tries to protect it just like she tries to protect her dream.

  4. Beneatha – Untraditional Woman • What are all the ways in which Beneatha is unlike a traditional young woman in the 1950s? • She wants to be a doctor, not a nurse. • She is uninterested in George Murchison’s money. • She doesn’t want to be a wife and mother and stay home. • She is outspoken and opinionated. • She wants independence.

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