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Mama references her husband Big Walter’s poignant statement to make a point that for Black parents, their dreams always seem deferred towards their children. Through their children, Big Walter says, a Black man’s dreams are kept alive.
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Below you will find the important quotes in A Raisin in the Sun related to the theme of Dreams. Act 1, Scene 1 Quotes. Walter: See there, that just goes to show you what women understand about the world. Baby, don’t nothing happen for you in this world ‘less you pay somebody off! Ruth: Walter, leave me alone!
Lorraine Hansberry. author. A Raisin In the Sun. book. identity. ᐧ. race. ᐧ. making connections. concepts. 02. “Asagai: Then isn’t there something wrong in a house—in a world—where all dreams, good or bad, must depend on the death of a man? Beneatha: AND YOU CANNOT ANSWER IT! Asagai: I LIVE THE ANSWER!” Lorraine Hansberry. author.
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- Lorraine Hansberry
- 1959
- “Beneatha: Love him? There is nothing left to love. Mama: There is always something left to love. And if you ain't learned that, you ain't learned nothing.
- “I want to fly! I want to touch the sun!" "Finish your eggs first.” ― Lorraine Hansberry, A Raisin in the Sun.
- “Child, when do you think is the time to love somebody the most? When they done good and made things easy for everybody? Well then, you ain't through learning-because that ain't the time at all...
- “It isn't a circle--it is simply a long line--as in geometry, you know, one that reaches into infinity. And because we cannot see the end--we also cannot see how it changes.
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There ain’t nothing worth holding on to, money, dreams, nothing else—if it means—if it means it’s going to destroy my boy. (Act 2, scene 2) Lena asserts that family is—and always has ...
