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Walter’s main ambition is to make money by investing in a liquor store, as he links his self-worth and dignity entirely to financial success and pays little attention to his cultural heritage. In contrast, Asagai embraces his Nigerian roots proudly, prioritizes his cultural identity over material gain, and hopes to return to Nigeria to contribute to his community’s growth rather than chasing personal profit.

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I agree with Caroline D., when they found out that she was pregnant they wanted to be supportive and not make her fell bad about it or stressed out.

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I agree with Caroline F., that this exhibits a negative view. Beneatha wants to be a doctor but she faces stereotypes as an African American and as a woman. On page 50 Beneatha says
"I'm going to be a doctor"
"Im going to be a doctor, and George for one still thinks thats pretty funny"

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On page 118-119 when Lidner showed up, and wanted to pay them to not move in, Walter realized that this would not make Mama happy which made him upset too. This shows that they all want the best for the family.

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I agree with Roah about the theme. Whenever they were going through hard times they were all there to support eachother.

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I think there are many problems today that were also in the 1950's. Such as discrimination towards African Americans and women. Today women are still working for equal rights as they only get paid 80 percent of what  men get even if its the same job. In the book it explains how Beneatha wanted to become a doctor and that it was extremely hard for a woman to pursue that. Today it is a lot easier but women still do not get paid as much as men. Racism is also a huge problem still here today. You can find it in many places such as the news or social media.33
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i think issues like poverty and racism presented in the book are relevant to society nowadays. we can tell the family is living in harsh conditions from the very first page of the book. hansberry states "... [The furnishings] had to accommodate the living of too many people for too many years---and they are tired." this statement suggests that the family has been living in the house for a long time, because they had no other place to go.  ruth, getting ready to move out of the house with the family, is extremely happy and says "Well---well!---All I can say is---if this is my time in life---MY TIME---to say good-bye---to these goddamn cracking walls!---and these marching roaches---and this cramped little closet which ain't now or never no kitchen! ...then I say it loud and good, HALLELUJAH! AND GOOD-BYE MISERY..." . this shows the reader how happy a person living in that house would be if they were offered the opportunity to move out. as for racism, the talk with lindner is clearly offensive and holds a menacing message. when he says "you just can't force people to change their hearts" to walter, he is implying that no matter how hard the family tries to fit in, they will never be accepted. segregation is illegal, thankfully, however some people refuse to adapt to the idea that it is immoral and unethical.

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I think this play represented more of a negative approach. For Example, Walter says "That's sad too -- Everything is sad".(pg.105) Another Example on the same page, Walter says "Today I just walked. All over the south side. And I looked at the Negroes and they looked at me... And then I went to the Green hat. You all sad? You all depressed?". I believe that sometimes the family try to be positive and optimistic to life, but when they come back to their own reality they sink low to the ground. Walter is the best character that articulates this viewpoint. Having a tough life, and trying to be optimistic, must be very hard and the characters should have credit for that.

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I think that the quote: "Like this little old plant that ain't never had enough sunlight" represents how Mama's plant connects to the theme. This connects to the theme because just like Mama never gave up on her family, she never gave up on her plant. Being old and ragged and dry, it symbolizes the journey, obstacles, and hardships of the youngers.

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i think the main character in the play is walter. through the play, he is the one person whose maturity and dynamic character is shown the most. we see how much his character changes from the beginning when he is cocky, and gives travis the extra 50c, conveying to ruth that he is not poor, and he is proud. his arrogance and sense of pride leads him to misery, such as in page 128 where stage directions like "He is wandering around, crying out for Willy and looking for him, or perhaps looking for help from God" show how helpless he has become.

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I think the dominant theme in the play was Family is key when working through perserverence. Explaining the quotes: "He's no brother of mine" and "I thought I told you to love him." , shows that even in times of hardship, Mama wanted to support Walter

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I believe a problem in the play that is currently an obstacle we face is racism and equality with women. In the play, Beneatha wants to become a doctor but she faces stereotypes of African Americans and women. Racsim is also heavily brought up because of him being a chauffer becuase he is black.

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I think the play portrays a more negative viewpoint throughout the play. One peice of evidence is when Beneatha is pushing to become a doctor, while facing stereotypes and George laughing at her. To support that, on page 50, Beneatha states: "I'm going to be a docter. I'm going to be a docter and George still thinks that's pretty funny." This supports the fact of the negative veiwpoint.

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I think the main character is Walter becuase he is involved in most situations. For instance, the money, the house, his family, etc. To support this, Mama also trusts and supports Walter. In addition, Mama states: I want you to take this money...take 3,000...for Beneatha...the rest you put in a checking account with your name on it." This shows Mama's trustworthiness and Walter being involved in a main situation in the play.

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i think that for most of the play, a negative way of life is portrayed. for example, the event that creates major tension and forms a climax is the fact that walter loses his money to willy. the characters react to this in agony and shock. we can see in page 129 that mama is so distressed as to say "... I seen him [Walter Sr.] grow thin and old before he was forty... working and working and working like somebody's work horse... killing himself... and you --you give it all away in a day--". this line by mama not only shows the negative result of walter's decision to invest the money on willy, but also the sadness of depending on money for happiness. the constant lack of resources has made walter and his family very attached to the idea of having money. i think walter is the character that most displays this negative way of life. in the beginning, he is infatuated with a dream of suddenly opening a liquor store (which in itself is something that suggests he may not be very reliable), however this dream is destroyed when his arrogance is proved with him never having thought about possibilities like willy taking the money.

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One of the issues exhibited in the book is segregation.  In the book they had white and black neighborhoods. One quote says,
"Mama, there ain't no colored people living in Clybourne Park."
In our current society we have a similar situation. Although it is recognized as that, we have many neighborhoods in Baltimore City that include only Black residents.

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A conflict today but also in the book is abortion. Ruth is torn not sure to have the baby or not which can be a problem for women currently. In the book the time was set to where having an abortion was illegal and you could go to prison for such a thing. Mama helps Ruth make her decision and is very understanding about it,"When the world gets ugly enough- a woman will do anything for her family."

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I agree with Eliza mama's plant was very important to her and was like another child. Even though the plant is "growing doggedly" and "ain't never had enough sunshine or nothing" she still loved and cared about the plant saying it has "spirit".

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I wanted to say in the discussion that racism was still a problem today. There are a lot of communities in the US that still use the practice where families of a specific ethnicity stay in one place just together. Like what Mr. Lindner said,"...Negro families are happier when they live live in their own communities." This is still a thing whrer Baltimore has a high community of African-American and Hereford has a low community. This has been a practice that everyone else just went with and not really questioned it.

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Racism is a problem relevant today and also in the book. "Negroes invade Clyborne Park-Bombed."
"We ain't exactly moving out there to get bombed."
Racism is found today on social media and can be found at work places and advertising.

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I think the main character is mama. Mama was the one who got the check from her passing husband and for most of the book it talks about what she is going to do with the money. "We ain't never been no people to act silly 'bout no money." - Mama With out the character Mama there would be no book

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I believe that that racism in the play is still relevant in todays society.
For example, Carl Lindner from the "Welcoming Committee."
On page 118, he said "For the happiness of all concerned that our Negro families are happier when living in their own communities." This portrays racism because the residents in Clybourne Park didn't want African-Americans living in the same community.

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Mama's plant relates to the theme which is to never give up on your dreams because she has always wanted her own garden and how she has never given up on that. "You know the dreams had bout buying that house and fixing it up and making me a little garden in the back." At the end of the book Mama gets the garden she has always dreamed about.

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Issues in the book but also today are financial issues. In the book A Raisin in the Sun the family us very excited about Mamas check because they do not have that much money and have never received checks before. Relating to financial issues today we still hear about poverty and unfortunate circumstances where families are very poor and have to live in shelters

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I agree with Stella that women are not seen the same as men, also the same thing with race. The family was surpised that Beneatha wanted to be a doctor. Also Mrs. Johnson uses the n word and mama gets mad.

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I think there are many conflicts in A Raisin in the Sun that are still relevant today. Such as racism and  support others. One of the conflicts is Ruth has to decide if she wants to support her husband and open up the liquor shop. Also I think racism is still a a conflict because not all people are treated the same. Some are not treated with respect.

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i agree with aleia because the plant is old like mama and they both but still not giving up on their dreams like mama is not giving up on having a big house and the plant is not giving up living

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i also agree with victoria because it does symbolize perserverance through the tough times because it says how it was almost dead and it was perservering to stay alive.

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i said the plant represents the family because even though the family had went through hard times they were still one and the plant almost died but it stayed alive and pushed through like the family

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Mama's plant symbolizes how her dream house was a "dream" to her almost but she didn't give up on it, she didn't let it go, and got the house. This is relevant to my theme because, my theme states that even if you're the only one believing in yourself, never give up. She didn't give up the plant, and still believed in it and feed it sunlight and water through the family's misfortune, and even if she is the only one who wants it. The plant is basically not really a plant to her. She might think of it as something to take of, care for, or even nurture. She could even call it a family member, or child of hers. On the last pages of the book Mama, and all of the other characters in the story are moving out of their old apartment and are moving into their new house. Mama brings the plant with her, which proves that she cares for it to make sure it doesn't die, and live the rare life that no one believed in except Mama.

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I think Mama plant represents care and perseverance. Even though it barely gets enough sunlight or water it keeps surviving and pushing through its obstacles just the her family. It also represents how she cares for her family and the plant.

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I think Mama's plant symbolized how that no matter how hard you try, you can never forget what you care for. Like in the text, the main characters prioritized the things they cared for like Mama and her Plant. On the final page, Mama leaves but then returns to get her plant, as it was very important to her.
For number 3, Until now, we still have segregation in the U.S. even though we have very influential people, there is still racism and segregation. For instance, Baltimore city and Baltimore County are very different. Also, economy is still a huge struggle. About 80 percent of Americans are in debt due to our falling economy.

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I agree with stella because the plant has been there the whole time she lived there and everything she went through all the hardship the one thing she had and could take care of was her plant

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For question 5, the plant represents that even if life is hard, you should never give up your dreams and love others. For example, the plant doesn't get that much sunlight and much love from other family members then Mama, it still fights to be recognized and be alive. In the text it says, "Mama-' Like this little old plant that ain't never had enough sunshine or nothing- and look at it..." shows that it still tries to stay alive. Also, it shows that you shouldn't give up you dreams and love others is because the plant still fights to stay alive and eventually it got its life back living in a new garden. Also, you should love others is because Mama loves her plant even if it still looks disoriented just like her relationship with her family. In the text it says, "

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I think Mama's plant represents the Younger families hopes and dreams for a better future.
Mama had always had a dream of having a large, beautiful garden. But, she believes that the plant is the closest she'll ever get.
For example, on page 53 it says, "I always wanted me a garden like I used to see sometimes at the back of the houses down home. This plant is the close as I ever got to having one."
This connects to the dominant theme of following your dreams no matter how hard it gets because the plant symbolizes Mama's dream. Even through the hard times, she still cares for it. Even though the plant is almost dead, she's not giving up.

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Mama's plant is an important symbol in the book because it represents how you can be expressed by how far you have come, how much you have grow, and how you have persevered through hard times. You aren't expressed by how beautiful or rich you are, you are expressed by what is on the inside. Mama says "It expresses me!" The plant shows Mama how much she has persevered, just like the plant, and how even though she is different she is still beautiful on the inside. This relates to the plant because it is wilting and almost dead on the outside but has persevered through its hard times.

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I think the plant is a symbolic stereotype. In a lot of books, a plant will represent a character indirectly. In this case, it is stated that represents Mama. LH was not the first author to do this. I think the plant exists to help the reader comprehend Mama's personality, because she is too complex to represent through sensory details and behavior

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I agree with Maria the plant reperesents the if you care and nurture for something long enough iy will turn out beautiful. She is always takes care of the plant, Walter, Ruth, and Beneatha gat her gardening tools to keep the plant alive (Pg 123-124). She also takes care of her children, she gave money to Walter and Beneatha for their dreams, so they can turn out beautiful.

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i agree megan it does represent hope because it says at the end that shes taking the plant to the new house and that symbolizes hope for their new life

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Mama's feed able plant represents her families deferred dreams for a better future. It connects to the theme because the plant can not get enough sunlight and it dreams to get some like how the family dreams to be move into the new house and to get a better life and Walter opening up the liquor store.

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The symbol of mamas plant is that even when we head into new waters and start new lives we need peices of our past to keep us going. And to make sure we don't forget who we are. One thing she says is "it expresses me" While this line was supposed to be sarcasstic it also shows this plant is a piece of her and if she leaves it behind it would be like she abandoned  herself. Also her whole life shes been segregated and poor so this plant to her is the one thing that gives her hope. This plant keeps her going and strong. And although the family was in hard times she had this plant to make her feel as if even in the roughest of times we will survive.

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Walter is the most negative character because he is so consumed about money he is careless which leaves other characters not pleased with his actions and creates a negative mood.

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i think that for different parts of the book, the characters show different ways of life.

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I think the overall play shows a positive view of life but, certain parts of the play show a negative view.

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i think the book/play is positive even though it is negative, in the end they all figure things out and are trying to be positive but their life is hard, and i think Mama is the character that best articulates the view point due to her positive and trying to have a positive perspective for everyone

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I believe that the play represents more negative than positive views. Walter portrays this the most, he is rude and negative when he talks the majority of the time. For example, on page 37 Walter exclaims, "(Bitterly) Now ain't that fine! You just got your mothers interests at heart, aim't you girl?"

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i agree with grace. there are stuggles and conflicts but it all comes back to a new start and the family being happy with each other. Mama shows positivity the best. Mama is older and is working because she wants to reach the families dream. she deserves so much and walters stage directions on pg 123

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I agree with Truitt, I belive the play presents a more negative view on life, that it doesn't put sugar on everything, they show what can actually happen in real life. When Ruth said she wanted to get and abortion, Walter got angry but didn't do anything. Page 125 to 130, Walter lost the money that was supposed to be used for Beneatha and him. This basically creates a negative mood where the important things have been lost. Mama begins beating Walter and they both "bend over crying"

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Adding on to the philisophical approach, I feel that both negative and postitive views are seen in the play in different examples. For instance, Beneatha is more positive when trying to persue being a docter, on page 36, " I disected something that looked just like you yesterday..." which shows she is proud to become a docter.

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I think that the play portrays a positive state of mind. This is because that even through the tough times, the family stayed together and moved out of the apartment. I think that Mama helped to show this positivity as she always remains hopeful and is a pillar of strength for the family. This is shown on page 139 when she says "Lord, that Lena Eggleston is a high-minded thing" this helps to shoe that she always aimed high and stayed positive through the tough times, showing the positive outlook that is shown in the no

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I think the play portrays a positive view of life. Mama always stays positive and that projects the positve veiw . Also the family achived their goal of owning and buying a house. And that with other situations sparked a positive veiw of life within the play.

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I think the view is more of a negative approach becaause for most of the play they are arguing about  the check and how they will spend it. An example is "I gave you sixty-five hundred dollars, is it all gone?"
"Yessss! All of it."
then mama beats Walter.
This is just one example of a negative scene in the play

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Adding to what Olivia said, throughout the whole book they were all supportive of Beneatha and her dream. Even when Walter told her that she should be something else he still supported her. When Lidner was at the house he proved he was supportive of this by saying that she was going to be a doctor and he was supporting her.

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i agree that beneathas dreams get forgotten but at the end walter is very supportive of her wants and he wants to help her achieve her dreams

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I think the theme is "family should stick together even in hard times." For example, on page 148, Walter said that they were going to move, and Beneatha supports him by saying, "That's what the man said." Mama also supports him by saying "My son said we was going to move and there ain't nothing left for me to stay."

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i think the dominate theme is make the best of the given situation. the younger family situation was the check. it had its ups and downs with getting lost, and who/what to use it for. they made the best of mr. linders proposal for them to not live in clyborne park and did what they dreamed of despite the many obstacles.

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Another example I came up with for my theme, "Don't let obstacles in your way stop you", it was Beneatha's dream to become a doctor, but since she was a women and also  was and African-American, she had a lot of obstacles. People didn't think she was going to be a doctor. She said,"God doesn't have a thing to do with it." This shows that she thinks she can support herself. This was on page 50

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i agree with kayla. Many characters in the play never gave up especially Benetha. I think "Never give up" is also a dominate theme.

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I agree with Sam because the poem connects with A Raisin in The Sun because the poem says, "or does it shrivel up like a raisin in the sun" which is the title of the book connecting to the theme because the author is asking do dreams unattended/forgotten die.

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I think the theme is to never give up your dreams, "Seems like god didn't see fit to give the black man nothing but dreams- but he did give us children to make dreams worth while." What Walter is saying is that he continued to preserve through everything is because he wanted the best for his family and the next generation which would be Travis.

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After they found out that Walter lost the money, Beneatha was upset with Walter and said,
"He's no brother of mine"
Mama realized that Walter had made a mistake but also realized he needed support and said,
"But I thought I taught you to love him."
This shows she wants to support him and the family in general.

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I think the theme is never give up on your dreams. I believe this because there are several points in the book that support this theme. One of the points in the book is that everyone of the family members has their own dream and they never gave up on it. For example mama has her plant, the plant represents all the family has been through. It also represents mamas dream of having a garden.

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i think the play presents a negative viewpoint in life because anything positive that happened was counteracted with a negative event

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i believe a domanit theme is when times get hard always stay positive and open-minded.

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I think a dominant theme is if you keep trying for your goal, you'll reach it. This is also portrayed in Mama's plant. Perserverence. Mama's plant has been with her through it all. This is also shown when walter loses the money, then working to earn it back. In the text they face many obstaccles and hardships throughout the text, for example when willy steals the money.

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I think that the overall theme is even through the struggle don't give up. I think this because they had many struggles like money, family, and relationships. For example, they had money struggles because they didn't have enough money to do things like send Beneatha to school but she never gave up on her dream of becoming a doctor.

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I decided that the theme was "Don't let obstacles in your way stop you." Mr. Lindner was posing as an obstacle for the whole family wanting to buy the house, but they still moved in.

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There could be many dominant themes in A Raisin In The Sun. I think that a dominant theme in this book is the need to fight off racial discrimination. When Mr. Linder first comes to their house he starts off being very supportive of blacks and he was extremely nice to them. He then flat out tells them they are not wanted. The family does not take this lightly and kicks him out. On page 148 Walter counters to Mr. Linder and tells him "And we have decided to move into our house because my father- my father he earned it for us brick by brick...we don't want your money..." Racial discrimination was going on all the time in the 1950's and Walter stood up for his family and they bought the house.

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I think a dominant theme would be resilience. This goes along with what the inner circle is talking about - as Roah said, the light at the end of the tunnel. This is shown in the play by how despite the many hardships that the family faced (such as Walter Sn.'s death and Walter losing the money), the Younger's finally got the money to move out. On page 44, Mama talks about how she had not intended to live in the apartment for more than a year. ("Hadn't been married 2 weeks and wasn't planning on living here for more than a year.") However, many hardships came up and they did not have the money to move into a better place. Despite this, the family never gave up on their dreams to move out of the apartment, and the play ends off with them moving out into a better house.

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i think a dominate theme is no matter what happens you stick together and don't let anyone change you're mind. I agree with Caroline family should work together and not to argue

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i think the theme is never give up, they never gave up even through the discrimination and troubles they fought through

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i think a dominant theme in this play is "the importance of family". as we see, the family faces many hardships like poverty and racism. we also see, however that they get past these hardships as they all move through them together. a part in the text that supports this is on page 145, when mama says "There is always something left to love. And if you ain't learned that, you ain't learned nothing." this quote shows that mama understands the importance of the love of family even after facing challenges, in this case, the fact that walter lost his money to willy. she is showing beneatha, as well as the audience, that they can only move through if they love and support each other.

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The plant relates to the theme because even though the plant is not doing very well and is in bad shape, Mama keeps caring for it. Also, one of her dreams was to have a garden. This plant was part of her dream. On page 123 when the family gives Mama the gardening tools, she says "Now I don't have to use my knives and forks no more..." This shows that Mama never gave up on her dreams and the plant. She was willing to use her own forks and knives to pursue her dream and give the plant its best chance.

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I think the plant represents how she never gave up on everyone like she never gave up on her children when they messed up. it also shows how she believes is second chances. it also shows how she is willing to help, fix, or aid something. mama said "I---I just seen my family falling apart today...just falling to pieces in front of my eyes" after that

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Mama's plant was described to be limp and without life. Meaning it was almost or really dead. But Mama treats it as if it were alive. Mama said she will make sure her plant won't get hurt on the way to the new house.  Even though it is technically dead she feeds it sunlight and water, she also despite Ruth and Beneatha's wishes is bringing it to the new house also. This is an example of how the plant symbolizes life. Yes her husband is sadly gone, the plant in her mind isn't. She cares for it as if it were her child, and she does everything she can to keep it alive. As if she were trying to bring someone back. And since her husband is dead, she might be using the plant to cover the hole her husband used to fill. If this is the case, the story is much more sadder than it appears to be.