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Mama and Karl

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"But Lord, child, you should know all the dreams I had 'bout buying that house and fixing it up and making me a little garden in the back (Hansberry 502)."

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"Well I, always wanted me a garden like I used to see sometimes at the back of the houses down home. This plant is close as I ever got to having one (Hansberry 508). "

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"The sole natural light the family may enjoy in the course of a day is only that which fights it way through this little window (Hansberry 487)."

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"You ain't satisfied or proud of nothing we done. I mean that you had a home; that we kept you out of trouble till you was grown; that you don't have to ride to work on the back of nobody's streetcar—You my children—but how different we done become (Hansberry 523)."

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"And we also have the category of what the association calls — (He looks elsewhere.) uh—special — community problems (Hansberry 552)."

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Mamas plant symbolizes her hopes and dreams for her families future. This is an internal conflict because her plant has died once meaning her dreams have been crushed but Mama still has to keep trying and it is not easy for her.

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Mama and Karl Lindner have an external conflict. Mama bought a house in apparently a white community and Lindner is a representative who tells Mamas family that she is not welcome in their community. The people in the neighborhood also do not want them in their neighborhood.

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The sunlight from the window is another symbol is hope. Through the one small window shines their bright ray of hope. The internal conflict with this is that the light does not always shine when things get bad and Mama mostly has to deal with it for the good of her family.

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Another internal conflict Mama faces is about buying a bigger house. Money is hard for Mama and her family so buying a house where they will be welcomed is not easy either. She struggles with her dreams which is a house.

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The external conflict between Walter and Mama can mostly revolve around money. Walter wants money for his store but Mama does not want him to have it. Mama always tries her best for Walter but he does not appreciate her.