https://padlet.com/baer23/1d95l9pnoxyq Made with a quick smile en-us 2019-12-19 13:39:14 UTC 2020-01-12 17:43:51 UTC hello@padlet.com bisratfessehan23 https://padlet.com/baer23/1d95l9pnoxyq/wish/425872713 Ruth's basic dream is to buy a house, but when we dig deeper into the story we find out that her real dream is to escape the depression of the city]]> 2019-12-19 13:42:31 UTC https://padlet.com/baer23/1d95l9pnoxyq/wish/425872713 bisratfessehan23 https://padlet.com/baer23/1d95l9pnoxyq/wish/425874151 Ruth believes that abortion is not wrong morally if the situation is truly dire.



]]> 2019-12-19 13:45:23 UTC https://padlet.com/baer23/1d95l9pnoxyq/wish/425874151 acevedod23 https://padlet.com/baer23/1d95l9pnoxyq/wish/425874317 At the beginning of the book Ruth is depressed because "life has been little that she expected," but by the end of the book she becomes more positive and happy because she gets what she wants. Which is a new house.]]> 2019-12-19 13:45:47 UTC https://padlet.com/baer23/1d95l9pnoxyq/wish/425874317 kothakondav23 https://padlet.com/baer23/1d95l9pnoxyq/wish/425876007 Changes - Lauv]]> 2019-12-19 13:49:38 UTC https://padlet.com/baer23/1d95l9pnoxyq/wish/425876007 kothakondav23 https://padlet.com/baer23/1d95l9pnoxyq/wish/428004798 "MAMA Son—do you know your wife is expecting another
baby...I think Ruth is thinking ’bout getting rid of that child.
WALTER (Slowly understanding) No—no—Ruth wouldn’t do
that.
WALTER You don’t know Ruth, Mama, if you think she would
do that.
(RUTH opens the bedroom door and stands there
a little limp)
RUTH (Beaten) Yes I would too, Walter. (Pause) I gave her a
five-dollar down payment" (Hansberry 74)]]> 2020-01-06 16:22:06 UTC https://padlet.com/baer23/1d95l9pnoxyq/wish/428004798 kothakondav23 https://padlet.com/baer23/1d95l9pnoxyq/wish/428006760 In the beginning of the book, Ruth is always disappointed and unhappy. ]]> 2020-01-06 16:25:16 UTC https://padlet.com/baer23/1d95l9pnoxyq/wish/428006760 kothakondav23 https://padlet.com/baer23/1d95l9pnoxyq/wish/428193746 2020-01-06 23:05:00 UTC https://padlet.com/baer23/1d95l9pnoxyq/wish/428193746 kothakondav23 https://padlet.com/baer23/1d95l9pnoxyq/wish/428201684 Ruth has a husband and a child. Although she loves her husband, she gets stressed around him. ]]> 2020-01-06 23:58:41 UTC https://padlet.com/baer23/1d95l9pnoxyq/wish/428201684 kothakondav23 https://padlet.com/baer23/1d95l9pnoxyq/wish/428202123 "WALTER (Slams the table and jumps up)—DAMN MY
EGGS—DAMN ALL THE EGGS THAT EVER WAS!
RUTH Then go to work.
WALTER (Looking up at her) See—I’m trying to talk to you
’bout myself—(Shaking his head with the repetition)—
and all you can say is eat them eggs and go to work.
RUTH (Wearily) Honey, you never say nothing new. I listen to
you every day, every night and every morning, and you
never say nothing new. (Shrugging) So you would rather
be Mr. Arnold than be his chauffeur. So—I would rather
be living in Buckingham Palace"(Hansberry 37)]]> 2020-01-07 00:01:55 UTC https://padlet.com/baer23/1d95l9pnoxyq/wish/428202123 kothakondav23 https://padlet.com/baer23/1d95l9pnoxyq/wish/428221829 "RUTH (Looking around and coming to life) Well, for God’s
sake—if the moving men are here—LET’S GET THE
HELL OUT OF HERE "(Hansberry 145). 

This shows that Ruth is ecstatic and full of life after finding out that they are moving to a new house. This also proves that all her stress is relieved, and she has no more worries. ]]> 2020-01-07 02:21:48 UTC https://padlet.com/baer23/1d95l9pnoxyq/wish/428221829 kothakondav23 https://padlet.com/baer23/1d95l9pnoxyq/wish/428222971 The lyrics "And life ain't easy these days, no, life ain't easy these days.
Changes , they might drive you half-insane.
But it's killing you to stay the same" represent Ruth. This is because Ruth's life is not easy, and there are a lot of hardships in her life, especially with money. Ruth wants change, and that is why she would agree with the lyrics "But it's killing you to stay the same." The lyrics also say "And life ain't easy these days, no, life ain't easy these days" represent Ruth as well. This is because there is a lot of hardship in her life, especially with poverty and getting along with family.]]> 2020-01-07 02:29:20 UTC https://padlet.com/baer23/1d95l9pnoxyq/wish/428222971 kothakondav23 https://padlet.com/baer23/1d95l9pnoxyq/wish/428703596 This tells us that Ruth has not only want to escape the depression of the city, but she wants to escape from her poor life. ]]> 2020-01-07 22:25:46 UTC https://padlet.com/baer23/1d95l9pnoxyq/wish/428703596 kothakondav23 https://padlet.com/baer23/1d95l9pnoxyq/wish/428704857 2020-01-07 22:30:33 UTC https://padlet.com/baer23/1d95l9pnoxyq/wish/428704857 kothakondav23 https://padlet.com/baer23/1d95l9pnoxyq/wish/428712887  Ruth dislikes being in a state of poverty and stress regarding family concerns, such as Walter’s eccentric behavior.

]]> 2020-01-07 23:09:07 UTC https://padlet.com/baer23/1d95l9pnoxyq/wish/428712887 kothakondav23 https://padlet.com/baer23/1d95l9pnoxyq/wish/428712910 Ruth likes taking control of her own decisions.]]> 2020-01-07 23:09:16 UTC https://padlet.com/baer23/1d95l9pnoxyq/wish/428712910 kothakondav23 https://padlet.com/baer23/1d95l9pnoxyq/wish/428713197 2020-01-07 23:10:48 UTC https://padlet.com/baer23/1d95l9pnoxyq/wish/428713197 kothakondav23 https://padlet.com/baer23/1d95l9pnoxyq/wish/428715560 When Walter mentions his idea about opening a liquor store, Ruth reacts by asking her to leave her alone. This shows Ruth feels that Walter’s ideas are absurd and unnecessary. ]]> 2020-01-07 23:24:08 UTC https://padlet.com/baer23/1d95l9pnoxyq/wish/428715560 kothakondav23 https://padlet.com/baer23/1d95l9pnoxyq/wish/428715620 “WALTER Yeah. You see, this little liquor store we got in mind cost seventy-five thousand and we figured the initial investment on the place be 'bout thirty thousand, see. That be ten thousand each. Course, there's a couple of hundred you got to pay so's you don't spend your life just waiting for them clowns to let your license get approved … RUTH Walter, leave me alone! (She raises her head and stares at him vigorously then says, more quietly) Eat your eggs, they gonna be cold” (Hansberry 33).

]]> 2020-01-07 23:24:32 UTC https://padlet.com/baer23/1d95l9pnoxyq/wish/428715620 kothakondav23 https://padlet.com/baer23/1d95l9pnoxyq/wish/428715858 "RUTH No, Lena … MAMA Me and Big Walter just didn’t never learn right. RUTH Lena, no! We gotta go. Bennie—tell her … (She rises and crosses to BENEATHA with her arms outstretched, BENEATHA doesn’t respond) Tell her we can still move … the notes ain’t but a hundred and twenty-five a month. We got four grown people in this house—we can work … MAMA (To herself) Just aimed too high all the time— RUTH (Turning and going to MAMA fast—the words pouring out with urgency and desperation) Lena—I’ll work … I’ll work twenty hours a day in all the kitchens in Chicago … I’ll strap my baby on my back if I have to and scrub all the floors in America and wash all the sheets in America if I have to—but we got to MOVE! We got to get OUT OF HERE” (Hansberry, 139)

]]> 2020-01-07 23:25:56 UTC https://padlet.com/baer23/1d95l9pnoxyq/wish/428715858 kothakondav23 https://padlet.com/baer23/1d95l9pnoxyq/wish/428716479 Mama changes her mind about moving to the new house that is much more clean and modern. However, Ruth strongly disapproves of the new decision she makes. In order to make things go her way, she aggressively tries to convince Mama to transfer by saying that she’ll scrub all the floors in America to get this opportunity. ]]> 2020-01-07 23:29:27 UTC https://padlet.com/baer23/1d95l9pnoxyq/wish/428716479