https://padlet.com/ktfox040/p1yqmrb01zzt en-us 2019-01-04 15:44:47 UTC 2019-01-15 15:49:06 UTC hello@padlet.com ktfox040 https://padlet.com/ktfox040/p1yqmrb01zzt/wish/317466520 In the story , The Younger family are a poor African-American family living on the South Side of Chicago. ]]> 2019-01-04 15:52:40 UTC https://padlet.com/ktfox040/p1yqmrb01zzt/wish/317466520 ktfox040 https://padlet.com/ktfox040/p1yqmrb01zzt/wish/317880236  An opportunity to escape from poverty comes in the form of a $10,000 life insurance check that the matriarch of the family receives upon her husband's death. ]]> 2019-01-07 14:51:41 UTC https://padlet.com/ktfox040/p1yqmrb01zzt/wish/317880236 ktfox040 https://padlet.com/ktfox040/p1yqmrb01zzt/wish/317881903 The Younger house is full of anticipation as the family awaits the arrival of the insurance check. Mama cleans the kitchen as Beneatha sprays for cockroaches. Travis, finished with his chores, wants to go outside and play. ]]> 2019-01-07 14:54:16 UTC https://padlet.com/ktfox040/p1yqmrb01zzt/wish/317881903 ktfox040 https://padlet.com/ktfox040/p1yqmrb01zzt/wish/317882239 Beneatha then begins to deliver a diatribe about Asagai's native country so that Beneatha will not be embarrassed by her mother's comments. Asagai, Beneatha tells her mother, is from Nigeria. ]]> 2019-01-07 14:54:47 UTC https://padlet.com/ktfox040/p1yqmrb01zzt/wish/317882239 ktfox040 https://padlet.com/ktfox040/p1yqmrb01zzt/wish/317890905 Walter's plan for a liquor store requires an investment of $75,000. ]]> 2019-01-07 15:07:52 UTC https://padlet.com/ktfox040/p1yqmrb01zzt/wish/317890905 ktfox040 https://padlet.com/ktfox040/p1yqmrb01zzt/wish/317894616  Beneatha and Ruth are worried about finding the resources with which to provide for the child. Ruth has already inquired about getting an abortion. ]]> 2019-01-07 15:13:14 UTC https://padlet.com/ktfox040/p1yqmrb01zzt/wish/317894616 ktfox040 https://padlet.com/ktfox040/p1yqmrb01zzt/wish/319702275 Later on the same Saturday, Beneatha came from her room  in the Nigerian clothes that Asagai has brought her. She dances around the house claiming to be performing a tribal dance.]]> 2019-01-11 15:11:12 UTC https://padlet.com/ktfox040/p1yqmrb01zzt/wish/319702275 ktfox040 https://padlet.com/ktfox040/p1yqmrb01zzt/wish/319706637 Walter returns home drunk. He sees Beneatha all dressed up and acts out some made-up tribal rituals with her, at one point standing on a table and pronouncing himself “Flaming Spear.”]]> 2019-01-11 15:19:10 UTC https://padlet.com/ktfox040/p1yqmrb01zzt/wish/319706637 ktfox040 https://padlet.com/ktfox040/p1yqmrb01zzt/wish/319707312 Ruth and Walter’s conversation reveals that they do have love left in their marriage and that they have both been oppressed by their circumstances. ]]> 2019-01-11 15:20:16 UTC https://padlet.com/ktfox040/p1yqmrb01zzt/wish/319707312 ktfox040 https://padlet.com/ktfox040/p1yqmrb01zzt/wish/319707423 Mama’s down payment on a house reveals her belief that to be a happy family the Youngers need to own space and property. Her dream is a perfect example of the quintessential American dream. ]]> 2019-01-11 15:20:32 UTC https://padlet.com/ktfox040/p1yqmrb01zzt/wish/319707423 ktfox040 https://padlet.com/ktfox040/p1yqmrb01zzt/wish/319719372 On Saturday, a week later, it is moving day.  Ruth comments on the changed mood around the household, ]]> 2019-01-11 15:41:41 UTC https://padlet.com/ktfox040/p1yqmrb01zzt/wish/319719372 ktfox040 https://padlet.com/ktfox040/p1yqmrb01zzt/wish/319725470 A middle-aged white man named Karl Lindner appears at the door. He is a representative from the Clybourne Park Improvement Association and he tells the Youngers that problems come when different kinds of people do not sit down and talk to each other. ]]> 2019-01-11 15:52:06 UTC https://padlet.com/ktfox040/p1yqmrb01zzt/wish/319725470 ktfox040 https://padlet.com/ktfox040/p1yqmrb01zzt/wish/320332559 Asagai came over and talked to Beneatha and she told him that . the money was gone]]> 2019-01-14 15:18:21 UTC https://padlet.com/ktfox040/p1yqmrb01zzt/wish/320332559 ktfox040 https://padlet.com/ktfox040/p1yqmrb01zzt/wish/320333414 Walter came back only to announce that he is going to put on a show for The Man. It turns out that in true Walter fashion, he has called Lindner back to accept the offer]]> 2019-01-14 15:19:41 UTC https://padlet.com/ktfox040/p1yqmrb01zzt/wish/320333414 ktfox040 https://padlet.com/ktfox040/p1yqmrb01zzt/wish/320338961 Beneatha expresses her disgust for her brother. Surprisingly, Lena stands up for her son, saying that just when people seem to deserve compassion the least is when they need it the most.

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