Posted by Kim Mraz (130.86.26.86) on June 22, 2005 at 7:46:45 p.m.:
In Reply to: A Raisin in the Sun and "Harlem" Wednesday Discussion posted by Jeanne Guerin on June 21, 2005 at 12:57:24 p.m.:
>Discuss the title of A Raisin in the Sun
>and the connection with Langston Hughes poem
>printed right before the play.
>Read and respond to your classmates
>(8 sentences minimum).
I think that there is alot on common between the drama "A Raisin in the Sun" and the poem "Harlem." The main comparison is both are dreamers. Like Walter Lee in the drama as Mama's son, Walter Lee desperately wanted to be successful and wanted his family to have everything that they had the opportunity to have. This poem shows to me that if you get comfortable in your surrounding than you will never change. You were once a grape and then after sitting in the sun you become a raisin. Just as Mama wanted to remain where she was until she saw that her family was falling apart. Mama needed to do something to make her life as well as her families life a better success. By Mama viewing Walters actions and his want to have better things, this helped Mama in her decision to move into a house and a all around better situation.