DISCUSSION QUESTIONS:

1. I think the overall message of the book is to show people that there are more important things in life, than money. Such as family, education etc.
2. The central themes of the play would be family, money, heritage, culture and education.
3. The central conflict is that “mama” is getting insurance money, for her husband’s death and everybody wants her to do something different with the money and it’s causing drama throughout the Younger family.
4. Beneatha is more of an ‘independent women’ v.s mama who seems like she depended on her husband but now that he is gone, she wants to depend on her son, but can’t. Mama is also a women of god and thinks that any accomplishment you make, you should thank god, but Beneatha does not even believe in god.
5. I think Beneatha and Ruth are alike in many ways except Beneatha is determined to be a doctor but nobody is believing in her. And Ruth is more mature then beneatha.
6. Class plays a role, for an example where they live, everybody are the same.
7. Gender plays, an example would be the fact that Beneatha wants to be a doctor, and the Younger’s often make comments like oh well why can’t you be a nurse like any other women.
8. Race play a role, an example is the place where Mama put the down payment on the house, there noisy neighbor made a comment about them being the “first” nigga’s to move over there or whatever.
9. Walter would begin his business but it would surprise the audience, his business would not be a liquor store it would be something better and Beneatha would find out about where they would be moving and everyone would be happy about moving.
10. I think Walter could be a likeable and sympathetic character but I don’t like him and I don’t like the way he talk to his wife or mom. I don’t like the way he tries to put his sister’s dream down (not knowing that it only make her try harder).
11. George and Beneatha’s views on education are kind of the same but George doesn’t like for a women to work, he think he has to take care of them or something. But Walter I think he wishes that he could have a better education.
12. Mama’s plant might symbolize happiness. George socks symbolizes education, I think, because Walter was saying it like ALL college boys wore them. Beneatha’s hair symbolizes that she wants to become more in touch with her heritage. And a raisin in the sun I think symbolizes Walter, in some way.
13. I think it does. Because its going show us something that’s going to be very valuable.