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Topics:

1. Compare and contrast Bennie and Walter.
2. Compare and contrast Asagai and George.
3. In thinking of the Langston Hughes poem from which the title of this play was taken, the key concept of dreams deferred comes to mind. Choose one character in the play and explore what that character’s dream is.
4. Do you think it is right of George Murchison to call Walter “Prometheus”?
5. Symbols play a role in the play.  Choose a symbol (sunlight, Mama’s plant, the garden, liquor store, etc.) and explore what it adds to the play.
6. The play features generations interacting.  Examine Walter Lee and how he attempts to live up to his father or examine how Walter Lee serves (or doesn’t serve) as a role model for Travis.
7. The play is or isn’t still relevant today.
8. Your choice, with approval

Requirements:

Raisin Essay Thesis Plan
Raisin Essay Body Plan

handouts

1. Create a thesis statement from the topic of your choice. I must check this.
2. Create a short outline showing your main ideas to support your thesis.
3. Create a list of possible quotes/evidence
4. Use explanation (your words) and evidence from the text to back up your main ideas.
5. Your essay should have an introduction, 2 to 3 body paragraphs, and a conclusion.
6. Type your essay (according to guidelines), print and hand in, submit through website or email it. Paper Format Page 1
7. Use class time appropriately

Literary Analysis Rubric

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As this unit progresses, you will form your own notion of what the American Dream is. In class, we will also read other people’s idea of what it means. The following is from an old speech by Barack Obama:

In big cities and small towns; among men and women; young and old; black, white, and brown – Americans share a faith in simple dreams. A job with wages that can support a family. Health care that we can count on and afford. A retirement that is dignified and secure. Education and opportunity for our kids. Common hopes. American dreams…

What is unique about America is that we want these dreams for more than ourselves – we want them for each other. That’s why we call it the American dream. We want it for the kid who doesn’t go to college because she cannot afford it; for the worker whose wondering if his wages will pay this winter’s heating bill; for 47 million Americans living without health care; for the millions more who worry if they have enough to retire with the dignity they have earned.

When our fellow Americans are denied the American dream, our own dreams are diminished. And today, the cost of that dream is rising faster than ever before. While some have prospered beyond imagination in this global economy, middle-class Americans – as well as those working hard to become middle class – are seeing the American dream slip further and further away.

President Barack Obama, 2007–Read the full speach

He is not alone in his ideas of what the American dream means. Here are two items we read in class.

• Obama Dream Abridged
• King Dream Abridged

“Let America be America Again”

Hear it:

Read it:

“Let America Be America Again” by Langston Hughes (printable)

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