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A Raisin in the Sun
A Raisin in the Sun
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☯Emily Ginder
Jan 29, 2018 rated it it was amazing  ·  review of another edition
Shelves: drama, institute-of-new-dimensions, classics, plays, read-in-2018, 2018-classics-challenge, african-american-experience, read-in-2019
A Raisin in the Sun was awarded the New York Drama Critics Circle Award when it was first produced in 1959. This award was given to a young black woman who wrote a realistic view of a black family in Chicago. What happens to a family that is constantly thwarted in its dreams? What happens when they have an opportunity to make changes in their lives? What is the relationship that the black community had with white Chicago?

This is an emotional roller-coaster drama that will leave you with more que ...more
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Erika B. (SOS BOOKS)
Sep 12, 2012 rated it liked it
Shelves: classic
I bouncing back and forth on this one 3,4,3,4,3,4! How many stars do I wanna give you book? I read this for my literature class I'm currently taking and didn't actually love it until the last 10 pages. It had a beautiful message about family and honor.

Mama: Yes-I taught you that. Me and your daddy. But I thought I taught you something else too...I thought I taught you to love him.
Beneatha: Love him? There is nothing left to love.
Mama: There is always something left to love. And if you ain't lea ...more
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Ruben
Jan 12, 2010 rated it it was ok  ·  review of another edition
this book felt so dull to read I didn't really like it that much even when I when i understood all of the metaphor's and the figure of speech. ...more
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