M4 L02 A Raisin in The Sun

Module 4
Unchanging Values in a Changing

World
Lesson 1: Holding on to a
Dream in a Changing World
Topic:
RAISIN IN THE SUN
Listen attentively to the lyrics of the
song, “The River of Dream”. Be
ready to the answer the questions
that follow with a partner.
(LM,p.425)
1.What issues about life are
confronting the speaker in the
song?
2. Among these issues, what
do you think he values the
most? Why do you say so?
3. If you were him, how

would you resolve the issue?
Read the excerpt from
the play “A Raisin in the
Sun” in your module on
pages 431-434. Try to
ponder how the pictures
you analyzed previously
and the poem ―Dream
Deferred discussed
previously are related to
this piece.
A RAISIN IN THE SUN
by Lorraine Hansberry
Lorraine Vivian
Hansberry was an
African-American
playwright and writer.
She was the first black
woman to write a play
performed on
Broadway
Characters
Ruth Younger
Walter’s wife and Travis’s
mother. Ruth takes care of
the Youngers’ small
apartment. Her marriage
to Walter has problems,
but she hopes to rekindle
their love. She is about
thirty, but her weariness
makes her seem older.
TRAVIS YOUNGER
- Walter and Ruth’s
sheltered young son.
Travis earns some money
by carrying grocery bags
and likes to play outside
with other neighborhood
children, but he has no
bedroom and sleeps on
the living-room sofa.
WALTER LEE YOUNGER
The protagonist of the play.
He is a dreamer. He wants
to be rich and devises plans
to acquire wealth with his
friends, particularly Willy
Harris. He wants to invest
his father’s insurance
money in a new liquor store
venture.
BENEATHA YOUNGER
Mama’s daughter and
Walter’s sister. She is an
intellectual. Twenty years old,
she attends college and is
better educated than the rest
of the Younger family. She
dreams of being a doctor and
struggles to determine her
identity as a well-educated
black woman.
LENA YOUNGER (MAMA)
Walter and Beneatha’s
mother. The matriarch of the
family, she is religious,
moral, and maternal. She
wants to use her husband’s
insurance money as a down
payment on a house with a
backyard to fulfill her dream
for her family to move up in
the world.
JOSEPH ASAGAI
A Nigerian student in love with
Beneatha. Asagai, as he is
often called, is very proud of
his African heritage, and
Beneatha hopes to learn about
her African heritage from him.
He eventually proposes
marriage to Beneatha and
hopes she will return to Nigeria
with him.
GEORGE MURCHISON
A wealthy, African-American man
who courts Beneatha. The
Youngers approve of George, but
Beneatha dislikes his willingness
to submit to white culture and
forget his African heritage. He
challenges the thoughts and
feelings of other black people
through his arrogance and flair for
intellectual competition.
KARL LINDNER
The only white character in
the play. Mr. Lindner arrives
at the Youngers’ apartment
from the Clybourne Park
Improvement Association. He
offers the Youngers a deal to
reconsider moving into his
(all-white) neighborhood.
BOBO
One of Walter’s partners

in the liquor store plan.
Bobo appears to be as
mentally slow as his name
indicates.
1. What is Mama’s
greatest dream for
her family? State
her reasons behind
it.
MAMA
BENEATHA
WALTER
2. How does the dream
of every member of the
Younger family differ
and agree with one
another? Accomplish
the bubble map below
then discuss your
answer.
3. What does
Walter want to
do with the
insurance check?
Discuss his
motive. Why do
you think Mama
does not approve
4. Does any of
the characters
in the play
remind you of
someone? How
does that
someone plan
his course of
5. Would you
have dreamt
of the same
thing for
your family?
Why?
From the story, Mama dreams of
moving into a house with lawn—where
Travis could play -- a part of her great
“American Dream” which she nurtures
with her husband. Walter dreams of
putting up a business and Beneatha
dreams of finishing a medical course.
In reality, most people likewise hold
on to a dream. Take a good look at the
illustrations below. In the given
predicament, can you tell what they
dream about? Write your answers in your
notebook.
One of the elements of
drama is the dialogue. It is the
conversation that takes place
among characters in a drama.
Dialogue can reveal events,
actions, and settings as well as
the character’s thoughts and
feelings. Dialogue has three
major functions: to advance the
plot, to establish setting, to
reveal the character.
tips to help you dramatize a portion
of the play. (LM, p. 443)
1. Put yourself on your

character’s shoes. Is
your character angry,
proud, or confident?
Decide why your
character would act in
a certain way.
2. Use your
speaking voice.
Change the volume,
rate, pitch and
tone of your voice
to express your
character’s feelings.
3. Use facial
expressions. For
example, closing
your eyes while
speaking could show
deep thought or
impatience.
4. Use gestures. A
fist, a pointed
finger and an open
hand all give
different signals
5. Enunciate. Be
sure all of your
audience can hear
and understand
you, even when
your character
speaks softly.
6. Practice reading
your lines. You may
want to practice
with a partner or
in front of a mirror
to improve your
facial expressions
and gestures.
M4T2
DREAM MAP
Design a map that represents you
real-life journey, from the moment
you were born until the time you
believe you‘ll achieve your
dreams. Use icons to represent
the different stations in your life
and the dreams you want to
achieve. Place a marker on
where you are at this point in your
life. Use your creativity.
A.Encircle the letter of the
correct answer.
1.What does “A Raisin in the Sun”
symbolize in the play?
a. the dreams of the family
members
b. the struggles of the
characters
c. the conflict in the
characters‘ decisions
d. the house where the
family lived in
2. He is the only white
character in the play.
a. Joseph Asagal
b. George Murchinson
c. Bobo
d. Karl Linder
3. Which event is included in
the rising action of the story?
a. Insurance money was
received by Lena.
b. The Younger moved
out from the house.
c. Conflict arose due to
the characters‘ individual
dreams.
d. Walter loses the
insurance money.
4. Where did the
Younger family moved?
a. Chicago slums
b. Clybourne Village
c. Clybourne Park
d. Chicago‘s
Southside
5. Which among the themes
was highlighted when the
Younger family refused to
accept the money they
were offered by the white?
a. dreams, hopes, and plans
b. family dynamics and love
c. dignity in the midst of
suffering
d. rebellion and
stubbornness
•The River of Dreams
•The issues that the speaker confronts or confronted in the song The river of
dreams ,was about finding himself in a deep space where he unknowingly
searches for it.
•
•The song entitles The river of dreams introduces a persona who lost a thing that
he or she doesn’t know or remember. He finds himself always sleep walking
towards a deep river where he starts his search of something irreplaceable yet
unknown.
•
•He seems to cherish the thing he lost and doesn’t remember that he always
ends up in the same place and position searching for it. It can be a physical thing
or something that can only be found within ourselves. The speaker or persona
may relate to:
•A person searching for his past self
•A person searching for himself
•A person searching for his purpose or motivation
•A person who keeps looking for something blindly
•
•We can relate this in the real life as finding our identity or simply bringing our old
self back to the surface world where we feel much more at ease or we find
ourselves having trouble accepting its loss and move on.
•
•At the end of the song the persona implies that we will end up being part of the
ocean and we continue to go or follow the streams and get carried along with it.
And so, in the end the persona comes into a decision to be at peace of his
constant search in his mind and just let himself flow with it.

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What issues is the speaker confronting in the song 'The River of Dreams'?

What does the speaker seem to value most in the song?

Module 4

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3. If you were him, how

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