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“When you starts measuring somebody, measure him right, child, measure him right. Make sure you done taken into account what hills and valleys he come through before he got to wherever he is.”

A Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine Hansberry

December 15, 2020 by narfna Leave a Comment

This was so good, and I’m very glad I read it. So subtle and skillfully put together. To think about this woman dying at 34, and how many more great pieces of art she could have created. This is why I like to do Read Harder every year, because I probably wouldn’t have gotten around to this without it. This is a three act play that follows the Youngers, a black family living on the South Side of Chicago in the 1950s. Mom Lena, son […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: a raisin in the sun, drama, Lorraine Hansberry, narfna, plays, read harder challenge 2020, script

narfna's CBR12 Review No:174 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: a raisin in the sun, drama, Lorraine Hansberry, narfna, plays, read harder challenge 2020, script ·
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Child, when do you think is the time to love somebody the most?

A Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine Hansberry

November 16, 2019 by vel veeter Leave a Comment

I know I’ve seen the original movie of this at some point, but this is the first I have read this play. As far as English teacher in the United States goes, this play is about as famous and famously taught as almost any other piece of literature alongside Romeo and Juliet, The Crucible, and To Kill a Mockingbird. I think it’s an incredibly earnest and worthwhile book to read and to have students read. It’s the kind of book that teaches about race in America in a […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: a raisin in the sun, Lorraine Hansberry

vel veeter's CBR11 Review No:634 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: a raisin in the sun, Lorraine Hansberry ·
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