Friday, May 17, 2013

In A Raisin in the Sun, what values do the family members associate with Mama's late husband?

Mr.
Younger's values were those of thrift, hard work, and family responsibility. There's something
hugely symbolic, therefore, about his son's profligacy in losing the insurance money: he's
effectively turning his back on his late father's values. 's not prepared to work hard for the
good things in life he wants it all, now hence his readiness to engage in all manner of shady
get-rich-quick schemes that underline just how much he's departed from his old man's value
system.

Mr. Younger's values can also be seen to live on in the shape of. Her
desire to go to medical school and become a doctor is very much in keeping with the ethos she's
inherited from her father. However, she too ends up departing from his example after Walter
loses the money that would've paid for her education. Once her dreams of making it as a doctor
go up in smoke, Beneatha starts entertaining thoughts of starting over with Asagai in Africa.
Such an exotic fantasy is far removed from the kind...

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