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Question Hello
Hopefully, you can direct me today. I have been working on
my first two paragraphs of a character analysis based on A
Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine Hansberry.
Can you help me check the grammar and also if I am on the
right track. Above the paper, is a guideline that I should
consider. I am using 3rd person.
DIRECTIONS: CHARACTER ANALYSIS OF WALTER LEE YOUNGER
Writing About Character ---
Introduction
1. Organization around central traits or major
characteristics
2. Organization around a characters growth or change.
3. Organization around central incidents, objects, or
quotations that reveal primary characteristics, bring them
out, or cause them.
4. Organization around qualities of a flat character or
characters.
Conclusion
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Walter Lee Younger
Essentially, Lorraine Hansberry’s A Raisin in the Sun
focuses on the story of Walter Lee Younger. Passionate,
ambitious, and bursting with the energy of his dreams,
Walter Lee is a desperate uneducated man, shackled by
poverty and prejudice, and obsessed with a dream, later
reality, which he thinks will solve all of his economic and
social problems: investing in his liquor store. Like his
father, Walter Lee always wanted the best for himself and
his family, no matter what it took. Thus, he risks it all
to invest the money (inheritance) in a liquor store. In
doing so of this unstable business, he wants to prove that
he is capable of making a future for his family. By doing
well in business, Walter thinks that he can buy his family
happiness. He believes that through his business idea, he
will suddenly accumulate all the money he will ever need as
well as improve his social status and will be looked upon
by others. Yet, he is building his supposedly well thought
out plan of investing money in a liquor store into his very
own infatuation.
After countless hours of deliberation and thought, the
Youngers’ concluded to purchase a house in the “all- white”
Clybourne Park. Perceptibly, the move was not welcomed and
furthermore, the white neighbors insisted on making the
family leave. Walter was enraged with this and proclaimed
that he had every right to live in the neighborhood,
regardless of the color of his skin. He refused to be
unwanted by society because of his race and the meager
amount of money in his pocket. From this example, readers
are made aware of Walter’s continuous pride and strength.
Although Walter is blinded by his poor management, Walter
insists on thriving as the chief of the family. Moreover,
he expects his family to follow his lead with trust and
faith. Yet when his family fails to do so, he becomes
quickly angered towards the unacceptance of his “manly”
pride.
Thank you.
Answer Stephanie,
If you have a very specific question about your paper, I'd be happy to answer it. However, this forum is not for asking people to "check" your grammar and make sure you're on the right track. That's what your teacher is for!
