A Raisin in the Sun: Act III

1. Why didn’t Beneatha want to be a doctor anymore?
They lost all of the insurance money and she stopped caring if people were cured or not.

2. How did Asagai define “idealists” and “realists”?
Idealists are people who see how the future changes and realists are people who only see life in a circle.

3. What does Asagai ask Beneatha to do?
Asagai asks Beneatha to come back to Africa with him.

4. What fault does Mama find with herself?
She says that she had always set her goals too high and had too high of a mind and had taught Walter to do the same thing.

5. What solution does Walter have?
He is going to take the money from the people who are willing to pay them to not move in.

6. Why didn’t Walter take the money Lindner offered?
He decided to move into the house after all.

7. What metaphorical significance does the small plant have for the Youngers?
It is a small plant that hasn’t started to grow big yet after all this time, but now it has a chance to flourish outside of their old rental house.

A Raisin in the Sun: Act III

1. Why didn’t Beneatha want to be a doctor anymore?
They lost all of the insurance money and she stopped caring if people were cured or not.

2. How did Asagai define “idealists” and “realists”?
Idealists are people who see how the future changes and realists are people who only see life in a circle.

3. What does Asagai ask Beneatha to do?
Asagai asks Beneatha to come back to Africa with him.

4. What fault does Mama find with herself?
She says that she had always set her goals too high and had too high of a mind and had taught Walter to do the same thing.

5. What solution does Walter have?
He is going to take the money from the people who are willing to pay them to not move in.

6. Why didn’t Walter take the money Lindner offered?
He decided to move into the house after all.

7. What metaphorical significance does the small plant have for the Youngers?
It is a small plant that hasn’t started to grow big yet after all this time, but now it has a chance to flourish outside of their old rental house.

1. Why didn’t Beneatha want to be a doctor anymore?
They lost all of the insurance money and she stopped caring if people were cured or not.

2. How did Asagai define “idealists” and “realists”?
Idealists are people who see how the future changes and realists are people who only see life in a circle.

3. What does Asagai ask Beneatha to do?
Asagai asks Beneatha to come back to Africa with him.

4. What fault does Mama find with herself?
She says that she had always set her goals too high and had too high of a mind and had taught Walter to do the same thing.

5. What solution does Walter have?
He is going to take the money from the people who are willing to pay them to not move in.

6. Why didn’t Walter take the money Lindner offered?
He decided to move into the house after all.

7. What metaphorical significance does the small plant have for the Youngers?
It is a small plant that hasn’t started to grow big yet after all this time, but now it has a chance to flourish outside of their old rental house.

Car Crash

Woof woof ruff bark growl.

*KABOOM*

“Ruh roh raggy. Re rots in a rar raccident!!
Raggy? Ran you rear re?”

Woof woof woof. GRRRRRRRRRR.
Owwww. Howl. Whine, whine, whine. Woof woof woof.

*licks owner’s hand*
*jumps out of smashed car*

Woof woof. Woof?

Ruff ruff ruff. Bowowowwowowowowowowow.
Woof woof? WooooOOOOOOooooOOOooof!!

*runs to get ambulance*

“Woof woof.”
“What’s that doggy? someone is hurt???”
“Woof.”
“Ok lead me to the scene!”
“Ruff ruff.”

*At the scene of the crash*

“Ok everyone stay calm I am going to get you out of the cars.”
“Woof woof.”

*Later after everyone is ok*

“You guys better be thankful that the lil’ doggy was here to save you..”
“Oh we are!”
“Woof!”

Woof woof woof. Ruff ruff bark. Bowowow. Woof.

Re Rend.

Raisin in the Sun A1-S1

1. Why did Walter ask Ruth what was wrong with her?
Ruth was being extra grumpy that morning and telling Walter that she didn’t want to hear him go on about money.

2. Why was Ruth upset when Walter gave Travis the money?
She was upset because she didn’t think that he should have it, when they need all the money they can get.

3. Who are Willy and Bobo?
The two men that Walter partnered with to buy the liquor store.

4. Walter said, “Damn my eggs . . . damn all the eggs that ever was!” Why?
He said that because he was annoyed that his wife wasn’t even listening to him, she was just telling him to eat.

5. Who is Beneatha?
Beneatha is Walter’s sister.

6. Why was Mama getting a check for $10,000?
She was getting a check for the life insurance because her husband died.

7. Why did Beneatha say she wouldn’t marry George?
She says that George is too shallow.

8. What was Beneatha’s attitude towards God?
She said that God hasn’t done anything for her so why should she believe in him.

9. What happened to Ruth at the end of Act I Scene One?
She passes out because she is pregnant.

Power Quote

Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely. Great men are almost always bad men.
Lord Acton

I disagree with this quote by Lord Acton. Whoever this Lord Acton guy is, he has a very strange definition of the word ‘great’. A lot of our founding fathers were great men; they were also good men. I really have no idea what he means in this quote. I cannot think of a single great man who was a bad man. Hitler was not a great man, Stalin was not a great man, Mao was not a great man. They were tyrannical unfair leaders, but if that is what defines great, then why don’t we just stop caring and instead let those people take over our governments and destroy our world. If there are two presidential candidates, and one is a bad person, why would anyone give them power? Why would anyone make them great? They would not. The other candidate would win and become great. That is the point of voting. Now if there are two more presidential candidates, except these two are both evil, and one gets voted into office, that still does not make him great. It just makes him an evil man in office, which will most likely lead to impeachment. Celebrities are most often times, really horrible people. Just because they are in a movie or two does not make them great people. If they wanted to be great, they would spend their money helping people instead of on themselves. And I mean actually helping people from their heart, not just giving to charity or something because it will make them look like good people. They actually need to be good people. Now I know that no one is perfect, but you do not need to be perfect in order to be great, you just need to accept and strive to improve those imperfections.

48 laws to power

I believe that the 48 laws do in fact work in order to gain power. Or, they should work, but they may just look good on paper and not work at all in real life. Some people believe that ‘what goes around comes around,’ saying that if you are a good person, good will come to you. These 48 laws contradict that completely. They rely on bluff and trickery, something that can make or break you.

Macbeth

What advice do you have for Macbeth? Should he kill the king? How?
I do not think Macbeth should kill the king. His life is already good, he does not need to end someone else’s just to make his a little bit better.

Can he/can anyone be successful without hurting other people?
I think people can be successful without hurting other people. Good things come to those who wait. The meek shall inherit the earth. etc.

Shakespeare.. why teach it?

Why do we teach Macbeth and Shakespeare at all?

Shakespeare is taught in schools because he was a great writer/poet and we can all learn good writing techniques from him and his work.

What are your experiences learning Shakespeare?

The only time I have studied Shakespeare is last year when we read and studied Romeo & Juliet in 9th grade English.

What worked and what didn’t?

It was fun to do little sketches of the book in class, and we got to watch like 3 movies so that was really good.

About those vending machines..

Dear Principal Dunbar,

I believe that soda pop and candy should not be removed from the school vending machines. Nutritionists and parents should not be the ones to decide what snacks we have at our school. They should offer snacks that kids want.

If good snacks and removed and replaced by “healthy” snacks, then the school will make no money off of the vending machines. No one is going to buy broccoli and carrot sticks from a vending machine. Replacing the good snacks is a waste of time. You would be better off just removing the vending machines altogether, or better yet, keep the original snacks.

Switching the current snacks with healthy snacks is simply pointless. I don’t think eating some carrot sticks instead of Funyuns will really do anything great for our bodies. It’s not like all we eat is from the vending machines. We have regular balanced meals too. Vending machines are just for providing good tasting snacks for someone who just wants something to eat. We students are not replacing our meals with Chips Ahoy cookies.

Therefore, I believe that the current vending machine snacks should be kept and not replaced with “healthy” counterparts.

Sincerely,
Ryan