ESSAY QUESTIONS
1. Each of the characters in the Younger
family has a particular individual dream. One wants to move to a bigger home,
one wants to attend medical school, one wants to rise above his conditions
though does not necessarily have a plan to do so. Write an essay in
which you compare and contrast the functions of dreams in A Raisin
in the Sun. Consider whether there was a way to make each
individual dream compatible with others’ dreams. If so, explain why the
characters did not identify this alternative. Use examples from the texts along
with 2 outside sources to support your thesis.
ESSAY INSTRUCTIONS: Please kindly follow
the detailed instruction as stated below.
3 PAGES, DOUBLE SPACED, SIZE 12 TIMES
NEW ROMAN
USE TWO OUTSIDE SOURCES (NOT INCLUDING THE TEXT!) AND QUOTE THE PRIMARY TEXTS AS WELL.
USE THE EXAMPLE PAPER HANDOUT FOR MLA GUIDELINES!!
Refer to the class blog for outside source info: https://eng215summerone2022.blogspot.com/
Pick ONE of the essay topics below for your
paper.
A Raisin in the Sun
Your
introduction should include:
1) Title
and authors of primary (stories we have read in class) texts
• Your
thesis (Which depends on the question you write about from above)
• Never
end a paragraph with a quote.
• Cite
outside sources within in your text; if it appears on your works cited page it
has to be used in the paper (direct quotes or paraphrasing).
• Always
keep in mind: is this quote proving and supporting my thesis? If not, do not
use it!
• WITHOUT
A WORKS CITED PAGE OR OUTSIDE SOURCES THE
PAPER WILL
FAIL
Citing
dialogue between two characters–
Early on in
the play “A Raisin in the Sun,” Walter explodes when Ruth refuses to
listen to
his ideas:
RUTH. Eat
your eggs, Walter.
WALTER.
(Slams the table and jumps up) –DAMN MY EGGS–DAMN ALL THE
EGGS THAT
EVER WAS!
RUTH. Then
go to work.
WALTER.
(Looking up at her) See–I’m trying to talk to you ‘bout
myself–(Shaking
his head with the repetition) –and all you can say is
eat them eggs
and go to work. (34)