POEM AND STORY ANALYSIS

Poem and Story Analysis

Poem and Story Analysis

"A Raisin In The Sun" is a play written by an African-American playwright - Lorraine Hansberry. It was first produced in 1959. Lorraine Hans berry's work is about a black family in the Chicago's South-Side after the Second World War. The family consisted of Mama (Lena Younger), WalterLee (her son), Ruth (his wife), Travis (their son), and Beneath a (Walters younger sister). The Younger family lived in poor conditions, and can't afford to have better living standards. He shows his anger towards the unacceptance of his "manly" pride in the point of the story when his mother will not give money towards his business interest (Corley 2002). Mama denies him money because she has a deep ingrained pride in her. Most of her pride is from the inherited pride she received from her late husband, Big Walter. She has the good old values of putting your family first, respecting your mother, and father, and respecting the Lord.

She always talked about how her generation won their freedom and was proud to be able to no longer be thought of as slaves. She never seemed to fully understand the type of pride Walter was searching for although she tried. She went as far as going against her belief that the $10,000 shouldn't go towards the liquor store. She ended up giving him this money to boost his "manly" pride, but not before she put a down payment on a new house. Although she was going against her values, she is proud in her family and keeps her faith in them (Corley 2002).

Walter Lee has never wanted anything mere in his life than that$10,000. He tries to reason with his mom to give it to him and tries to convince her that it would be profitable to the family. His mother's "old-fashioned pride" is standing in the way of his "manly" pride (Kamp 2007).

While "The Road Not Taken" by Robert Frost is a poem as stated in its title is about the road not taken, not per say about the one less travelled. There are four stressed syllables per line, varying on an iambic tetrameter base. Frosts' tone and setting help illustrate the struggle a person goes through in their lives to pick the right road to travel. The figurative language used creates an aura of remorse over not being able to travel both roads. The speaker knows that he will second-guess himself somewhere down the line--or at the very least he will wonder at what is lost. The nature of the decision is such that there is no, "right" path, just the chosen one.

The narrator of the poem comes to a point in the woods, where he is forced to choose one of two roads to travel. Both ways are equally worn and equally covered with un-worn leaves. The narrator chooses one, telling himself that he will take the other another day. But he knows it is doubtful that he will have the opportunity ...