A Raisin in the Sun
Book description
"Come to A Raisin in the Sun as you would to any classic. It speaks to us today as it did almost half a century ago." Bonnie Greer In south side Chicago, Walter Lee, a Black chauffeur, dreams of a better life, and hopes to use his father's life insurance…
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After reading this book, I came away with a hard truth. Dreaming alone is not enough.
In this book, we see, in the most poignant, painful terms, what happens to dreams when situations do not allow them to grow and when people are not helped to plan in ways that can make dreams come true. Dreams must be “codified” to workable plans or, like raisins in the sun, they simply dry up.
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