What It Takes to Have Your American Dream... ?

Harlem Renaissance:
      The Harlem Renaissance was during the 1900's in Harlem, New York City. Renaissance means rebirth. After the war African Americans were free, so they had to find their identities. Many African Americans started using art; such as poems, essays, music, drama and etc.

Mama's Plant in A Raisin in the Sun
      In A Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine Hansberry Mama's plant symbolizes Mama's hope for life and their future. Mama takes care of that plant and nurtures it like it is one of her children. She wants the plant to go with the family to the new house. She thinks it will survive with its poor soil and will become better soil. At the end of the play the family moves into a beautiful house. So Mama believes it was the plant, it was her hope.

The American Dream
      The theme the American Dream relates to A Raisin in the Sun because in the story many of the characters had different American Dreams they wanted to achieve. Things in the beginning were falling a part and weren't going as planned. They had to go through some struggles and obstacles but in the end the ended up with their American Dream. They moved into a better house together as a family. Another text that relates to the American Dream is Of Mice and Men. The two main characters Lennie and George American Dream is to own their own land and have their own farm. During that process they had some struggles, conflicts with others and some deaths. They had to do things they didn't want to, but they wanted to own their own so they stuck by it. By the end even though one of the characters, Lennie was caught in some mess and was killed. George continued with what he needed to do for the both of them, even though he was dead.

Short Term Goal
      One short term goal I can set myself up by the end of this marking period is to pick up my school work slack. I want to get my grades up so I am able to be one honor roll or higher again.