Dallas has been troubling his whole life. He 's known for being a delinquent and causing trouble where ever he goes. His pals Ponyboy and Johnny were young men that looked up to Dallas as a role model. If there was any conflict or concern about something the boys would come to Dallas for advice, as the tough guy personality and their…
Tre’s father seemed to do well in teaching him how to become a responsible young man. We are taught, through word of mouth, that he has a job, a car, a girlfriend and plans to attend college. Ricky, Darrin’s football obsessed half-brother and favored by their mother, is a star high school athlete with a fantastic chance at receiving a collegiate scholarship. Academically, he is not the strongest, and lives at his mother’s house with his girlfriend and infant son. Chris, who is wheelchair bound from a gunshot wound, and Darrin, who is constantly in and out of jail, are now a part of the Crenshaw Crip gang.…
Walter is Ruth’s husband and the father to Travis. Walter’s personality could be described as ungrateful, immature, and irresponsible. Walter shows he is ungrateful when he gets upset at Mama for buying the house for the family, when she was only trying to help. Walter tells Mama, “So you butchered up a dream of mine-you-who always talking ‘bout your children’s dreams…”. Stage directions shows he is immature by stating, “Walter comes in during this performance; he has obviously been drinking.…
Travis will see his father go through with this deal in order to get money, and think that money is the most valuable thing in life. It’s in this moment that Walter himself realizes that this is not true. Money is not the most important thing in life, family is. By selling this house, he was hurting his family. Hurting his family meant hurting the most important thing in his life.…
Legitimacy is defined as the lawfulness or authenticity of something. Nowadays in society, Legitimacy is not matter at all whether an individual is legitimate or not because others define us in their own way depending on the way we act towards them. People are identified as legitimate by their language, race, ethnicity, religion, culture, behavior. Two ways people are identified, one is by self and by others. We use various markers of status to create a legitimate identity for ourselves such as journal, article, social media, protesting.…
Now! Yelled Barry. Next thing I knew I was running at top speed and Matt was on my tail. 10 meters, 5 meters in less than a second I passed the finish line with matt two steps behind. “Yess I won!!…
Walter wasn’t ready to bring himself to act so shameful in front of his own son mainly because he cannot bring himself to let go of the remaining dignity he had. Travis had a bif impact in Walters change in the play because it showed Walter the example he was leaving for his son and he didn’t wanted Travis to turn out to be like him. Walter thought about his son's, wife's, sister’s, and mother‘s life in the beginning of the play he did all the wrong things for his family. Now, he matured in a selfless way through the challenges he faced in the hard times he had. Walter finds his self respect and changed into a respectful man and learned from mistakes…
Travis Younger asks his mother for 50 cents to take to school and the mother tells Travis they don’t have the money to spare, when Walter Lee finds this out he is upset and says: “What you tell the boy things like the for?” (A Raisin in the Sun, page 980-981) He tries so hard to get rid of his guilt that he ends up losing all the money the family had from the life insurance, “Yessss! All of it… It’s all gone…”…
Growing up in a family with immigrant parents was not easy. Watching my parents freeze up every time a police officer pulled up next to them was anything but pleasurable. It was an anxiety felt by the whole family not just my parents. My parents, brother, and I endured many of these times throughout the years I’ve been growing up. Even though these were unfortunate moments, we all learned positive things from them.…
In Raisin in the Sun, Travis is depicted as not much of a spoiled child although some of his behaviours create the view that he is spoiled. An example is when he protests in Act I, scene I, that he will get fifty cents from his grandmother if his mother refuses to give him “I don’t ask her, she just gimme it sometimes” (613). However, the other side of Travis, which also portrays his side of the American dream, is the willingness to bag groceries at a local store in order to make money. Travis is striving for independence.…
Sadly, he gives into the hard life of living in the ghetto and eventually succumbs to violence, crime, and alcohol that have all been made possible by the environment which he lives in. Unlike his half-brother, he does not seem to harbor any strong feelings of a bright future or college education. Living the coveted American Dream has been left to Ricky – or so it seems. However, despite all these, Dough still maintains a strong code of honor and sense of pride. As for Tre, his life is a little different from Ricky’s and Dough’s.…
Although my mother and I have had countless conversations about her previous life experiences, I was surprised at how much I did not know prior to this interview. I had never thought to ask her about what networks and resources she used to adjust to her new lifestyle in the United States. Our conversation made me realize the importance of friends, family and professionals to shape her as an immigrant parent. Growing up, she was not only a mother but a mentor to me—she supported me endlessly and helped me overcome my challenges as an adolescent. Her story begins with her life in South Korea.…
Travis is taking a while in the bathroom and Walter suggests that Travis wakes up earlier so other people could use the bathroom as well. “It ain’t his fault that he can’t get to bed no earlier nights ‘cause he got s bunch of crazy good-for-nothing clowns sitting up running their mouths in what’s supposed to be his bedroom at ten o’clock at night” (553). Ruth is annoyed of Walter that…
cultures divergence, different languages, and different laws are the main problem for being an immigrant or emigrate in any other country. It is not a simple thing, but as soon you become a migrate you have the deal or accept real life obstacle you might encounter. Before I came to the United States I heard people talk about U.S a lot. People were saying the USA is a paradise. when I heard about united states is a paradise in my head I said I need to come to this country to see the paradise and leave in it.…
The Journey Of An Immigrant We all have a common goal in life to better ourselves and progress not to stay stuck in the same place for the rest of your life to have a future. In Mexico is hard to progress when you come from a small house with 6 siblings and a poor upbringing with an alcoholic and abusive mom while dad does everything to feed 8 kids - this why I took to journey to America. He was the youngest out the six his older brother in America doing great his house and a car with money that is all he taught during his childhood. So right After high school with the money he had been saving he bought a coyote august 10 he had to say goodbye to the little ranch that shaped who he has and to his family and friends leaving everything behind…