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A Raisin in the Sun, compare mama's check...?
Hey can someone help me start this stupid A Raisin in the Sun essay? I just need a few ideas to get me started. =) thankss.
Martin Luther King, Jr., said "So we have come to cash this check. A check that will give us the riches of freedom and the security of justice." Mama had a check for $10,000. Compare Mama's literal check to Dr. King's figurative check.
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"But one hundred years later, the ***** still is not free. One hundred years later, the life of the ***** is still sadly crippled by the manacles of segregation and the chains of discrimination. One hundred years later, the ***** lives on a lonely island of poverty in the midst of a vast ocean of material prosperity. One hundred years later, the ***** is still languished in the corners of American society and finds himself an exile in his own land. And so we've come here today to dramatize a shameful condition.
In a sense we've come to our nation's capital to cash a check. When the architects of our republic wrote the magnificent words of the Constitution and the Declaration of Independence, they were signing a promissory note to which every American was to fall heir. This note was a promise that all men, yes, black men as well as white men, would be guaranteed the "unalienable Rights" of "Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness"
was to fall heir. This note was a promise that all men, yes, black men as well as white men, would be guaranteed the "unalienable Rights" of "Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness." It is obvious today that America has defaulted on this promissory note, insofar as her citizens of color are concerned. Instead of honoring this sacred obligation, America has given the ***** people a bad check, a check which has come back marked "insuffic
lol it bleeped the word "n e g r o"
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- ?Lv 71 decade agoFavorite Answer
you do realize that you are posting this literature question in the Trivia section right? you'll get a lot more answers if you resubmit it to the homework help category
- 5 years ago
Mama's plant symobolizes Mama's dreams. The mockinbird represents innocence. It is a sin to kill a Mockingbird because they have never done anything negative, only made pleasant music. So in the book, Tom Robinson is the innocent mockingbird because he did nothing wrong, but was killed. Atticus also tells Jem that he cannot shoot a Mockingbird due to their innocence. Hope this helps! :)