is out with her friends celebrating, and your parents are at the mall with

your little brother doing some last minute birthday shopping, leaving you

home alone. You then hear a knock on th e front door. When you get

there, nobody is there, just an anonymous note taped to the door that says

Happy Birthday, along with a hundred dollar bill. You've been dying to

get that new video game, and your sister will never know. You are faced

with a tough decision, but not a very uncommon one. In both Fences, by

August Wilson, and A Raisin in the Sun, by Lorraine Hansbury, tough

decisions have to be made about getting money from someone else's

misfortune. But money's that important right?

The role of money in people's day-to-day lives is quite amazing

when it's put into perspective. The primary reason most American

Hansbury, the Younger family gets their money when Walter's father dies.

the families. In Fences, the Maxtons used

they aren't wanted. And money is a good thing?

upon money from someone else's misfortune, someone they love. The money

Answering that question is a simple one. Yes, money is a good

are where real happiness comes from, not from little green pieces of

may have made life easier for a brief moment in time, but the novelty soon

ommunity when the "Welcoming Committee" tries to get them not to move in.

emotions. One is the feeling of being the object of racism in their new c

Youngers also buy a house with the money the life insurance gave them.

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Approximate Pages = 2 (250 words per page double spaced)