Dreams in Poverty
Today in the U.S.A. alone, some 29.9% of female-headed households live in poverty. In a home where chores are nothing but your everyday routine, and going to work means putting food on the table, you sometimes find little or no time to dream, or think about what it is you want to do with your life. Today, dreams are common in many poverty stricken homes, mostly because the person wants to get out the poverty scene, and into a less stressful environment. In the poems "The Tenement Room: Chicago" by Frank Marshall, "Kitchenette Building" by Gwendolyn Brooks, and the play "Raisin in the Sun" by Lorraine Hansberry, poverty and dreams are both very apparent in the authors eyes. I believe that the "Tenement Room: Chicago", "Kitchenette Building" and "Raisin in the Sun" are three completely different views from three ve
In summary, the two poems and the play were all alike in the fact that they all shared poverty, but still were different with their ability to dream. I would say that the two poems and the play are defined under three levels. The first being hopeless, or dreamless, which would describe "The Tenement Room: Chicago". Next would be that dreams are present, but not expected, which would represent "Kitchenette Building". The Final level would consist of "Raisin in the Sun", with it receiving the highest amount of dreams and expectation of the dreams to come true. Overall, I believe that in so many ways these poems are different, but are in so many ways the same, but overall only share one thing, Poverty. Secondly, I would like to compare "Raisin in the Sun" to the examples I have given from "the Tenement Room: Chicago" and "Kitchenet
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