"Fences" Response

In this 1950's play, a family in Pittsburgh has some tension between the members involving sports. Troy, the 53-year old father, claims to be born at the wrong time because he was unable to MLA baseball. At the time when he wanted to play in the major league, he was unable to because of his race. By the time when African Americans could play, Troy was too old. The tension in this family is caused by Troy's frustration and jealousy of his son, Cory. Cory has many college recruiters looking at him to play football. Although he has a good chance of getting a scholarship to play, Troy refuses to let Cory play because he was unable to play baseball when he wanted to. A scholarship to play football in college would enable Cory to have a great future.

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Because of this tension, Troy ends up pushing everyone away and gets in to a huge fight with his son. After the fight Cory packs up and leaves and around 8 years later, Troy died. At his funeral, Troy sings and starts to forgive his father for everything in the past.

"A Raisin in the Sun" Response

Lorraine Hansberry's "A Raisin in the Sun" is a 1950's story about a lower class African American family living in the South side of Chicago. After the passing of the family's husband, Mama receives a $10,000 insurance check. Each member of the family has their own idea of how they want to spend the check. Mama wants to use the money to buy a new house, Walter Lee wants to invest in a liquor store, and Beneatha wants to use the money to pay for medical school. To Mama, the check represents her husband’s lifelong hard work. All of their different ideas for the check are their interpretations of what is best for the family.

"A Doll's House" Response

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After watching the final scene, my emotional response to Nora and Torvald has changed.