In life we are filled with many decisions, some may be abrupt while others are calculated. Making the right decision is the most challenging thing that we may ever be compelled to undertake in life. Psychology tells us that decision-making is the process of analyzing and deciding alternatives based strictly on beliefs, values, and preferences of the decision-maker. Our decisions are consequently what dictates our types of living conditions and can expand as far as determining our own health or the health of our families. In Lorraine Hansberry’s story A Raisin In The Sun the fictional character from the book, Mama, decides to use the insurance money she received from the loss of her husband to move out of her current neighborhood to move …show more content…
Socioeconomic status can encompass quality of life attributes as well as the opportunities and privileges afforded to people within society. Poverty, specifically, is not a single factor, but rather is characterized by multiple physical and psychosocial stresses. Further, SES is a consistent and reliable predictor of a vast array of outcomes across the life span, including physical and psychological health. Thus, SES is relevant to all realms of behavioral and social science, including research, practice, education and advocacy.”
With this in mind, moving to an improved neighborhood would help affect distinct aspects of the family’s life especially the new born baby of Ruth and Walter as well as their son Travis. During a conversation between Mama and Travis, Mama mentions to Travis that she has used a portion of the money to buy a house and that one day that house will be his when comes of age. Once this was overheard by Travis’s mother just the thought of moving to another home from their current location had been enough to instill joy and excitement into Ruth’s heart. This scene shows us just how much of an impact their current environment has over their lives and how just the word of a change to the scenery is enough to improve to the mood of these characters.
Other times within the story Walter has shown signs
Socio-economic class or socio-economic status (SES) may refer to mixture of various factors such as poverty, occupation and environment. It is a way of measuring the standard and quality of life of individuals and families in society using social and economic factors that affect health and wellbeing ( Giddens and Sutton, 2013). Cockerham (2007 p75) argues: ‘Social class or socioeconomic status (SES) is the strongest predictor of health, disease causation and longevity in medical sociology.’ Research in the 1990s, (Drever and Whitehead, 1997) found out that people in higher SES are generally healthier, and live longer than those in lower SES.
The fight for justice is not always unequivocal or favorable, sometimes justice is given by means that do not seem fair at all. William Styron says in a novel that life “is a search for justice.” It is blatant that throughout Khaled Hosseini's novel, A Thousand Splendid Suns, female characters are continuously battered with injustices. Hosseini hones into the oppression of women and the fight for women empowerment through the life of one of his main characters, Mariam. Her journey is shown throughout the novel where she struggles to search for and understand justice.
Poverty is the single largest determinant of health. It has a widespread range of negative effects, both on the physical and the mental level, making it a significant public health concern in many countries. Poorer people tend to live shorter lives because there’s a clear correlation between income and access to healthcare. This disparity draws special attention to the significant sensitivity of health and the social environment.
The Raisin in the Sun is about an African American family who live in Southside Chicago in the 1950’s. In that time period, African American families typically didn’t have nice houses, good jobs, or a lot of money. The family of five in the book live in a two-bedroom apartment with a bathroom that’s down the hallway that they have to share with other families in the building. This causes a lot of tension and issues since they can never really get away from one another. These issues help develop some of the plot in The Raisin in the Sun and develops some of the character’s personalities and how significant they are in the play. Most of the characters in A Raisin in the Sun By Lorriane Hansberry that make influence in the story. The two
In Lorraine's Hansberry A Raisin In The Sun. Walter wants to make money to support his family. He wants money because he thinks it makes him a “man”. How ever when his money is stolen, Walter’s perceptions of manhood shifts from valuing wealth and power to valuing family and pride.
Lorraine Hansberry’s “A Raisin in the Sun” touches on many issues African Americans faced in the early to mid-twentieth century. One can analyze Hansberry’s “A Raisin in the Sun” from many angles, and come away with different meanings. While Michelle Gordon focuses more on segregation and housing discrimination that plagued African Americans on Chicago’s Southside in Hansberry’s “A Raisin in the Sun”, William Murray emphasizes on Southern Pride and heritage. This paper will show contrasting views from Murray and Gordon in their critique of
While Watchman and Raisin come from different backgrounds they are similar because they take place during the same time period that deals with gender roles and family. During this time in the 1950’s it was not usual for the women to stay home and the men be the head of the house. Although when times were rough family is always there for support.
In the play “A Raisin in the Sun” written by Lorraine Hansberry, she is able to take us to place to see what it was like for an African American family to survive in the mid-twentieth century. The play details how the main characters are going through an evolving social and economic position, as well as the evolving gender roles. Hansberry uses the characterization of Beneatha, Ruth, and Walter in order to show the expectations and assigned gender roles for the characters in the story. In short, Beneatha is depicted as a woman who is challenging gender norms and expectations upheld by her family, whereas Ruth is seen as an example of a submissive housewife fulfilling her expected duties. Using “A Raisin in the Sun,” as well as “Marxists
In A Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine Hansberry, Walter Younger wants to be a “real man”. His dream is to become successful in business and make his family rich. However, when all his money is stolen, he becomes very pessimistic, abandoning the ideas of morality and dignity. At the end of the play, his son Travis inspires him to value his family’s pride over materialism. Over the course of the play, Walter’s view of manhood changes from someone wealthy and successful to a person who has pride and believes in human dignity.
One of the families that lived in the neighborhood, the Lindners made a deal that if they left the neighborhood they would give the Younger family money. This was a decision that needed to be smart, they needed money because of Walters problem but they needed a house and they didn't care where it was. The house was better than the apartment and it achieved her dream which is what she wanted. Buying the house was very important for mama because it helped everyone be in a better place and it shows they can be in a good lifestyle even if everyone around them doesn’t like
This essay will discuss ways in which a person’s socioeconomic class and his/her social situation can have an impact on his/her health, using examples. We believe that there is a direct link between socioeconomic/social class and health (Adler et al. 1994). I will be defining the key terms: socioeconomic and health, social class then proceed to discuss about how poverty, income, employability, environment and housing can impact on a person’s social situation and their health.
Sun Valley is in jeopardy. An age old debt has come due and the residents are in danger of losing their home. This weighs heavily on Valerie Rousseau’s mind. She was sent to Sun Valley by a company, interested in buying up the land.
In the beginning of the play, Ruth woke up first, and wake Walter up to go to work, and Travis to go to school in the morning, and prepare breakfast for them. In fact, “She is tired of working as a domestic and of raising a child and maintaining a marriage a small apartment, which is shared with her husband’s mother and sister.” (Harris) Ruth wants to escape in her realities; live in the small apartment, and poverty in the Chicago. However, she does not want to be a great success, just wants to live ordinary with her family. Therefore, she keeps pressure Walter go to work for
The Youngers live in a small, rundown apartment in Chicago. Travis, who is Walter’s son, sleeps on a couch, and other family members have to share rooms in the apartment. Walter, who is Mama’s son, grew up in the apartment. In the play, Mama wants to use the money the family inherited to buy a new house in a white neighborhood. She thinks this neighborhood would be better for her family, and her family would be able to live in their own house and not an apartment. As Mama told Walter, “ Walter Lee- it makes a difference in a man when he can walk on floors that belong to him” (II.I.92). Mama is most interested in using the money the family inherits for the benefit of the family as opposed to her personal needs.
Socioeconomic status is a predictive measure of health that has been widely used in the literature (Kroenke, 2008). It