Awake and Sing by Clifford Odet versus A Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine Hansberry

The first reason Ralph's family should have moved to the ranch is because they were able to start a life there. They were able to buy good horses, which almost all ranchers need. They eventually were able to buy a cow. And lastly they succeeded in getting all the essentials for a farm.

Along with the desperation and disorientation for the tragedy, Ralph enlightens and recognizes his flaws slowly at the end of the novel, while he actually gains a priceless lesson from his flaws. Ralph recalls his initial American dream and recognizes that he is too self-centered that he often neglects his family, an essential part of his dream, and employs excessive emphasis on the material world formerly. He, too, gradually understands that the meaning of ‘typical American’ does not base on materialism and individualism. Instead, as a Chinese immigrant, he may combine the best of Chinese and American cultures without discarding his cultural identity and fully adapting to the American culture. Eventually, he succeeds in rebuilding his cultural identity after the reunion and reconnection with the entire family. Ralph’s proper shift of personality and values is implied as he concludes at the end of the novel that ‘America is no America’ (Jen 296), which suggests the inexistence of utopia and marks an end to Ralph’s immoderate arrogance. Ralph no longer cherishes illusions and misconceptions of the corroded dreams such as making money extensively

At the time, Ralph heavily influences the boys and their actions for he resembles “the men with the megaphones” (18). He attempts to create order among the boys with rules, but most of the boys would rather play than follow the rules—for there are no adults to enforce them. With the role of leadership thrust upon him, Ralph has no choice but to stop playing games. His goals are to protect the boys and increase their chances of being rescued; however, the responsibility on Ralph’s shoulders soon begins to weigh him down. As “Ralph [watches the boys], envious and resentful” (75), the obligation to care for everyone on the island is a heavy burden to bear. His role as leader has forced Ralph to forget the joys of being an innocent kid and given him the encumbrance of responsibility, which causes the start of his maturation.

Mama and Walter both desire to provide for their family. They both look at money as success. When the $10,000

Ralph is the main protagonist in the story and he is the leader of the children on the island. Since Ralph was voted leader, he has the characteristics of leadership and he brings civilization and order to the story. Unlike the other boys, Jack and Simon, Ralph’s main focus is to get off the island instead of having fun. For example, Ralph tried constructing huts with Simon; meanwhile, the boys are playing and running off having fun. In the beginning of the story, Ralph’s power with the children was secure; however, towards the end, that power is being transferred to Jack. Ralph represents the

“ “Shut up,” said Ralph absently. He lifted the couch. “Seems to me we ought to have a chief to decide things around here.” (Chapter 1, Page 22) Ralph immediately notices the boys need some leadership his natural choice is to help guide these boys. He, however, lacks this responsibility. He doesn't continue to command respect from the boys. Ralph grows up faster in the book due to Jack. Later Jack breaks the tribe apart with his appealingly savage ways. Jack ended up establishing a hunting tribe. Once the tribe breaks Ralph tries to bring it back together, but since he didn’t have solid leadership skills even though he might have developed some compassion. He tries to convince Jack that he is still in charge and has power over the boys. The changes Ralph undergoes, from self-centered to group centered, doesn't reflect the island as a whole. They are all too elated to abandon the trappings of society.

him, knowing Jack will hurt them. Ralph also makes up his own rules, and he manages to follow them,

Ralph's original society is split because of lack of interest with some of the individuals. They begin to loose faith in themselves, and thus seek fun and fortune. In the end the group seeking a long-term

This proves that Walter is selfish because he only asked his mother about money and only care about his dreams not anybody

Since, Ruth and Walter are so disconnected neither of them feels they can talk to the other without getting upset. The fact that Walter can describe the exact conversation he will have with his wife shows that this is not the first time they have had a conversation regarding dreams and business investments. Later in the day, after the argument with Ruth, Walter explains to Mama that his dreams are driving him crazy. He feels that he can not see a future for himself or his family because he can not provide for the family. Walter goes on to explain that in his mind money is life, money is more than freedom from discrimination and slavery.

When Jack (Id) goes off and makes his own tribe, Ralph wants to have him come back with the rest of the group but he knows because of his personality and the type of person he has become that he won’t be able to get him to come back without having to join his tribe. Ralph understands that everyone needs to be apart of a civilized order to be able to survive. He seems to not to be able to get caught up in the short term pleasures, hunting, and is able to go back to reality and want to get things done that need to get done, the fire and building huts. Ralph’s personality is the only reason why they were able to somewhat survive and get

First of all, originally, Walter didn’t always accept the thought of putting family first. He was a self-absorbed person that wanted his mother to use his deceased father’s money to open up a liquor store. In addition, he loved money more than his family.

At some point or another, everybody has had to deal with trust, whether they are entrusted with the information or item, or they are the ones instilling confidence unto others. In her play moments such as these occur very often, making the telling of the story exceedingly relatable. In the play, the Youngers, or the family of protagonists, face frequent financial difficulty and require all of their family members to be working to aid in providing the money and goods needed for everyday life. Each family member trusts that all of their counterparts are putting in their time in the workplace to aid in family matters, but one day, one of the character named Ruth receives a call from her husband Walter’s employer. In this call, Ruth discovers that Walter has not shown up to work in three days, and instead has been driving out to see the farms and windmills every day, and staying out late drinking every night. Learning this information, Ruth’s trust in her spouse was not as resilient as it once was. Later in the storyline, Walter’s mother entrusts him with six-thousand-five-hundred dollars, partially for his sister’s education and partially for his personal benefit. Walter, in turn, immediately gives the money to his “business partner”, Willy Harris, trusting him to invest it in the liquor store that Walter intends on running. Walter entrusting Willy with his fortune once again shows the theme of faith. Willy, unbeknownst to Walter, then flees with all of his money, including the portion that had been supposed to have been set aside for Walter’s sister, Beneatha. In doing this, Willy loses the trust of Walter, who loses the trust of Beneatha, his mother, and his entire family. In the scene where this occurs Mama says, “you gave it all away in a day?” and strikes Walter across the face, an act the clearly proves that all of her hope and trust

Ralph starts off being blinded by happiness as all he could think about was that there were no adults and was excited for the new freedom. But as time progresses, Ralph realizes that the world isn’t just fun and games. He discovers the true nature of humans as he watches the others descend into savagery. Ralph is exposed of kinds of evil that begin to affect him

He explained to Ralph he had no choice but to go, because the party would come after their family. Ralph understood, however he couldn 't believe he had so little time left with his father. On that final night they had together Ralph’s father told Ralph a story. The story was of a boy much like himself, whose father had also left for war. This boy was given a watch from his father to keep until he got back from war. He explained how the boy looked at the watch every day to see the passing time go by and think that he was one minute closer to reuniting with his father once again. The story went on about how the boy never lost hope, and his father eventually came home. Then they lived happily ever after. Unfortunately, I am reluctant to inform you that Ralph’s story does not end in a happy ending.