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This job discusses what you learned about ONE of the characters in A Raisin in the Sun from the dialogue or actions of one of the other characters in the play.

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Characters in A Raisin in the Sun are assessed.

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First of all, you might discuss what you learned about Walter Lee from both dialogue and his actions in the play. His character is static, always changing as the plot unveils.

For example, he is initially selfish, arrogant, and a big dreamer. He was totally obsessed with the American Dream, as he asserts to Travis, his son, "You wouldn't understand yet, son, but your daddy's gonna make a transaction . . . a business transaction that's going to ...

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