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A Raisin in the Sun

“A Raisin in the Sun”
- Use of Space


Liuping Wang
June 17, 2002

Which phrase can express the meaning of “a real life journey”through a story “A Raisin in the Sun”? A real life journey is referred as “use of space”. It is divided into three elements: city, wild, and place. City is a symbolic city, which represents something else rather than the city. Wild is the place where people learn their life lessons. Rural is the final settlement for their life. What is the main message from these three elements?
City is a symbolic city. It is temporary and artificial. The Younger’s family lives in a poor condition, three generations in a small apartment. They do not want to stay in this poor living condition. It is too crowded for their family. They are tired of the small apartment because “They have clearly had to accommodate the living of too many people for too many years- and they are tired” (Madden 286). They share bathroom with another family on the same...

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