“Because I trust in the ever-changing climate of the heart. (At least, today I feel that way.) I think it is necessary to have many experiences for the sake of feeling something; for the sake of being challenged, and for the sake of being expressive, to offer something to someone else, to learn what we are capable of.” - Jason Mraz. Clearly, the message being conveyed here is an idea that one should go through multiple understandings of many different occurrences, different kinds of happenings that can shape their lives, to properly figure out how to truly express themselves. On the other hand, if one does not achieve those experiences, they may never truly express themselves. Logically, as person living in a 1950s society, with general gender
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Of course, the city of Chicago in the 1950s, exists as no exception to any of these faults. Far back, about fourteen to fifteen years before 1964 and the Civil Rights Act that ended segregation, an ominous, bleak time in which African Americans were treated with inequality and with heavy bias, barring them from a successful and fulfilled life . Easily, the most concerning topic of the 1950s, is indefinitely the segregation and the heavy prejudice that the African American people endured over the many long years of servitude, pain, and depravity at the hands of the white-skinned people of America. Segregation, although equally as important, another contender just as equally degrading, abusive, and most of all unjust: gender stereotypes, particularly in women of that time. Shockingly, women could do almost absolutely nothing against these preset beliefs, which made studying and searching for occupations, other than housekeeping, extremely difficult, preventing them from standing on their own two legs. Furthermore, another common problem in the 1950s would be the educational system, as it would be the 1950s, in which education, in regards to African American students, were considered to be unequal, and because of these exceedingly lackluster learning possibilities presented to African American students left them with not many choices to succeed. As a result, many monetary situations of the African Americans could be described no less than poverty. With a setting in place, one can now appropriately comprehend the contents of the book A Raisin in the Sun, with a proper understanding of the time and setting of the
Of course, the city of Chicago in the 1950s, exists as no exception to any of these faults. Far back, about fourteen to fifteen years before 1964 and the Civil Rights Act that ended segregation, an ominous, bleak time in which African Americans were treated with inequality and with heavy bias, barring them from a successful and fulfilled life . Easily, the most concerning topic of the 1950s, is indefinitely the segregation and the heavy prejudice that the African American people endured over the many long years of servitude, pain, and depravity at the hands of the white-skinned people of America. Segregation, although equally as important, another contender just as equally degrading, abusive, and most of all unjust: gender stereotypes, particularly in women of that time. Shockingly, women could do almost absolutely nothing against these preset beliefs, which made studying and searching for occupations, other than housekeeping, extremely difficult, preventing them from standing on their own two legs. Furthermore, another common problem in the 1950s would be the educational system, as it would be the 1950s, in which education, in regards to African American students, were considered to be unequal, and because of these exceedingly lackluster learning possibilities presented to African American students left them with not many choices to succeed. As a result, many monetary situations of the African Americans could be described no less than poverty. With a setting in place, one can now appropriately comprehend the contents of the book A Raisin in the Sun, with a proper understanding of the time and setting of the