Reflection on My Antonio, A Raisin in the Sun, and Race, Justice, and the Promise of the Founding

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The Great Books Final Essay
A great piece of writing is a piece of literature that stands the test of time and always invoke its readers to be creative thinkers to understand the intended meaning. Accordingly, time can be as short as 20 years or as long as a thousand years, provided the work has been used, analyzed, criticized, tested, and still maintains its relevance. Further, great writing has a global appeal that influences leaders through the integration of themes relevant to the tradition and contemporary world without losing its original taste. Additionally, good work inspires other upcoming authors, and their style can be traced back to the original authors. Thus, this paper will focus on the Great Books that inspired literature and encouraged readers to think creatively and vividly to understand the author's original message. In addition, this paper will examine how Raisin in the sun, My Antonia, and Race, Justice, and the Promise of the Founding widened my imagination and deepened my soul.
A Raisin in the Sun By Lorraine Hansberry
A Raisin in the Sun is a play written by Lorraine Hansberry; this novel depicts a black family's pursuit to find liberty, freedom, and happiness for all and sundry. A critical analysis of the theme and characters of the play reveals that in the space, all characters pursue their notion of freedom and equality, and all get their respective setback. Therefore, the theater manager Leskowitz claims that just like Death of a Salesman and Love in the City, the characters of this play also seek to accomplish their ideals of American dreams and represent the highly idealistic American families of the 1950s. The struggle of all the major characters of the play: Walter Younger, Beneatha Younger, and Lena Younger, is the manifestation of the troublesome journey of a black family toward social and material equality. All characters try to utilize the 10000-dollar insurance money for Mr. Younger's death in their way, and their clash of interests marks their struggle to accomplish their American dream. This play embodies the notion of drying up dreams like a raisin, as expressed in Langston Hughes' poem "A Dream Deferred. "
Hansberry's choice of work and use of imagery triggers the reader to be. For instance, That was a long time ago. Now the once-loved pattern of the couch upholstery has to fight to show itself from under the acres of crochet doilies and couch covers which have themselves finally come to be more important than the upholstery ( Hansberry, 23). In addition, the book takes us through time to understand the struggles of black people and how hard it was for them to survive during the civil movement wars. Further, the book deepens my soul by making me understand and appreciate the modern world where individuals can afford basic needs and where health is almost universal.
Race, Justice, and the Promise of the Founding
In Frederick Douglass's America: Race, Justice, and the Promise of the Founding, Peter C. Myers argues that the great cause of Douglass's life was integration and his great theme was hopefulness in America's capacity to secure justice for all, irrespective of race, color, sex, or creed. During the time of the civil rights drift, even thou...