Walter's quote

1. On p. 143, Walter states, "There ain't no causes - there ain't nothing but taking in this world, and he who takes the most is smartest - and it don't make a damn bit of difference how." Do you think that this is true? Why or why not?

        Walter is saying that the ones who take are smarter and stronger according to the world, not just to himself. The people who take and gain more are in control and have a significant amount of power over those who they have taken from. They are viewed as smarter and stronger by society since they succeeded in taking from other societal groups. 

A Raisin in the Sun and Harlem

I feel that Lorraine Hansberry used the line:"a raisin in the sun" for her title, because the story and the poem are both about crushed dreams. In Langston Hughes' poem, he begins with the topic of sweet things. He ends the poem with words that describe destruction and death. This is how life was for minorities during the time that the play was based. One could go about being a kind and generous person, but the results could blow up in their face if they were considered to be undesirable. This could draw a connection to the Jesus Colon story that we discussed in IHSS. He wanted to help a white woman up the subway steps because her hands were full and she had three kids. He avoided the possible fate that could have befallen him when he decided to not help her because he thought she might have been a racist.