Amanda Jobes

A RAISIN IN THE SUN

• Blacks and whites didn’t have the same opportunity to obtain jobs.

• Blacks not allowed to work some jobs

• Whites were paid more

• The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

- all must have equal job opportunities

• Walter was a chauffer- complained about it- not the highest pay

• Bennie wanted to be a doctor

- A lot of women didn’t have jobs

- most would just go for nursing

EMPLOYMENT

• Black male

- baffoon-ish

- violent/threatening

- sexually menacing• Black female

- fat

- pitch black

- desexualized

Black children

- undesirable

-ruffians

- street urchins

• Walter

- not sexually menacing

- not that violent• Mama/Ruth/Bennie

- not fat

- not desexualized• Travis

- not a ruffian

- no street urchin

STEREOTYPES

• My family is mostly Italian

- we eat a lot of food

- everything is always home cooked

- my grandparents speak Italian• April 25 is Festa della Liberazione

- celebration of liberation of Italy in WWII

- huge dinner• I’m proud of my culture

- I’ve been introduced to a lot of food

- I’ve learned a little Italian

MY CULTURE

Biscotti & pizzelles.

• Go to college

- I desire an education

- easier to get jobs

- more respect for myself• Be a writer

- either author or journalist

- I’ve always loved writing

- one of the few things I’m good at• Move to Colorado

- breathtakingly beautiful winters

- not too hot, not too cold

MY OWN DREAMS

Linking to the Play:My Dreams• Some dreams are hard to obtain

-becoming a writer is harder than it seems.

- Bennie wanted to be a doctor and everyone said she couldn’t do it.• Dreams take a lot of work to

achieve- study hard in college- a lot of writing- raising money to be able

to move- Bennie was tight on

money and still went to medical school• Sometimes they don’t come true

- being a writer is a long shot

- Walter never achieved his dream of being apart of a liquor store

• Everyone has the right to a happy life• No one should be looked down on due

to:- race, gender, religion, etc.

• All people should be given the same opportunities

• Skin is just a color.

WHAT I’VE LEARNED