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3 years ago
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Read this excerpt from A Raisin in the Sun: WALTER. What's the matter with you all! I didn't make this world! It was give to me

this way! Hell, yes, I want me some yachts someday! Yes, I want to hang some real pearls 'round my wife's neck. Ain't she supposed to wear no pearls? Somebody tell me — tell me, who decides which women is suppose to wear pearls in this world. I tell you I am a man — and I think my wife should wear some pearls in this world! Which themes does the excerpt most clearly convey?
A. The measure of a man is his ability to meet the needs of his family; the world won't change, so it must be accepted the way it is.
B. To assert one's identity is to refuse to conform to society's rules; society has no right to define one's manhood.
C. Everyone should have a dream to reach for; it's difficult to conform to rules that one had no part in making.
D. A man that can't support his family still has dignity; African American don't have the same dreams as everyone else.
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2 answers:
kvv77 [185]3 years ago
8 0
C <3 ~because Im on Apex 

melomori [17]3 years ago
6 0

Answer: C) Everyone should have a dream to reach for; it's difficult to conform to rules that one had no part in making.

Explanation: In the given excerpt from "A Raisin in the Sun" we can see Walter expressing his thoughts about how he want to hang real pearls around his wife's neck someday, and how he thinks that is unfair that not every woman (or person in general) has the same benefits. So, from the given options, the one that express the theme that the excerpt most clearly conveys, is the corresponding to option C.

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