This morning, please take a couple minutes to answer one or both of the following bullet points about the play Clybourne Park, act 1:
- How is this play so far different in style and tone from A Raisin in the Sun? Which is better? Why?
- Which characters are most interesting to you in this play's act? Why? Pick at least one character and consider how this character compares or contrasts with one of the characters in A Raisin in the Sun.
Remember to put your name in your post so I can give you credit for your response!
Then, we'll go back to our film viewing.
HOMEWORK: Please read Act 2 of Clybourne Park. Bring your books back with you to our next class for a writing assignment based on it.
REMINDER: Our Coffeehouse Performance is November 20 (next Wednesday!) Look through your portfolio and select a story, vignette, essay (non-fiction) or poem that you would like to share with the world. Pick something you're proud of--not something too short that you don't care about or that doesn't reflect your genius or creative spirit.
11 comments:
1. The play "Clybourne Park" by Bruce Norris is different in style compared to "A Raisin in the Sun" because it has a lot more serious tone compared to the comedic scenes that took place in A raisin in the sun. Also, it has less stage directions and it gives the actors more freedom to do what they feel is appropriate for the scene. However, the characters have similar personality traits in both plays and the setting takes place in a house.
Clybourne Park has less words on each page which i like but the book is thicker. The characters seem to get more along with one another.-By Shaolin Roman
The format is different from A raisin in the sun because it shows names and then the action. There's also more descriptive stage directions in Clybourne Park. Russ is the most interesting so far because he doesn't seem to care much about things, very insensitive as well.
"Clybourne park" is easily different in style and stone from "The raisin in the sun". One reason that could be pointed out from anyone looking at both the books side by side is the lack of stage directions in "Clybourne park" compared to "The raisin in the sun". In my opinion The raisin in the sun is a better play to read because it explains where everything is happening, why and how some of the characters are feeling. The most interesting character so far in the story is a deaf character named Betsy. She is the wife of Karl and is almost due for a baby. Betsy was oblivious to most of the argument happening in the story and is kind of portrayed as a child even though she is in her late twenties.
There's more stage directions in The Raisin in the Sun then there is Clybourne Park. Clybourne Park has 2 different time places (1959-2009, which are 50 years apart).
I personally prefer act one of 'A Raisin In The Sun', because it is more interesting than act one of 'Clybourne Park'. The reason I feel this way, is because the first act of 'A Raisin In The Sun' was slowly easing into a more interesting, relate able topic. The first act of 'A Raisin In The Sun' gave the reader a good idea of the home, the relationships in the family and a solid routine that the characters fallowed...while act one of 'Clybourne Park' was very hard to relate to and a bit boring. The first act of 'Clybourne Park' gave an idea of the couples and their maids relationship, but watered the whole act down with a pointless, boring conversation on the origin of a word, which did not keep me interested in reading the play.
This play is different than A Rasisin In The Sun because it has a bit more comedy in it. It also shows the life of a white family who lives in Clybourne park. The are of a higher class than the Youngers family. Clybourne Park is written in a more modern format. This play includes less stage dircetions which makes it easier to read. I like this play better because it shows more what Clybourne Park was like it also shows a different life style for a different family in the late 1950.
In "A Raisin in the Sun" the character I enjoyed the most was Walter Lee. He was bold and brash and tried to make his dream a reality that would give him a form of dignity or social standing so he didn't have to work below someone.
In "Clybourne Park" the character Russ is very similar. He's bold and can crack a couple jokes. Though he can get rude and tends to swear the more upset he gets. Character like this catch my attention a lot.
Walter Lee and Russ are very similar as characters behavior wise and they are my favorite characters of each play.
I like a Raisin In The Sun better than this book due to the plot. The action was very slow and there isn’t much action. They spend a lot of time going over the same things for no relevant. People were constantly overlapping each other, which was nice at first to see something different- but after a while it was just too repetitive.
I really like the character Betsy, just because she seems the most interesting compared to the rest of the characters. Compared to Travis from Raisin In The Sun, she is equally obvious to all the arguments happening around her but she does have her share of ideas.
:L
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