I think that Hansberry develops Lindner's role in the
            manner she does to highlight the complexity of the problem that people of color face in
            trying to integrate into largely White areas.  She is mindful that the simple
            designation of "integration" is actually a complex reality that is filled with how
            different people view their interests in different lights.  Lindner is one such
            example.  On one hand, he presents himself as a totally reasonable man.  There is little
            in the manner of his presentation that makes one believe that he is a man of violence or
            of irrational hatred.  However, it becomes evident that he favors the Status Quo and
            does not want to see it change.  He is a proponent of how reality is constructed as it
            benefits he and his kind, at the cost of Walter and his.  In the end, his reference to
            "special community problems" and his desire to want to buy out Walter is a
            representation of the lengths that he will go to ensure that what is present is
            maintained at all costs.  His definition of community is one that excludes people of
            color.  It is ironic that he speaks of "special community problems" for he is one of
            them, in the manner in which he wishes to continue the racial prejudice and
            discrimination that denies the very essence of community.  Hansberry does this to show
            the level of inertia and difficulty that the Youngers must endure in order to discover
            and obtain their dream.
Saturday, May 7, 2011
Lindner refers to the topic of his discussion with the Youngers as one of Clybourne Park's "special community problems." Why is this ironic?I think...
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
What is the meaning of the 4th stanza of Eliot's Preludes, especially the lines "I am moved by fancies...Infinitely suffering thing".
A century old this year, T.S. Eliot's Preludes raises the curtain on his great modernist masterpieces, The Love...
- 
Examples of alliteration, epithets, hyperbole, kennings, and litotes occur throughout the Old English epic poem Beowulf , and ...
 - 
A helpful discussion of the plot structure of Oedipus Rex , which includes a useful chart, can be found here: ...
 - 
The first instance where Quick feels a change in his daughters is the lack of enthusiasm for his return. The girls had been in t...
 
No comments:
Post a Comment