Essay #2 will be written on the play that we have read in class. You will choose one of the below
prompts and write a literary analysis essay. Remember that the prompts provide you with a
focused perspective as you present your original idea. You will need to find two scholarly
sources from Louisiana Tech’s library database and integrate material from these sources within
your essay. Do not overquote. Your essay should include at least 70% of your own analysis.
Requirements
• Develop a focused thesis that discusses an idea that is not overtly shown in the play.
• Develop specific topic sentences and clear transitions.
• Include a Works Cited page that lists your primary source and the two scholarly sources.
• Include MLA in-text citations (direct quotations, paraphrase, and brief summary).
• Do not use first or second person (I, we, me, us, our, you, your,).
• Use present verb tense.
• Your word count should be between 1,000-1,200 words.
Prompts for A Raisin in the Sun
• Discuss the theme of the American Dream. Is this dream attainable for everyone? How
do each of the characters pursue individual dreams? How do these dreams lead to
conflict? Use these two sources as the scholarly journals Flake, Ebony. “A Black American Dream, Deferred?” Essence, vol. 55, no. 1, May 2024, pp. 90–92. EBSCOhost, search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=asn&AN=176776161&site=ehost-live&scope=site. Loury, Glenn C. “The Case for Black Patriotism: Does the American Dream Apply to Black People, Too? ‘It Most Certainly and Emphatically Does Apply. And It Is Coming to Fruition Daily.’” Hoover Digest: Research & Opinion on Public Policy, vol. 21, no. 4, Fall 2021, pp. 176–80. EBSCOhost, search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=asn&AN=154135952&site=ehost-live&scope=si Also find a primary source from the the play” A Raisin in the sun” that shows the american dream in this play.