tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36353946.post116515833700737771..comments2023-08-05T10:47:39.799-04:00Comments on Miller's English 10 Classroom Blog: Gamma Rays Post #4 - "A Dream Deferred" and Gamma RaysMillerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05517958038962746348noreply@blogger.comBlogger44125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36353946.post-56480412147045341902009-11-21T20:01:25.183-05:002009-11-21T20:01:25.183-05:00Who knows where to download XRumer 5.0 Palladium? ...Who knows where to download XRumer 5.0 Palladium? <br />Help, please. All recommend this program to effectively advertise on the Internet, this is the best program!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36353946.post-1165959194027747912006-12-12T16:33:00.000-05:002006-12-12T16:33:00.000-05:00I think that Langston Hughes', "A Dream Deferred,"...I think that Langston Hughes', "A Dream Deferred," is realy speaking towards Beatrice. This poem talks about how a dream that is not acted upon can "dry up", that if the dream is set aside to be dealt with later it may be "stale" by the time it is acted upon. Beatrice is a mother of two who thinks of them as being more then a burden then anything. She constently tells them about how she used to be a dancer, and how she could have made something with herself. It seems as though Beatrices dreams have "dried up like a raison in the son." I think that Beatrice also relates to this poem because in the poem it refers to the dreams as a heavy load. I think that Beatrice is feeling waighed down by these dreams. If she just accepted her life for how it is and stops thinking so hard on what her life could have been like, I think that she could be living and enjoying a much better life now.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36353946.post-1165451035127010112006-12-06T19:23:00.000-05:002006-12-06T19:23:00.000-05:00I think that this poem relates the most to the cha...I think that this poem relates the most to the character Beatrice. I think this because Beatrice always talks about her lost dreams. She always dwells on the past. For example, she says that she should have gone to college or that she should have done something to keep her husband from leaving. The lines " Does it dry up like a raisin in the sun?", describes what Beatrice has become. She has let her self go and just has lost her personality and gave up all of her self esteem. <BR/>jessica period 4Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36353946.post-1165419843659284472006-12-06T10:44:00.000-05:002006-12-06T10:44:00.000-05:00I think that this poem speaks about Beatrice. Beat...I think that this poem speaks about Beatrice. Beatrice has many dreams that she's talked about from the past. She constantly brings up the idea of opening a tea shop or having completed beauty school or the realestate school. She hasn't accomplished any of her former dreams and at the rate she's going, she probably never will. The poem speaks of the idea that if a dream is left behind, what will happen...will it explode? In Beatrice's case I think that after a time her dream of owning a tea shop exploded. All of the sudden, after being reminded of her past by being called,"Betty the Loon" she started pulling off newspaper, putting out table clothes, and kicking out Nannies, to make an attempt at accomplishing her dream. Chances are though, despite this explostion, she never will get to make her dream come true.<BR/><BR/>Bekah<BR/>Period 6Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36353946.post-1165417240098018282006-12-06T10:00:00.000-05:002006-12-06T10:00:00.000-05:00The poem relates to Beatrice and her dreams. Beatr...The poem relates to Beatrice and her dreams. Beatrice has proven in the story that dreams do not explode or go away, but they stay with you forever like a wish that your still waiting to happen. She still has that desire to go out and make that dream a reality, but she knows that in reality that's pretty close to impossible given her condition. <BR/><BR/>"Maybe it just sags<BR/>like a heavy load."<BR/><BR/>I think this line is the most accurate because the dreams we never achieved stay with us as a constant reminder of who we want to be, and who we are.<BR/><BR/>Brandon<BR/>Period 1Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36353946.post-1165413319618086332006-12-06T08:55:00.000-05:002006-12-06T08:55:00.000-05:00This poem seems to Relate to Beatrice more than an...This poem seems to Relate to Beatrice more than anyone in the story. She had dreams, now she has lost the opportunity to fulfill them, making her bitter towards anyone who has a dream of their own. That, in my opinion, is why she is so mean to Tillie, not supporting her in anything she does, telling her that the world will spit at her at any given moment. She carried the pain of not finishing a single thing other than killing the defensless rabbit. Quite pathetic (as an understatement).<BR/><BR/> Joe SierejkoAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36353946.post-1165373072116285832006-12-05T21:44:00.000-05:002006-12-05T21:44:00.000-05:00I think the poem by Langston Hughes refers to Beat...I think the poem by Langston Hughes refers to Beatrice the most. Beatrice had dreams about herself that she let "dry up like a raisin in the sun." Opening up a tea shop and cleaning up her house and starting over are all dreams of hers that i think she will just let explode.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36353946.post-1165370964486762102006-12-05T21:09:00.000-05:002006-12-05T21:09:00.000-05:00I think that this poem definitely refers to Beatri...I think that this poem definitely refers to Beatrice the most. We quickly learned from the beginning of this story that Beatrice had many lost dreams. She never finished any type of school, she was stuck with her kids and her husband left her, and now she basically has nothing and rents out to gain her money. Beatrice had dreams but for some reasons just let them go and gave up. I think that Beatrice became “dried up like a raisin in the sun” in the sense that she gave up and just died out. She never worked for anything positive so she never received anything positive so now she’s basically going crazy and “exploding” like the reference in the bottom of the poem.<BR/><BR/>Shane<BR/>Period 1Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36353946.post-1165368876281391232006-12-05T20:34:00.000-05:002006-12-05T20:34:00.000-05:00The Poem 'dreams defferred' I think relates to Bea...The Poem 'dreams defferred' I think relates to Beatrice. Beatrice had dreams of one day becoming a dancer when she was a kid. Later in life she was faced with various obsticles which prevented her from becoming a dancer. Such as her family. Her husband and kids were to big of a responsibility and she wasn't able to continue with her dream of becoming a dancer. Her dream faded away, similar to this line in the poem, "Does it dry up<BR/>like a raisin in the sun?" Her dream dried up like a raisin in the sun and she was never able to continue with it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36353946.post-1165357511062951942006-12-05T17:25:00.000-05:002006-12-05T17:25:00.000-05:00I believe the poem "Dreams Deferred" by Langston H...I believe the poem "Dreams Deferred" by Langston Hughes refers to Beatrice in the play The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds. Beatrice seems to put her dreams aside, such as the teashop she was supposed to open. The line in the poem "Maybe it just sags like a heavy load" reminds me of Beatrice's dream because she just puts it off and doesn't even try to make it true. The only reasons she cannot open the store are her children, nanny, and the death of her ex-husband. Although in my opinion, she is just making that an excuse so she cannot do it.<BR/><BR/>Zack F.<BR/>Period 6<BR/>English 10Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36353946.post-1165353702803281092006-12-05T16:21:00.000-05:002006-12-05T16:21:00.000-05:00I think that this poem refers to Beatrice. She ha...I think that this poem refers to Beatrice. She had a dream to become a wonderful dancer and live a better life than she is now. She thought she was going to be famous. After many years of dancing she started to have problems with her legs. Beatrice married a man and had two children. This was the end of her dream of becoming a dancer. She never knew thought that she would live like she was now when she was younger. The poem states:<BR/>"Maybe it just sags<BR/>like a heavy load."<BR/>I think this refers to when she said that her dream was ruined by marrying the wrong man and getting stuck with two stones who tied her down. The two stones, meaning her children. Beatrice makes her children feel like she does not want them, and that they just get in the way of her life.<BR/>Beatrice also wanted to open up a tea shop in her house. The dream of opening a tea shop was delayed because she couldn't have Nanny living in the house and open up a tea shop at the same time.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36353946.post-1165353325395727042006-12-05T16:15:00.000-05:002006-12-05T16:15:00.000-05:00I think that the poem is mostly about Beatrice bec...I think that the poem is mostly about Beatrice because she had dreams that would have been great if they came true, but they did not. They didn't come true because it was her own fault, and she just blames everyone else about it. Beatrice still lives in the past, but still is trying to open up her tea shop. However, she is willing to try and open it up, but not change her personality to do so.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36353946.post-1165349114380217002006-12-05T15:05:00.000-05:002006-12-05T15:05:00.000-05:00I think this poem relates to Beatrice. As is said...I think this poem relates to Beatrice. As is said in the story Beatrice had a delayed dream. When she was young she wanted to be a great dancer and live a great life. She also mentioned opening up a tea shop. Her dreams of being a dancer got crushed because of her problems with her legs. Beatrice had a delayed dream with her tea shop. When she got divorced and had two kids she thought that now she could go nowhere in life. She stated that she had a rope around her neck with two stones at each end, meaning her kids were holding her down. In the poem it says: <BR/><BR/>What happens to a dream deferred?<BR/>“Does it dry up<BR/>like a raisin in the sun?<BR/><BR/>In the story Beatrice is like a dried up raisin. She is a very cruel and unemotional person. Her past was not a good one and she is still living in the past with all of her dreams still behind her. This is why I think this poem relates to Beatrice the most.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36353946.post-1165346398829335752006-12-05T14:19:00.000-05:002006-12-05T14:19:00.000-05:00I think this poem is more about Beatrice.Her Dream...I think this poem is more about Beatrice.Her Dreams where schredert and didn't come true.She tries to destroys others people dreams(like Tillies) because hers didn't come true.<BR/>I can't find more why!!!sry.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36353946.post-1165342120310963702006-12-05T13:08:00.000-05:002006-12-05T13:08:00.000-05:00I think this poem is talking about Beatrice becaus...I think this poem is talking about Beatrice because it tells about broken dreams and how dreams can escape you. It could also talk about Tillie and her dreams and how they exploded, but in a good way. She got right back up in front of the school and presented her exparament. She even won the contest andAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36353946.post-1165336997585404992006-12-05T11:43:00.000-05:002006-12-05T11:43:00.000-05:00i think that the peom by "langstan Haughes best te...i think that the peom by "langstan Haughes best tells about the Tillie's mom 'Breatrice' because she had some dreams which didn't came true due to the reponsiblity and take caring of the old people. Although she is ready to go for the science project presentation at the same school where she had been made fun of, she is little upset and unsupportive to her daughter. In the poem " or does it explode" make little connection to her. She had been made fun by the students at the school and one of the students is the teacher. So Breatrice may be afraid to face the same school. So I think it the poem connects Breatrice.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36353946.post-1165328328608556402006-12-05T09:18:00.000-05:002006-12-05T09:18:00.000-05:00In the play, this peom by Langston Hughes speaks m...In the play, this peom by Langston Hughes speaks mostly to Beatrice. Throughout the play she tells of the dreams that she gave up when she has two children who she so motherly refers to as, "twp stones tied around my neck." She had dreams of finishing beauty school and of being a bussiness women. Also, she recently talked of running a tea house outside of the garage of the huge house she dreams of having. She dreams dreams that she has never let go of. This connects to the poem where it reads, "What happens to deams deferred? Does it dry up like a raisin in the sun? Or fester like a sore?" This means that some dreams just float out of your mind or they stick to you and ache you like a sore. It is obvious that in the play, Beatrices dreams are like sores to her and she wants so badly to heal. But she doesnt understand that she is the only one who has prevented her dreams from coming true. An example from the play is when she says that she had dreams until she was stuck with a husband and two stones around her neck.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36353946.post-1165327477565782602006-12-05T09:04:00.000-05:002006-12-05T09:04:00.000-05:00I believe this poem mostly relates to Beatrice. Sh...I believe this poem mostly relates to Beatrice. She is the one that at one time had dreams, but now, she no longer has them. Why? She now has two kids to take care of and Nanny. Possibly if she didn’t get married and instead followed her dream, maybe then she could have gotten her dreams to come true.<I> "Or fester like a sore- And then run?"</I> I believe this line very closely relates to Beatrice. In her older age, she is bitter and mean. Also, at the point when she is about to go to Tillie’s science fair, and Ruth calls her Betty the Loon, she decides to stay home. I find that like running away from her problems. Lastly, I think it could end up happening to Ruth as well because she almost seems to be following in the same steps as her mother Beatrice. <BR/><BR/>Mike <BR/>Period 6Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36353946.post-1165291796499153602006-12-04T23:09:00.000-05:002006-12-04T23:09:00.000-05:00I believe that the poem "A Dream Deferred" can mos...I believe that the poem "A Dream Deferred" can mostly be related to Beatrice. Her dreams were shattered, crushed, and destroyed due to constantly being made fun of by her peers in school. As she stated, she would have no intentions of going back to her old school if it hadn't been for Tillie's Science Presentation/Contest. The line in the poem that reads "Maybe it just sags like a heavy load" can be related to Beatrice's situation because not keeping her dreams has caused her past hope to dwell over her aged soul. Also, the line "Or does it explode?" can deeply relate to Beatrice. She "explodes" constantly on her children and causes outbursts towards them for little or no reason. This is because losing her dreams had caused her to not know how to properly enable her children's future to be positive and beneficial. She doesn't know how to deal with Tillie's talents positively, so she puts her down to make herself (Beatrice) feel better. Letting go of her dreams has caused her a life of guilt and misunderstanding.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36353946.post-1165289833613107692006-12-04T22:37:00.000-05:002006-12-04T22:37:00.000-05:00I think this poem connects to Beatrice because she...I think this poem connects to Beatrice because she had bad memories when she was a kid because she was mad fun of constantly. Beatrice knows that Tillie is smart like she was and she knows what kind of hurtful things are said to smarter kids. Beatrice didn‘t follow her dreams and now they are catching up to her and making her realize she should have. Beatrice’s High school experience still haunts her. She now also realizes that she cant change the past so she wants to change the present to change the future. This teaches you to never end a experience with the question “what if?” because u don’t want to live with the wrong decision for the rest of your life.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36353946.post-1165287400059253782006-12-04T21:56:00.000-05:002006-12-04T21:56:00.000-05:00i think the poam, " A dream Deferred" relates the ...i think the poam, " A dream Deferred" relates the most to Beatrice, because she had dream that were cropited that make her sade.i think the reason she put her kids down is becasue she feel pain becasue she didnt go though with her dreams. to the mom she think dream never come ture just to give up.<BR/>piriod 4Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36353946.post-1165287198237823972006-12-04T21:53:00.000-05:002006-12-04T21:53:00.000-05:00I think this poem relates to Beatrice the most out...I think this poem relates to Beatrice the most out of all the characters. The poem talks about a dream that was never acted on and pushed aside. When Beatrice was little she probably had dreams to make a lot of money, get a nice house and have a perfect family. For some reason she didn’t try too hard to make them come true and now she is stuck in her life wishing she had acted on her dreams. I think a line that I can connect to incidents in the story the best is “maybe it just sags like a heavy load, or does it explode?” In the story Beatrice seems to have a chip on her shoulders like she is trying to prove something or accomplish something. Also she explodes on Tillie and Ruth all the time when she yells at them and treats them like dirt.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36353946.post-1165286179374202252006-12-04T21:36:00.000-05:002006-12-04T21:36:00.000-05:00I believe that Langston Hughes’, “A Dream Deferred...I believe that Langston Hughes’, “A Dream Deferred,” can specifically be directed towards Beatrice. Hughes’ poem generally uses symbolic examples that elaborate on what can possibly happen to a dream that is not acted upon. Obviously, Beatrice is not so happy about where she is in life. She always seems to tell her children about outrageously bold career choices and paths in life that she herself could not make a reality. “Like a raisin in the sun,” I suppose that Beatrice’s dreams “dried up.” However, if her dreams did this, then they would have most likely stopped troubling her years ago; the type of anxiety that Beatrice experiences seems to be lingering on from a past occurrence. Instead of “drying up” perhaps her dreams are still possibilities in her mind. In this case, her dreams might be compared to a “heavy load.” This constant weight on Beatrice’s shoulders might be the unfortunate reason why she treats her children and friends the way that she does.<BR/><BR/>matt r / period 1Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36353946.post-1165285972977261582006-12-04T21:32:00.000-05:002006-12-04T21:32:00.000-05:00The poem “A Dream Deferred”, really talks about wh...The poem “A Dream Deferred”, really talks about when you postpone, or delay on your dreams. What happens to it exactly? Doe sit dry up like a raisin in the sun? Does it stink like rotten meat? And Langston Hughes uses a bunch of other evocative similes. The poem seems to speak not so much to, but about Beatrice. Like it’s telling how Beatrice must think of her dreams now that she is too old to change. She had dreams just like Tillie but she never came through with them. She never kept on with her dreams, it sounds like she sort-of put them aside or said she can do it later in the future but time caught up with her and now she is a single mother with two kids and she stays home taking care of an elder woman. She probably thinks now that all of her dreams have dried up, like a raisin. Or sag, like a heavy load.<BR/><BR/>nicole t.<BR/>period 1Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36353946.post-1165285337230955232006-12-04T21:22:00.000-05:002006-12-04T21:22:00.000-05:00I believe that this poem relates the most to Beatr...I believe that this poem relates the most to Beatrice. She used to have dreams, big dreams for herself but something happened. She stopped dreaming. "Maybe it just sags like a heavy load. Or does it explode?" I think that this fits Beatrice perfectly. She is just there in her house sagging around. Also I feel that she explodes at her children. She takes her feeling and regrets for not being able to fulfill her dreams. In a way I don’t think she wants her children to fulfill theirs.<BR/><BR/>Danielle <BR/>Period 1Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com