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English I Name: __________________

A Raisin in the Sun Date: _____________ Pd.: __

The Conflict Between Expectations

Directions: Think about expectations. Read each question and respond using complete
thoughts and sentences.

1. What is expected of you at home? At school (by adults)? Are these expectations
realistic? How do your expectations of yourself differ from adults’ expectations of you?

2. What do your peers (friends, members of your group, others who are not friends or
members of your group) expect from you? Do you share these expectations? How do they
differ?

3. What problems occur if your expectations and others’ expectations of you differ? Give
a specific example from experience or the experience of someone you know.

4. If your expectations differ from those others have of you, how can you resolve this?
Where does your personal loyalty belong?

5. What does family mean to you?

6. What would it be like to not be part of a family? How would that make you feel?

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