It’s a month later and the Youngers are settling in to their new house, what happens? -Write what happens to each character. -Give what you...

A month seems like a rather short time to assess much of
anything, but I get the basic idea.  I think that much of this depends on whether or not
you believed in the narratives of success that accompanied many of the challenges
African- Americans faced in the 1960s and 1970s.  If one believed the narratives of
those who did "make it," then I think the Younger family has found a great deal of
contentment and relief in their decision.  They assimilated well into Clybourne Park,
with struggle still present, but the overall success of the family was one where success
is evident in the decision that Walter undertook.  Beneatha has probably found some
level of stability in her life as she has understood that freedom is more effective when
it is channeled into one path and the multiplicity of avenues within it.  Travis has
experienced better schooling in Clybourne Park.  Walter has been able to build upon the
decision he made and act in the name of the family, while Mama has been able to take
some solace in what she has done and how she has provided for her family's future.  The
plant received its share of water and is growing quite nicely for while there is
struggle to grow in harsh conditions, it is in fact for the reason for struggle and
growth was indeed evident.

On the other side of the coin
would be the narratives of those who did not make it.  These are the individuals who
discovered, as in the title of the book, that there "Ain't No Makin' It."  These are
individuals who bought into the opportunity ideology, like the Youngers, and believed in
the idea of upward mobility. They believed that if they did what was told to them as
tenets of the American Dream, success will be theirs.  Yet, for these narratives, there
was inertia, embedded resistance, that precluded them from fully being able to partake
what should have been rightfully theirs.  These voices faced many oppositions, such as
outward hostility in the likes of Clybourne Park.  They faced silent contempt and
outward intimidation with moving into "White" neighborhoods.  They experienced
discomfort in acting upon their freedom and their entrance into schools populated by
White children and staffed with White adults was one where challenge was evident.  For
these individuals, there was struggle and battle all throughout their moves to areas
where they were the only face of color on the block.  There was intense wondering if all
of this was actually worth it and after such reflection, there might have been a feeling
of surrendering the fight.  For many of these, a feeling of melancholy set in and the
basic idea of not being able to succeed settled in, causing them to languish in a world
where they and others have discounted their efforts into a growing underclass of
individuals.  This might not have happened to the Youngers, but an argument can be made
that many like them experienced the same set of experiences.