a simile used in the poem "Dream Deferred" it is used like this: when you have a dream in life, and you cannot get it, you give up on it and then you dont remember it, just like when you put a raisin in the sun it will dry up,, and you will not remember it after some time, and you will give up on your dream.
Two symbols found in the play A Raisin in the Sun are a dried up Raisin and an ugly old Sun
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It was named after a line in a poem called "a Dream Deferred" that basically questioned how a dream dies using many similes; one of which included, "Does it dry up, like a raisin in the sun?" This simile is used to show that a person with almost no hope (the Raisin), to eventually end up losing the only thing believed in (the sun).
The phrase "does it dry up like a raisin in the sun" comes from Langston Hughes' poem "Harlem," which explores the deferred dreams and aspirations of African Americans. The imagery of a raisin drying up symbolizes the way unfulfilled dreams can wither and lose vitality over time. It suggests that neglecting one's hopes can lead to stagnation and a loss of potential, highlighting the importance of pursuing one's dreams and the consequences of inaction.
It plumps up to it's original shape.
It rehydrates. In fact, it rehydrates in most potable liquids. It will go from a little wrinkly dark thing to a plump golden-brown thing, or at least plump and less dark.
It plumps up then goes back down and comes up again and it will keep doing that
A raisin is a dried up grape, if it is placed in water it will absorb water and regain some of its original shape and size. The process involved is called osmosis. It happens when areas of high concentration (the sugar solution inside the raisins) is separated from an area of low concentration (the water outside the grape). Physical forces try to balance the concentrations so the water passes through the grape skin (technically a semipermeable membrane) into the grape and plumps it up.
The raisin swells in a hypotonic solution because there is a higher concentration of water outside the raisin than inside. This creates a concentration gradient that drives water into the raisin, causing it to swell as it absorbs water and increases in size.
If a raisin is placed in a low concentrated sugar solution, water will move from the high concentration inside the raisin to the low concentration solution, causing the raisin to swell up and become plump as it absorbs water through the process of osmosis.
If a raisin is kept in a salt solution, water will move out of the raisin due to osmosis. This will cause the raisin to shrink and dehydrate as water flows from an area of higher concentration (inside the raisin) to an area of lower concentration (the salt solution).
CO2 bubbles cling to the raisin, making it buoyant until it reaches the surface of the carbonated water, whereupon all the CO2 bubbles are shaken off the raisin, making it sink again. The cycle will repeat as long as there remains carbonation in the water.
Because it's a dehydrated GRAPE, maybe?
You cannot grow a raisin. A raisin is a dried/shriveled up grape.
Yes, the raisins will swell due to osmosis, where the solvent goes from a low solute concentration to a higher solute concentration, which in this case, is from the distilled water to inside the raisin.
Osmosis