Lorraine Hansberry's A Raisin In The Sun

The play, A Raisin in the Sun, is written by Lorraine Hansberry. The setting of the play is in Chicago’s Southside and the time is in the 1950s. Walter and Mama are the two characters that influence the plot the most. The characters are involved in a series of conflicts which issue this. One of those conflicts include the family fighting over money and who are falling apart without even realizing it.

The play/movie A Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine Hansberry is about a poor African American family living in an apartment in Chicago. Mama and her grown children Walter and Beneatha as well as Walter’s wife, Ruth, and their son, Travis, have all lived in that small apartment for a while. After Mama’s husband, Mr. Younger, died a few years back a check of $10,000 was delivered to Mama as a life insurance check. The family is un-deciding of what to do with the money, for everyone wants something different. Walter is determined to use the money as an investment in a liquor store with his friend Willy Harris. Ruth seems to be on Walter’s side, she thinks that if Mama gives him some of the money he might recover his happiness and confidence. However,

We need to dream big, and reach for the stars, isn't that the way to go? In the book A Raisin In the Sun dreams of moving up and living a better life style is the goal. The characters have many difficulties achieving their dreams. Lorraine Hansberry, the author shows us how the Youngers are a black family in 1950, dreams of getting out of the ghetto. They want to move in to a house with a backyard, a garden, and live a better life. Mama has many difficulties, in addition to having to make tough decisions, together with her family. She continues to dream big. Regardless, of all the obstacles involved, the theme is to keep dreaming.

A Raisin in the Sun In the play, A Raisin in the Sun, by Lorraine Hansberry, the setting is based in Chicago around the time of WW2. Walter Younger and Lena Younger (Mama) influence the plot the most by the actions, conflicts, and things they do to help the Younger family. The most influential person in the play is Mama.

For many years, America has struggled with equality. Through all the assumptions and stereotypes, America has been beaten. The amount of inequality in America has dramatically decreased throughout the years. Social equality is something that everyone has always wanted. One of the biggest inequalities is African American rights. Constantly there is always a change being made that has made African American rights much better. Within Harper Lee’s novel, To Kill a Mockingbird, the audience is introduced to social equality by Scout Finch in Maycomb, Alabama. Consequently, since she is so young, she struggles to understand why there is inequality in the 1930s. Through all the harsh comments and assumptions of character interaction in the novel and

It is common knowledge that money doesn’t buy happiness or does it ? The classic play, “A Raisin in the Sun”, by Lorraine Hansberry seems to analyze this idea. The play tells a story of the Youngers, a poor African American family, who are awaiting the arrival of a ten thousand insurance check from their Dad because he passed away. This check arouses great tension and conflict within the family. Each character has a different idea of what to do with the insurance money as well as different views on the use and importance of money in general. Hansberry used everyday objects to symbolize the Youngers struggle to deal with racism and oppression in their everyday lives, as well as to exemplify their dreams. Mama sees money as a way to help her

“A Raisin in the Sun”, by Lorraine Hansberry opens with the Younger family receiving a $10,000 insurance check from the death of Mr. Younger. Each character in the novel has unfulfilled dreams, that mostly involve money. Beneatha, the daughter of Mr. Younger, for example, wants to use the money for medical school expenses. However, Walter, the son of Mr. Younger, wants to use the money to invest in a liquor store. Because they already struggle to maintain a stable living condition, the characters have contrasting views on how they money should be spent.

In the play A Raisin in the sun, Lorraine Hansberry illustrates the importance of the American dream through the characters of the younger family. The setting of Act one takes place in the Younger family home, during the course of a typical day in the life of the Younger family. The discussions are mainly focused around the family’s anticipation of a large amount of money that Lena Younger (Mama) is receiving in the form of a death benefit, from the passing of Mama’s husband. The family members each have their own ideas of how the money should be spent all with the intention of raising the family out of poverty. The money represents the family being able to have their piece of the pie, and living the American dream. Walter believes the money

In A raisin in the sun, by Lorraine Hansberry, an African American family living in racist community are working hard to endure this complex life, which made it hard for them to continue on aspiring for a better life like a normal family does. The Youngers live in a small room which has worn furniture that once was selected with care and love, but time took its toll on it. Suddenly, unexpected news about a ten thousand dollars check knocked on their door, the family started dreaming again, thinking that the enigma of the ten thousand dollars will drive them from darkness to light. The play title was taken from the poem “A Dream Deferred” which presented the negative effect on those who lost their dreams. Steven Smith argues that

Racism and discrimination are both negative perceptions that poorly affect many groups of people, all around the world. In the play A Raisin in the Sun, a small African American family, the Youngers face issues regarding racism and discrimination in their everyday lives, causing them to feel less accepted in the world surrounding them solely based on the color of their skin. The matriarch of the family, Mama, attempts to move the family out of their small, crowded apartment into a house in Clybourne Park, a predominantly white neighborhood whose inhabitants strongly dislike the idea of living near a black family. In their attempt to move, the Youngers face many obstacles due to racism, legality, and housing discrimination, which affects both mental stress, and violence from white homeowners.

In his 1931 book, The Epic of America, James Truslow Adams defined the American dream as, “that dream of a land in which life should be better and richer and fuller for everyone, with opportunity for each according to ability or achievement” (Adams). Throughout the 1950s, the American Dream was a major philosophy believed by many. Much of society felt no matter what race, gender, or nationality they are, they are capable of achieving success. Within the play, A Raisin in the Sun, the characters are faced with many difficult challenges and obstacles that they strive to overcome. Each of them focus on a better life for themselves and the Younger Family. In A Raisin In The Sun by Lorraine Hansberry, Beneatha dreams of becoming a doctor because in her perspective becoming an

Why is the family support so important to make the right decisions ? no matter how bad people do things, how many mistakes they make or how little they deserve their families support, families will be always there to forgive them and give them as many second chances as they need. That is what Lorraine Hansberry wants to show in her book “Raisin in the sun “, how family support make people change their minds just being by their side.

Dreams are the visions that have created hope for people since the beginning of time. Sometimes they come true, and sometimes they don’t but there is always that end result in the back of everyone’s mind. In “A Raisin in the Sun” by Lorraine Hansberry, the Younger family is a rather poor family living in Chicago’s Southside in a cramped apartment that has a community shower. Almost every member of the family has a dream in which they wish to pursue and most of their dreams revolve around the money they are going to receive from their late father/ husband. But, in the end, some of the characters in the story realize that their dreams may not be exactly what they need in order to better themselves or their family. The screenplay

Its been 5 years since Dala’s parents died in an accident. Since then, he has moved out of the Anishwabe reserve and his uncle Walter is taking care of him. Walter did not like the natives because he thinks that they are savages, hence why he is not living in the reserve. Dala did not like his uncle because he was really rude and did not care about him. For example, the uncle barely fed him and Dala had to sleep outside of his uncle’s shed. The boy always wanted to tell what he truly thinks about his uncle but he never did because his parents had told him to respect the ones older than him.

Topic : In Hansberry’s play, “A Raisin In The Sun” a person’s dream is an essential driving force for each character and their personal struggle to deal with the obstacles they face in everyday life. A dream is also a reason for why many people want to continue to be motivated and inspired. Based on the play “A Raisin In The Sun” do you think the Younger family wanted an American dream ?