Lorraine Hansberry's A Raisin In The Sun

In A Raisin In the Sun Lorraine Hansberry uses everyday objects-a plant, money, and a home to symbolize a family's struggle to deal with racism and oppression in their everyday lives, as well as to exemplify their dreams. She begins with a vivid description of the family's weary, small, and dark apartment in Chicago's ghetto Southside during the 1950s. The Youngers are an indigent African-American family who has few choices in their white society. Each individual of the Younger family has a separate dream-Beneatha wants to become a doctor, Walter wants to open a liquor store, and Ruth and Mama want a new and better home. The Youngers struggle to accomplish these dreams throughout the play, and a major aspect of their happiness and

In Lorraine Hansberry’s “ A Raisin in the sun” a constant theme of money, morality and hoping for a better and a new life kept coming into play. To demonstrate this theme is best shown through Ruth. Ruth Younger is wife of Walter Lee Younger a lady that works as a maidher family's poor financial situation, she has to double as a housewife and a working mother... She finds hope when the family decides to move into a better home in a white neighborhood, and decides to keep her child. In the play Ruth shows she will do anything to make her family. We came across some example in the play that show it. Ruth loves her family and shows she doesn't care about money and just cares about family. Showing she has morals, because she wants to get a house

What would you do if you were in a family crisis and given a 10,000 for your family member passing away? In the play Walter Younger goes through many different moral problems and has bad ego due to the money that has been given to the family. In this play during the late 1950s, there was a lot of racial problems, black skin color was discriminated and abused. Walter younger shows that he cares more about money rather than caring about his families care and well being. He rather open up a liquor store to get more money and keep his family living in the ran down apartment not thinking about all of the bad stuff that can possibly happen to his kin. Throughout this book making this a great mood changing book to read many sequal of events happen throughout the book.

Out of all the characters in A Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine Hansberry, there are two main ones that influence the plot. Mama and Walter impact the plot the most because both characters have different perspectives and their actions significantly shape the plot.

In A Raisin in the Sun, the family is symbolized by the plant for how the mother takes care of both, and the author uses various other literary devices. Lorraine Hansberry, the author, writes about the Younger Family and their issues about money, death, equality and more. Instead of writing it as a normal book, in paragraph form, she writes it in dialogue. There are many uses of setting, imagery, foreshadowing, and symbolism used throughout the story.

The play takes place in a confined apartment in Chicago. And, the main character Walter Lee Younger, is portrayed as an ambitious man who tries to achieve the best for his family. Furthermore, Walter Lee Younger constantly claims that he will not be a chauffeur for the rest of his life along with facing a deprivation of monetary resources, Walter Lee becomes obsessed with his father’s life insurance and plans to use it for a liquor business. Moreover, after encountering the racial stereotypes by Karl Lindner and the Clybourne Park committee, the Younger family still decides to use the money and move into the neighborhood. Regardless of the prejudice and hardships, the family strives for their dreams and never omits to their cultural

It is not usual for writers to agree on an opinion about a certain piece of writing, in this case we are referring to A Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine Hansberry. Lorraine Hansberry is a African-American author was born in Chicago Illinois during the 1930’s, an era where America had selected a new president, also known as the last years of the great depression. Lorraine Hansberry is also proven to be the granddaughter of a freed slave, however Hansberry’s father was a successful real estate broker, and her mother was a schoolteacher. Her parents contributed large sums of money to the NAACP and the Urban League.

In A Raisin in the Sun, Beneatha Younger, a young black woman who hopes to eventually become a doctor, faces extreme disapproval from her brother, Walter Younger. Beneatha tells her romantic interest, Asagai, that her desire to become a doctor began when she witnessed her friend slice his face open while sledding and was shocked to discover that doctors successfully reconstructed his face. Her desire to be a doctor, unlike her flit with horseback riding and music, is deeply rooted and defines Beneatha for a significant portion of the play. Walter Younger arguably makes significant development throughout the play, yet continuously undermines her dream as uncharacteristic of a woman, stating in the beginning of the play "Who the hell told you you had to be a doctor? If you so crazy 'bout messing 'round with sick people-then go be a nurse like other women-or just get married and be quiet" (A Raisin in the Sun, 1.1.78).

In summary, the play is about a family that is underprivileged and lives in an extremely cramped apartment. With them being less fortunate, they are forced to be careful with their limited amount of money. The Youngers’ are expecting an insurance check in the mail to compensate for the loss of Big Walter, the grandfather.

While Walter is arguing his wife Ruth about her ignorance to his business plans and dream, he says out of frustration, “I’m thirty-five years old; I been married eleven years and I got a boy who sleeps in the living room-and all I got to give him is stories about how rich white people live…”(34). Characterization is utilized to represent the shame Walter associates himself with, ‘I’m thirty-five years old’ is a statement he makes important by the fact that Walter thinks he should be a more successful man. He explains his disappointment regarding his biggest statements about life which unfortunately negatively reflect his pride. Walter is attempting to start a business in order for his family to be proud of him, despite many odds against him in society, but with the state he is in, his own family does not believe in him. When Walter attempts to make a deal with Lindner, selling the new house his family bought, Mama has to remind him how little he is embracing his ancestors struggle, so he says, “And we have decided to move into our house because my father-my father-he earned it for is brick by brick. We don’t want to make no trouble for nobody or fight no causes, and we will try to be good neighbors. And that’s all we got to say about that. We don’t want your money”(148). Imagery is

The play talks about the struggle to achieve the American dream, but it also intertwines human nature, and the the need to keep everything for oneself in order to succeed. Walter Young is an average African American man who works hard for every penny he earns in order to provide for his family. He was presented with a large sum of money that was dedicated to the family but he

Harsh situations are not always meant to cause disappointment, sometimes they are meant to make people stronger. In A Raisin in the Sun which is a play composed by Lorraine Hansberry, concentrates on a family that faces situations, by racial discrimination and economic complications. Despite the financial and racial issues the family faces, the Younger family will persevere. Economic issues occur in major parts to their way of living.

A Raisin in the Sun, a play written by Lorraine Hansberry, is about the Younger family. The play focuses on dreams, values, and the recurring theme that in order to keep a family together, money can not be relied on for happiness. Hansberry’s theme is as relevant today as it was when A Raisin in the Sun was originally written.

In the first act of the play Walter begins to talk about the arrival of the check. He tells his wife Ruth to talk to his mom about the liquor store he wants to start because she will listen more to her than him. In the story Walter says, “Mama would listen to you. You know she listen to you more than she do me and Bennie”. This quote from Walter states that he is using his mother’s loyalty and kindness to his wife to benefit him, he is only thinking about himself. In the play Walter says, “you just sip your coffee, see, and say easy like that you been thinking bout that deal Walter Lee is so interested in, bout the store and all.”

Independence and dependence symbolizes a commitment that creates reassurance of poignant affluence intolerance of exotic meanings in the play. The audience can depict and expect comprehending retrogressive attitudes for Ruth and Walter Younger. An organizational illumination accommodates the brave spirit of Walter Younger to stand up for himself as a man with an ironic twist. The metaphorical transformation of Walter Lee’s responsibilities for Ruth demonstrates a reflection of superiority and the prosperity of different changes in speech, clothing, and behavior. The vital significance of slavery within the aristocracy governing ceremony shocked the characters’ nobility and refined language of willpower. The cruelty game of deception between