Lorraine Hansberry

into our house because my father—my father—he earned it for us 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” (Hansberry 1573). When the neighbors tried to pay the Youngers so that they would not move in because of their race, it was…

workforce, and income. It is believed that racial prejudice has improved since the Civil Rights Movement in 1950. It has been proven by facts from poverty and income percentages that the segregation is still present. In A Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine Hansberry, which takes place in the 1950’s, the Younger family struggles with money issues and racial prejudice. The Southside of Chicago is where most of the discrimination happens in the play, and also…

in your own community especially if you are mixed, because if you are mixed then to a lot of people of color you are white. Hansberry uses race in a very well in raw way there are a lot of point in the story where lorraine Hansberry uses assimilation to help show ones of the ways you could help escape racism but at the end she shows more negative than positive. Hansberry shows assimilation when she brings in…

A Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine Hansberry tells us a story about a struggling black family dealing with a move during the 1950s in Chicago. Lorraine Hansberry pinpoints the struggles this family was facing due to race, gender, and class. Being an African American family in the 1950s went through many hardships and they were segregated based on their economic standing. Even today we still face many problems with poverty . The problems of poverty and economic stature depicted in this story…

A Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine Hansberry is realistic fictional in which the play 's title and the characters represent the play 's theme. The play focused on Black americans struggles to reach the american dream of liberty and purpose happiest during the 1950 and 1960s the idea of everyone having the chance to achieve a better life should exist for all. Hansberry created her title using a line from langston hughes poem “ A Dream Deferred”. The original poem was written in 8ugd1951 about harlem…

something that is already decided and set out for them, I personally disagree. For me, when looking at history, sometimes it can seem like one’s fate is already set based on the actions in the past. An example of this would be A Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine Hansberry. The main character believes his life is already set and dictated by what has happened in the past to African Americans. But, at the end of the play, he makes a decision completely unlike what he was expected to. So, in my opinion,…

contentment” (according to google), happiness might be achieved through your own self goals and accomplishments, or some people might achieve happiness through watching other fellow friends or family achieve their goals. In A Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine Hansberry many characters reflect on what people will make them happy and how it affected their relationship with their family members, some of the family members becoming selfish and some striving to keep the family together. This…

In the play “A Raisin in the Sun” by Lorraine Hansberry , The center of attention throughout this entire play is the life and dreams involving the members of the Younger's family. In 1952 colored people were always being mistreated and had to live a very struggling lifestyle. Earning low income, were barely making ends meet, put money on the table to eat for the kids and themselves. Lot of racist slurs were used to put colored people down and make them feel unwanted. The Younger family…

about them. In the play A Raisin in the Sun ’s playwright, Lorraine Hansberry explores the African American race and their gradual distance from their African roots. The Younger family illustrates a typical black household during the 60s. The majority of the family members held on to their traditional African roots by a feeble thread. None other than Joseph Asagai and Beneatha Younger have associations or have genuine interest of their…

What would you do if a $10,000 check showed up in your mailbox? The play, A Raisin in the Sun, by Lorraine Hansberry tells the story of an African-American family, the Younger’s, who live in Chicago. Hansberry was born in Chicago and has had many experiences similar to the Younger’s that led her to write A Raisin in the Sun. This play takes place around the 1950’s, a time when segregation was very active in Chicago. Each of the adults in the Younger family have their own dreams of what to do…