One key theme of the A Raisin in the Sun is the importance of family. Family is an important theme throughout life and in Lorraine Hansberry’s play. In the play, we can see the importance of family is when Walter decides to call Karl Lindner to get the money to sell their new house. The importance of family in this situation was the cohesive decision not to sell the house. As a family, they decided to tackle on this problem together as a family instead of just giving in when there is a bump in the road. A symbolic gesture about this communal communication is on page 1608 when “The door opens and she [Mama] comes back in, grabs her plant, and goes out for the last time.” This action shows their decision to go to the new house instead of staying
