A Raisin in the Sun Literary Analysis Paper “Tough times don't last, but tough people do. And I've been through some tough times, and I know a lot of people can recall tough times, and maybe are going through some tough times right now, but they don't last”(BrainyQuote). This relates to A Raisin in the Sun because there are many moments where the characters have times where they have tough times and have to persevere. The story is about a family that lives in the south side of Chicago, whom are also in a terrible financial state. The family is in a house where they have to share a bathroom with another family, and where the sleeping situation for their son isn’t very good. Once Big Walter Dies there is a possible chance for the family to have a good future with the life insurance money. In Lorraine Hansberry’s A Raisin in the Sun, the symbol of Mama’s plant and the figurative
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The insurance money is a great example of this. The money is a metaphorical catalyst for all of the wrong thinking about how it is impossible to make yourself stand out in this world. When Mama and Walter are discussing money Mama says, “Oh - So now it’s life. Money is life, Once upon a time freedom used to be life - now it’s money. I guess the world really do change . . .” (Hansberry 74). The reason Mama says this is, because Walter said that money is life. This shows that Walter is more concerned about money than anything else, but sometimes when you are barely getting by that is what you need to focus on. When Walter is coming to the conclusion that Willie has stolen all of his money he yells, “ That money is made out of my father’s flesh-” (Hansberry 128). The reason why Walter says this is, because the money is the last thing that Walter will ever receive from his father, and it doesn’t help that the money was supposed to set his family up to move out of the apartment and for them to have good
The insurance money is a great example of this. The money is a metaphorical catalyst for all of the wrong thinking about how it is impossible to make yourself stand out in this world. When Mama and Walter are discussing money Mama says, “Oh - So now it’s life. Money is life, Once upon a time freedom used to be life - now it’s money. I guess the world really do change . . .” (Hansberry 74). The reason Mama says this is, because Walter said that money is life. This shows that Walter is more concerned about money than anything else, but sometimes when you are barely getting by that is what you need to focus on. When Walter is coming to the conclusion that Willie has stolen all of his money he yells, “ That money is made out of my father’s flesh-” (Hansberry 128). The reason why Walter says this is, because the money is the last thing that Walter will ever receive from his father, and it doesn’t help that the money was supposed to set his family up to move out of the apartment and for them to have good