A Raisin In The Sun Reflective Essay

During that period of time in ‘A Raisin In The Sun’ occurred in an era when economically it wouldn’t have stood a chance with the economy of 2018, but for its time its wasnt good or bad, it was just in between. There were a couple of things that contributed to that, but the economy crash of 1957-1961 which caused an increase in the high inflation rate, and high unemployment rate as well. The character and theme I had chose was mama as my character and money and morality as my theme. I felt that these two went well with one another knowing that mama never put money or anyone else in front of her family, unless it benefited them, but if that wasn't the case then she could care less and would’ve wanted nothing to do with it. In ‘A Raisin In The Sun’ mama tries to make everyone in her family happy while overcoming the adversity that came along in the era of 1950’s, those challenges involved things like slavery, segregation, racism and more as well as the problems that may have came along with her family once they receive , as well as a family problem that arose when the family received a check that could’ve changed their family's life for the greater good. An example of this would’ve been how the way she handles things once that first check comes, with …show more content…
An example of this would've been how mama says “i’m sorry ‘bout your liquor store, son. It just wasn’t the thing for us to do. That's what I want to talk to you about-” (Hansberry pg.75). This also shows why mom doesn't like to involve herself with money because it brings out the greed and other in other so quickly, it also doesn't allow you to see the bigger picture because when mama said no to Walter she was just prioritizing the family and their well