Lorraine Hansberry’s life and A Raisin in The Sun
Inspiration brings all writers to write, artists to draw, and singers to sing. Inspiration may blossom from any daily experience or event, but inspiration also comes from one’s life. Lorraine Hansberry was inspired to write A Raisin in The Sun by her own life experiences. A discreet and subtle way she included her own life into A Raisin in The Sun was by relating herself and her family to the characters involved A Raisin in The Sun. Another way Hansberry magnificently wrote this play was by also incorporating her own lifestyle or way of life. With this, Lorraine Hansberry successfully implicated her life into a masterpiece. Many of the characters sprouted from Hansberry’s imagination, but …show more content…
One way Hansberry’s lifestyle was included was by, “she enjoyed a level of prosperity that contrasted with the Southside ghetto's squalor.” (Snodgrass). This quotation explains how Hansberry suffered from a poor and poverty-stricken life. One may relate this to how the Youngers also lived day by day and was also unfortunately poor. Another way Hansberry’s lifestyle was encompassed into A Raisin in The Sun was by her family looking into equal rights for black people, especially women. Like this, Hansberry made “the Younger family, not simply as black people but also as human beings like themselves, searching for dignity and self-respect in an increasingly hostile and complex world.” (Verde). In total, the Youngers and Hansberry’s lives were very similar to each other. The final way Hansberry’s lifestyle is relevant to the Younger’s in her play was the discrimination they both faced. For example, lesser pay was a way to express racial inequality. Hansberry’s father had struggled so far to prosper their family as well as the Youngers. To illustrate, Walter Younger Sr. was depicted as a very hard worker from Mama. This is proved when Mama says, “That man worked hisself [himself] to death like he done.” (Hansberry, 45). These powerful points also proves the argument that Hansberry’s life was incorporated into A Raisin in The
Inspiration brings all writers to write, artists to draw, and singers to sing. Inspiration may blossom from any daily experience or event, but inspiration also comes from one’s life. Lorraine Hansberry was inspired to write A Raisin in The Sun by her own life experiences. A discreet and subtle way she included her own life into A Raisin in The Sun was by relating herself and her family to the characters involved A Raisin in The Sun. Another way Hansberry magnificently wrote this play was by also incorporating her own lifestyle or way of life. With this, Lorraine Hansberry successfully implicated her life into a masterpiece. Many of the characters sprouted from Hansberry’s imagination, but …show more content…
One way Hansberry’s lifestyle was included was by, “she enjoyed a level of prosperity that contrasted with the Southside ghetto's squalor.” (Snodgrass). This quotation explains how Hansberry suffered from a poor and poverty-stricken life. One may relate this to how the Youngers also lived day by day and was also unfortunately poor. Another way Hansberry’s lifestyle was encompassed into A Raisin in The Sun was by her family looking into equal rights for black people, especially women. Like this, Hansberry made “the Younger family, not simply as black people but also as human beings like themselves, searching for dignity and self-respect in an increasingly hostile and complex world.” (Verde). In total, the Youngers and Hansberry’s lives were very similar to each other. The final way Hansberry’s lifestyle is relevant to the Younger’s in her play was the discrimination they both faced. For example, lesser pay was a way to express racial inequality. Hansberry’s father had struggled so far to prosper their family as well as the Youngers. To illustrate, Walter Younger Sr. was depicted as a very hard worker from Mama. This is proved when Mama says, “That man worked hisself [himself] to death like he done.” (Hansberry, 45). These powerful points also proves the argument that Hansberry’s life was incorporated into A Raisin in The