“A Raisin in the Sun” by Lorraine Hansberry is a classic piece of the American Theater, which displays a variety of social and cultural problems in 1959 one of these was the residential segregation. The play 's setting is in Chicago during the hottest years of segregation in a poor neighborhood. The story revolves around an Afro-American working class family. Although they come from the same bloodline and background the members of this family are totally different. There are 5 principle characters in the play, which are Lena (Mama) the oldest, Lena’s son, Walter, Ruth which is Walter’s wife, Travis their son, and Beneatha Walter’s sister.
However, the Younger family is a blue collar family full of dreams and aspirations that everyday seems to be further from its realization. Moreover, due to Lena’s husband 's death, they were expecting a life insurance compensation of 10,000 at the beginning of the …show more content…
As a result, the community of Claybourned Park, where Lena purchased the house, send an intermediate -Mr.Lindner-to pay over the amount of the purchase in order to keep them out. This was one of the different ways to keep blacks contained in their own neighborhoods during this period of time. Other ways were steering, which according to Rod Holmes a formal writer from The Chicago 77 said in his article “Chicago is the most segregated city” that…
“The illegal practice of real estate agents directing buyers to, and away from a particular neighborhood based on buyer or renter’s race and/or ethnicity. Red lining was justified over with statements like, “you will be happier here among your own kind” and, “you don’t want to live there? You wouldn’t be
However, the Younger family is a blue collar family full of dreams and aspirations that everyday seems to be further from its realization. Moreover, due to Lena’s husband 's death, they were expecting a life insurance compensation of 10,000 at the beginning of the …show more content…
As a result, the community of Claybourned Park, where Lena purchased the house, send an intermediate -Mr.Lindner-to pay over the amount of the purchase in order to keep them out. This was one of the different ways to keep blacks contained in their own neighborhoods during this period of time. Other ways were steering, which according to Rod Holmes a formal writer from The Chicago 77 said in his article “Chicago is the most segregated city” that…
“The illegal practice of real estate agents directing buyers to, and away from a particular neighborhood based on buyer or renter’s race and/or ethnicity. Red lining was justified over with statements like, “you will be happier here among your own kind” and, “you don’t want to live there? You wouldn’t be