Lorraine Hansberry's A Raisin In The Sun

Do you believe life is better than materialistic things, or the other way around? In the play of the raisin in the sun it sets in Chicago around the Younger family’s life and how they face prejudice, discrimination and stereotypes throughout their lives. Throughout the whole play Lena Younger (Mama) has always loved her family and shows she doesn't care about money and just cares about her family well being, which shows that she has morals because of her caring, wisdom, and her generosity. Usually most mothers in today’s world are at least caring towards to their family with love and that is who Lena Younger exactly is. As stated in the play, The Raisin in the Sun, “MAMA (The mother and son are left alone now and the mother waits a long time, considering deeply, before she speaks). Son – you – you understand what I done, don’t you?...(She waits) I wish you say something, son…I wish you’d say how deep inside you you think I done the right thing”(Nemiroff, page 94). This …show more content…
She knew that the choice she made was an arduous one make by spending ⅓ of the $10,000 insurance check to get a new home for the family, but she felt it was the right thing to do for her family and what Big Walter would of wanted as well if he was still with them. Accordingly, to the play “MAMA Honey, Big Walter would come in here some nights back then and slump down on that couch…when I lost that baby – little Claude – I almost thought I was going to lose Big Walter too. Oh, that man grieved hisself! He was one man to love his children.”(Nemiroff, page 45). Consequently, in this excerpt, Lena remembers the agony and misery of losing one of her unborn children and witnessed how her husband succumbed into