A Raisin in the Sun, a play written by Lorraine Hansberry, is about an African- American family, the Younger family, living on the South Side of Chicago that has an opportunity to escape from poverty comes in the form of a $ 10,000 life insurance check that Lena Younger receives upon her husband death, but Lena's children, Walter and Beneatha, want to use the money for their plans. The play ends with the family moving into their new home in a white neighborhood of the city. It tells that the family continues to want more not only for themselves but also for future generations, namely, Travis. For most of part, Travis is a kind, innocent, and good child. He is not in as many scenes as some other characters, but that does not make him less important. In addition, he
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Hansberry uses Travis to show that Travis will be the black person to face with the challenges, to being the better life in new place, and to make whites to changing they think about him and his family in new place. First off, when the Younger family decides to move to the new house, the family continues to want more not only for themselves but also for future generations, Travis. He has a lot of the other peoples’ hopes and dreams riding on his shoulders. He is just a kid who never had faced with the troubles in life. He lives in place that can say that his neighborhood do not like his family. In the play, Karl Lindner says “It is a matter of the people of Clybourne Park believing, right or wrongly, as I say, that for the happiness of all the concerned that our Negro families are happier when they live in their own communities”, “Our association is prepared, through the collective effort of our people, to buy the house from you at a financial gain to your family”[Hansberry 870]. Lindner’s committee did not plan to welcome the Youngers at all. In addition, Lindner and the other white homeowners were trying to do everything they can to keep
Hansberry uses Travis to show that Travis will be the black person to face with the challenges, to being the better life in new place, and to make whites to changing they think about him and his family in new place. First off, when the Younger family decides to move to the new house, the family continues to want more not only for themselves but also for future generations, Travis. He has a lot of the other peoples’ hopes and dreams riding on his shoulders. He is just a kid who never had faced with the troubles in life. He lives in place that can say that his neighborhood do not like his family. In the play, Karl Lindner says “It is a matter of the people of Clybourne Park believing, right or wrongly, as I say, that for the happiness of all the concerned that our Negro families are happier when they live in their own communities”, “Our association is prepared, through the collective effort of our people, to buy the house from you at a financial gain to your family”[Hansberry 870]. Lindner’s committee did not plan to welcome the Youngers at all. In addition, Lindner and the other white homeowners were trying to do everything they can to keep