In the play A Raisin in the Sun, the author Lorraine Hansberry explore the central themes of racism, segregation, integration, sexism, and dreams, to portray the cultural, economic, and social hardships a lower class African American family; the Younger’s. Hansberry uses the Younger family to symbolize the oppressive society, in the Southside of Chicago, during the late 1950’s. In the play, the Youngers are faced with racial discrimination and segregation between blacks and whites in society, as well as their own personal conflicts, and conflicts among their family. Throughout the play, these conflicts and obstacles threaten the most important thing in their lives; family. Despite the hardships they face, the Younger’s learn to set aside their differences
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This crisis proves to have detrimental effects on the Younger’s, as their dreams and hopes of a better future are destroyed. In a desperate attempt to make things right for his family, Walter is contemplating accepting the money that Linder offers them, to replace the stolen money, which means sacrificing the family’s new home. In an ironic turn of events, Walter reaffirms his role as the man of his family and refuses Linder’s money. Walter asserts his family’s right to live in the neighborhood because his father earned it for them.
In the resolution of the play, Walter does not get what he is fighting for because he lost the possibility of having his own business. However, he has redeemed his dignity as a father, husband, and provider of his family. As mama stated at the end of the play, “he finally came into manhood today, kind of like a rainbow after the rain” (Act III, last scene). This states that Walter has transformed into the man he needed be for his family, by rising above racism and taking a chance towards a brighter and hopeful future with the support of his
This crisis proves to have detrimental effects on the Younger’s, as their dreams and hopes of a better future are destroyed. In a desperate attempt to make things right for his family, Walter is contemplating accepting the money that Linder offers them, to replace the stolen money, which means sacrificing the family’s new home. In an ironic turn of events, Walter reaffirms his role as the man of his family and refuses Linder’s money. Walter asserts his family’s right to live in the neighborhood because his father earned it for them.
In the resolution of the play, Walter does not get what he is fighting for because he lost the possibility of having his own business. However, he has redeemed his dignity as a father, husband, and provider of his family. As mama stated at the end of the play, “he finally came into manhood today, kind of like a rainbow after the rain” (Act III, last scene). This states that Walter has transformed into the man he needed be for his family, by rising above racism and taking a chance towards a brighter and hopeful future with the support of his