Amber LaCourt
ENG 0235
Professor Jackson
3/25/18
Response Paper #2
Lorraine Hansberry’s play “A Raisin in the Sun” invokes the idea of “anger” and early feminism by expressing the struggles of grasping the American dream during the late 1950s. Characters like Walter Lee and Beneatha Younger symbolize these themes throughout the play. Walter, a husband, and a businessman is struggling to grasp that idea of the American Dream by conveying his authority in the household. However, characters like Beneatha expresses her ideas of becoming a doctor by providing her role of being self-orientated and independent. In many ways, this play initially reads off as an “angry” deposit of the working class family that is struggling to make …show more content…
She is constantly backing away from George because that's the man her mother wants her to marry. During Act II Scene one when Beneatha and George come home from a night out and George is expecting something from her that she doesn’t want to do. George brings up why she's being a “ prude” about them going further by saying “Because this is stupid! I don’t go out with you to discuss the nature of “quiet desperation” or to hear all about your thoughts” ( Hansberry 507). This initially opened up Beneatha's eyes to show that she had more interest in Asagi than George. And that she needed a man in her life who loved her for her brains than her body (Orem 206).Walter often expresses his anger through more of a rage unlike his sister who is level headed and doesn’t act so much on instinct. He often tends to bring up his hardships and how much money means to him as a person. This occurs in Act 1 scene one when Walter mentions to Mama the importance of money and what it means to him. Mama asks her son “Son--how come you talk so much ‘bout money” and Walter replies “Because its life, Mama!” (Hansberry 497). What Walter initially means by that is that money is
ENG 0235
Professor Jackson
3/25/18
Response Paper #2
Lorraine Hansberry’s play “A Raisin in the Sun” invokes the idea of “anger” and early feminism by expressing the struggles of grasping the American dream during the late 1950s. Characters like Walter Lee and Beneatha Younger symbolize these themes throughout the play. Walter, a husband, and a businessman is struggling to grasp that idea of the American Dream by conveying his authority in the household. However, characters like Beneatha expresses her ideas of becoming a doctor by providing her role of being self-orientated and independent. In many ways, this play initially reads off as an “angry” deposit of the working class family that is struggling to make …show more content…
She is constantly backing away from George because that's the man her mother wants her to marry. During Act II Scene one when Beneatha and George come home from a night out and George is expecting something from her that she doesn’t want to do. George brings up why she's being a “ prude” about them going further by saying “Because this is stupid! I don’t go out with you to discuss the nature of “quiet desperation” or to hear all about your thoughts” ( Hansberry 507). This initially opened up Beneatha's eyes to show that she had more interest in Asagi than George. And that she needed a man in her life who loved her for her brains than her body (Orem 206).Walter often expresses his anger through more of a rage unlike his sister who is level headed and doesn’t act so much on instinct. He often tends to bring up his hardships and how much money means to him as a person. This occurs in Act 1 scene one when Walter mentions to Mama the importance of money and what it means to him. Mama asks her son “Son--how come you talk so much ‘bout money” and Walter replies “Because its life, Mama!” (Hansberry 497). What Walter initially means by that is that money is