Social norms have created barriers among race, social classes, and gender. Not everyone gets along with everyone and sometimes, it is because of the different point of view that causes a separation between groups. As soon two ideas are contradicting or two groups are not on the same page, it will become a conflict. In A Raisin in the Sun and Clybourne Park, both authors complain about how the main cause of conflicts is due to the difference of social status. The relation between men and women, black and white people and groups of different social classes are used to exploit the idea of the authors.
First of all, the authors of both of the plays criticize the distinct role of a woman and a man that cause conflict between them. In A Raisin in …show more content…
In Lorraine Hansberry’s play, Karl Lindner is afraid that once a black and poor family start to move in in a white and rich neighborhood, the value of the house will decline. The white families will start to move away and it will soon become a black neighborhood. Karl reminds Russ of what happened “with the family that moved onto Kostner Avenue” (Norris, 28). Karl fears changes of the neighborhood. He wants to keep his hometown intact or his home ground will end up like the Kostner Avenue. In Clybourne Park, Lena wasn’t too pleased to hear that the new couple moving in are about to demolish her great aunt’s house for a much bigger house. Lena fears that by constructing a luxurious house, it will cause a gentrification. The words that Lena used are history, pride, respect and values to describe how important it is to conserve the house the way it is. The value that Lena means is about the price of the house. By changing the value, it will affect the worth of the neighborhood. Lena and Lindner have the same goal: to prevent different social classes to come in the neighborhood so the value won’t change. Because of this prevention, it causes a dispute in both
First of all, the authors of both of the plays criticize the distinct role of a woman and a man that cause conflict between them. In A Raisin in …show more content…
In Lorraine Hansberry’s play, Karl Lindner is afraid that once a black and poor family start to move in in a white and rich neighborhood, the value of the house will decline. The white families will start to move away and it will soon become a black neighborhood. Karl reminds Russ of what happened “with the family that moved onto Kostner Avenue” (Norris, 28). Karl fears changes of the neighborhood. He wants to keep his hometown intact or his home ground will end up like the Kostner Avenue. In Clybourne Park, Lena wasn’t too pleased to hear that the new couple moving in are about to demolish her great aunt’s house for a much bigger house. Lena fears that by constructing a luxurious house, it will cause a gentrification. The words that Lena used are history, pride, respect and values to describe how important it is to conserve the house the way it is. The value that Lena means is about the price of the house. By changing the value, it will affect the worth of the neighborhood. Lena and Lindner have the same goal: to prevent different social classes to come in the neighborhood so the value won’t change. Because of this prevention, it causes a dispute in both