In the play A Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine Hansberry, an African-American family seeks to make up the ladder of success in search of the American dream. Following the death of the head of the house, the Younger family tries to determine what to do with the consequential insurance payment they will soon receive. Conflict arises when each of the family members has their own ideas about how they would like to spend the insurance payment. Throughout the play, the Youngers clash over their competing dreams. Uncertain of their future, the Younger family strives to live a better life, as a family the Youngers believe that they can succeed if they stick together as a family. The Younger family live in a cramped apartment, in Southside, Chicago,
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Mr. Lindner the head of the welcoming committee tries to persuade the Younger family to change their mind about moving to the neighborhood. Clybourne Park is an all white neighborhood Mr. Lindner feels as though the Younger family does not belong there. The Youngers had an option to resell the house back for double the money. Walter Lee plans to sell the house back to Mr. Lindner, to guarantee his family financial security. Mama stated, “ Ain’t nobody in my family never let nobody pay ‘em no money that was a way of telling us we wasn’t fit to walk the earth” (143). Mama is trying to persuade her son that selling the house back isn’t the right thing to do, it goes against what her family believes in. A Raisin in the Sun shows how the Younger family strives for greatness to accomplish their dreams regardless of factors that banish them from doing so. The play demonstrated the significance of family. Although Mama and Walter Lee continued to argue throughout the play they stuck together no matter what. Even after Walter lost all the money Mama gave him Walter Lee still took responsibility for his action. He did what his mama raised him to do, become a man like his
Mr. Lindner the head of the welcoming committee tries to persuade the Younger family to change their mind about moving to the neighborhood. Clybourne Park is an all white neighborhood Mr. Lindner feels as though the Younger family does not belong there. The Youngers had an option to resell the house back for double the money. Walter Lee plans to sell the house back to Mr. Lindner, to guarantee his family financial security. Mama stated, “ Ain’t nobody in my family never let nobody pay ‘em no money that was a way of telling us we wasn’t fit to walk the earth” (143). Mama is trying to persuade her son that selling the house back isn’t the right thing to do, it goes against what her family believes in. A Raisin in the Sun shows how the Younger family strives for greatness to accomplish their dreams regardless of factors that banish them from doing so. The play demonstrated the significance of family. Although Mama and Walter Lee continued to argue throughout the play they stuck together no matter what. Even after Walter lost all the money Mama gave him Walter Lee still took responsibility for his action. He did what his mama raised him to do, become a man like his