A raisin in the sun a Historical Fiction based in southside Chicago , Between World War ll and the present day ( first produced in 1959. Book by Lorraine Hansberry came from the root inspiration from Langston Hughes “ What happens to a dream deferred? Does it dry up like a raisin in the sun? Or fester like a sore--- And then run? Does it stink like rotten meat Or crust and sugar--- Like a syrupy sweet? Maybe it just sags . Like a heavy load. Or does it explode? A amazing fester of words from a poem . To me when i think or a raisin that's in the sun i picture an dry thing that was once a beautiful thing before and it got left without the proper use and now become something people look past. If you really eat a raisin the look shocks you it's…
A Raisin in the sun essay In the play A Raisin in the Sun, written by Lorraine Hansberry, a story is told of the Younger’s, a lower class family struggling through the dreams, problems, and emotions life throws at them. The Youngers are a large African American family that include Ruth, a hardworking woman and the mom of Travis; walter, travis’s father and a man with a big dream, Benetha,the independent woman and the sister of Walter, travis, the playful child of walter and ruth, and lastly,…
like a raisin in the sun?” The play “A Raisin in the Sun”, was also based on Hansberry own experience as a young African-American woman living in a white neighborhood. The play tells the story of a lower-class African-American family that struggles to gain middle-class recognition. In the beginning of the play, the Youngers are waiting for an insurance check of $10,00 from a life insurance policy of the deceased husband of Mama, Mr. Younger’s. The plot of the play primarily focuses around how…
Are you always on the same page with your mother? A Raisin in The Sun takes place during the early 1950s in Chicago’s South side. It is about a black family having money troubles, trying to move into a white neighborhood where they are not wanted. In A Raisin in The Sun, the argumentative relationship between (Walter and Beneatha), (Mama and Beneatha), creates a conflict of struggle against family hardships that emerges from their behavior towards each other and help develop the themes…
Dreams give people a reason to live. Fulfilling a goal and achieving a milestone can become one of the best feeling in the world. But when it has to be pushed aside, it can be very difficult. These types of sacrifices can change ones way a life, both positively or negatively. In A Raisin in the Sun, Lorraine Hansberry shows a 1950s African American man that has the fantasy of becoming a successful man. Walter Lee Younger, a desperate, passionate, eager man, with a burst of energy. A father,…
consciences with more and more lies until they become prisoners of those lies. They cannot face the truth of human equality because it reveals the horror of the injustices they commit” (Brainy Quotes). In Lorraine Hansberry’s play, A Raisin in the Sun, the Younger family lives in South Side Chicago and faces racial discrimination. The entire family experiences different hardships over the years. While reading Hansberry’s drama, the audience can better comprehend the content with the help of…
Money plays a major role in society, from income to loans to even insurance money. It comes in various currencies, amounts, and forms. Money can serve as a life saver or a stressor depending on how it’s perceived. In the play A Raisin in the Sun, the arrival of a $10,000 insurance check is key to each family member in the Younger household and while the few typical readers focus on the money, the author Lorraine Hansberry influences the audience's response with character vs conflict, inner…
On March 11, 1959 at the Ethel Barrymore Theater in New York, where it won the New York Drama Circle Award for best American play of the season, A Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine Hansberry (1930-1959) has established a the place in the American canon of classic plays. The classic play was made into a successful movie that adapted a Tony Award Winning in the 1973. A Raisin in The Sun shows the effect of racial prejudice on an African-American family desires and dreams. The play focuses on the…
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A Raisin in the Sun is a play by Lorraine Hansberry about a close-knit family trying to reach each of their own goals in life. The family consists of Lena Younger (Mama), her children Beneatha and Walter Lee Younger, Walter’s wife Ruth, and their son, Travis. They all live in a run down apartment in the South Side of Chicago. Mama gets an insurance check of $10,000 upon her husband’s death. Each family member has an idea of what to do with the money once they finally get it. Walter Lee wants to…