A Raisin in the Sun Essay

A Raisin in the Sun is a play by Lorraine Hansberry that has been shown on Broadway in 1956. The title of this play come from a poem “Harlem” by Langston Hughes. The story of this play tells us about a black family experiences in the Washington Park Subdivision of Chicago’s Woodlawn neighborhood. The characters in the play Walter and Ruth Younger they have a son Travis. Under one roff also lives Walters mother Lena and his sister Beneatha. They all live in a property two-bedroom apartment on…

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,…

Lorraine Hansberry's play "A Raisin in the Sun" is a play about three generations of an African American family, the Youngers, all living in a small Southside Chicago apartment in the late 1950s. In addition, the play explores a larger theme of how the fact of their race, specifically in the 1950s, serves to prohibit them from accomplishing their American dreams. Furthermore, there are many elements Hansberry employs in order to push forward this message, but in my opinion, none serve more as a…

Laura Dachs Period 4 12-01-16 Raisin in the Sun It is only with the help of aspiring dreams that these various members of the Younger family are seen to battle on in a society bent on deferring or quashing them. By thinking big, they refuse to be the raisins in the sun of Langston Hughes’ poem (‘Montage of a Dream Deferred’).The hope to escape poverty is only given concrete assistance by the death of the father, but when most of this money is stolen the family comes together in a show of…

The play A Raisin in the Sun written by Lorraine Hansberry is essentially about dreams. The main characters struggle to deal with the brutal positions that they are put in, eventually having to put off their dreams. The title of this play credits a theory that Langston Hughes possesses in his poem, “Harlem”, where he wrote about dreams that were forgotten or delayed. He pondered if having a deferred dream is similar to having a dream shrivel up “like a raisin in the sun” (Langston Hughes). All…

“ A Raisin in the Sun” directed by Kenny Leon is a emotional roller coaster filled with twists and turns. It really makes you feel like you were part of the Younger household back in the 1950s. It also show cases how poorly black people were treated and makes you really feel their pain. But most important this film isn’t just pain and sadness, it’s also a happy movie based on true events. Take the part where Walter first sees the $10,000 check Mama just received. Then when he tells Mama…

A Raisin in the Sun written beautifully by Lorraine Hansberry, depicts the life of an African- American family named the Youngers, residing in the southern side of Chicago during the 1950’s. The story begins with the family arguing about how a check (we later find out this check is Mama’s deceased husband, and the children’s deceased father’s, life insurance policy) is going to be used. Mama wants the check to go towards buying a house, a dream she envisioned with her now dead husband. Walter,…

A Raisin in the sun by Lorraine Hansberry. In this essay I’m going to talked about their characters and their American dreams. Do their dreams coming true? This play about the younger, a poor African American family living in south side of Chicago. They all have dreams. In this Novel, Mama Beneatha and walter are dreaming about a happy and lived better life in future. This whole family struggling against racism they are living in small apartment where they have two bedroom and one bathroom.…

The playwright, Lorraine Hansberry, wrote many plays, but her most notable play was A Raisin in the Sun. Hansberry won several awards for this play, and she achieved the honor of being the first African American woman to have her play produced on Broadway. The play emphasizes the theme of a family struggling to achieve their indiviual dreams while living in an era of extreme racial and gender oppression (Liukkonen). Living through the four major decades characterized by the fight for civil…

In “A Raisin in the sun” by Lorraine Hansberry, a family’s differences arise once they receive a check for a large amount of money. Mama and Ruth are the peace makers of the family, and see the money can be a great opportunity to have a home that can better suit their family. Walter Lee wants the money to open a liquor store, so that he can invest in a better life for his family, but fails instead. Beneatha wants a higher education; therefore she believes that the money can help contribute to…