A Raisin in the Sun Essay

Lorraine Hansberry’s A Raisin in the Sun centers on an African American family’s struggles during the twentieth century. In the play, the author illustrates vital issues such as poverty and gender, and racial discrimination on colored people. However, there are many other features that contribute to the play’s success, including: its two major themes (importance of family and significance of their dreams), the main character’s personality, and the author’s standpoint in the story. One of the…

Hansberry’s life and A Raisin in The Sun Inspiration brings all writers to write, artists to draw, and singers to sing. Inspiration may blossom from any daily experience or event, but inspiration also comes from one’s life. Lorraine Hansberry was inspired to write A Raisin in The Sun by her own life experiences. A discreet and subtle way she included her own life into A Raisin in The Sun was by relating herself and her family to the characters involved A Raisin in The Sun. Another way Hansberry…

A raisin in the sun is a novel about a poor African-American family living on the Southside of Chicago. they get an opportunity to escape from poverty comes in when a form of $10,000 life insurance check comes in and the family goes through trials on how the money would be spent. The martin Luther king I have a dream speech is about how martin had a dream of everybody living in harmony. He envisioned that there would be little black children and little white children playing in the street with…

family is completely realistic and relatable no matter what color of skin the audience is. People are so intrigued to learn about the troubles of other people and then compare their situations to make them feel better about themselves, but in A Raisin In The Sun audiences get to see not only the troubles of an average…

one understands the meaning behind it. Reading a play out loud helps students better understand the meaning behind certain symbols or characters. The play A Raisin in the Sun was read aloud in class, then followed by students watching the movie. The play A Raisin in the Sun is a drama written by Lorraine Hansberry. The movie A Raisin in the Sun is directed by Kenny Leon and produced by Bad Boy Films. Both the play and the movie are based upon an African American family, the Youngers, living in…

Lorraine Hansberry’s play, A Raisin in the Sun, follows the Younger family through a short time period and addresses their dreams and hardships. The play is ripe with themes and motifs, a few major ones include poverty, race, and the power of dreams. As the setting of the play, the Younger family apartment holds many of these motifs within itself and carries its own symbolism as well. The small apartment began as Mama and her late husband’s, Big Walter, starter home. Mama tells Ruth in the play…

This book represents the life of poor african american people in the 50’s and how the economic was horrible. In the south side of chicago the family Younger were poor, but they hoped their life could change with the check of $10,000 that is coming in from the insurance of mama after her husband passed away.Mama (Lena) has two children, Walter and Beneatha. They both have a plan in how they want to use the money. Walter the oldest one wants to use the money to open up a liquor store, while…

Hansberry was brought into the world in Chicago, Illinois, on May 19, 1930. Hansberry is the author of our play, A Raisin in the Sun, along with being the first play writer to be African American. Not only was Hansberry a writer, she was also an activist for civil rights. At the age of 34, Hansberry died of pancreatic cancer, leaving behind her wonderful play, A Raisin in the Sun. This play is based in the 1950s when abortion was illegal, death and sickness were very common, and African…

The main character in A Raisin in the Sun was Walter Younger. Walter was a 35 year old black man living on the south side Chicago during the 1950s. He was a father, husband, and also lived with his mom and sister all under one roof. Walter had big dreams to open up a business but those dreams were crushed after he got extorted. Walter was the type of man that was very ambitious. At many times, his ambition got in the way of what’s really important in life. Throughout the novel, Walter went on…

Walter’s Story “ I’m thirtyfive years i've been married 11 years and I got a son who sleeps in the living room” (34). Walter is a character in Lorraine Hansberry in A Raisin in the Sun(34). Walter is living with his family in an apartment in Chicago Southside. Walter’s concept of manhood shapes his dreams of success, Affects his interactions with his family, Walter is the head of the house. And Influences his management of money. Walter never shows up at work, always drinks too much. He…