A Raisin in the Sun Essay

society in a different manner, and sometimes we are judged by what he have to offer individually. In Lorraine Hansberry’s A Raisin in the Sun, an African American family struggles with poverty, maintaining self-confidence, and living the American Dream. Many scenes that seem to be from years ago actually reappear in today’s society. The undated 1950’s play, A Raisin in the Sun, reflects many issues we face in society today as African…

In A Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine Hansberry, the Younger family overcomes the tensions that money brings between a family and uses it to ameliorate their life. They receive an insurance check from their father’s passing for $10,000 that provokes a plethora of different feelings throughout the family. Not only are they hopeful, but receiving it also causes them to become argumentative and greedy and puts them in a worse place than when they first get it. In the midst of poverty and…

Each character in A Raisin in the Sun has a dream that drives them and can end up distancing them from other family members and their own dreams. Walter's dream is to be or “make a man” of himself. More specific, he wants to own property that property being a liquor store. Ruth’s dream seems to be to fix her and Walter's marriage, to get a house, and with that do what’s best for travis which involves getting a house so he can have his own room. Travis so far seems to want to just be a happy…

In the play “Raisin in the Sun” by Lorraine Hansberry. Beneatha is introduced as an active, big-thinker, but also complex and indecisive. She is the daughter of Mama and the sister of Walter and she aspires to become a doctor and is attending college, although her path to her dream is set, she doesn’t know how to express herself so she tries different activities like playing an instrument. Throughout the play Beneatha’s personality morphs, but at the end her personality from the beginning was…

Character Analysis of Mama in the “A Raisin in the Sun” The play, “A Raisin in the Sun” describes a few months in the life of an African-American family, the Youngers, living in Chicago in the 1950s. When the play begins, the family is about to receive insurance compensation amounting to $10,000. This compensation is as a result of the deceased Mr. Younger’s life cover policy. According to the play, each of the grown up members of the Youngers has an idea on how to spend the family fortune. Mama…

has been making terrible and costly decisions that impact their lives greatly as they try to convince him to do better. In the end the only person he cares about is himself and his pride over the family. There are three noticeable parts in A Raisin in the Sun where he seems to purposefully sabotage himself and the family; when he refuses to work, when he…

The play “A Raisin in the Sun” by Lorraine Hansberry, directed by Bill Duke, is play that shows us many aspects of hard life in the 1950's for African - American. The conflict between younger 's family create a sad and strong feeling in the play through their dreams because each one of member of the family has an own dream to make. They want to use the insurance money of 10,000 to achieve their dreams when Lena Youngher played by kim Yancey receives insurance money. This part in the play draw…

In the play, A Raisin In The Sun, by Lorraine Hansberry, Walter Younger and Mama’s identities conflict with their success. Walter is a poor black man in Southside Chicago in the 50’s, while Mama is someone who has lived close to the affects of slavery. Both of these identities keep Walter and Mama from getting what they want from life, causing conflict with their success. Walter’s identity as a poor, black man in Southside Chicago conflicts with his success because during that time period,…

Literary Analysis: A Raisin in the Sun Premiering March 11, 1959, Lorraine Hansberry’s A Raisin in the Sun made history as the first Broadway play written by an African American woman. Despite being risky and controversial in the thick of the American Civil Rights Movement, the production, boasting a black director and almost exclusively black cast, garnered both critical acclaim and box office success. Most recently, it was revived this month at Arena Stage in Washington D.C. Centered on the…

Life, even at it’s lowest point, will always get better and find a way to rise up again. When Beneatha Younger discovered her brother, Walter Lee, lost all the money that was put aside for her college fund, she gives up on becoming a doctor, giving up on her dreams. Asagai tries to convince her there is a light at the end of the tunnel, one must have faith and optimism that the future is not hopeless. “All I can say is - if this is my time in life - MY TIME - to say goodbye - to those God…