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    A society’s definition of success as a certain sex can heavily influence the values and goals of individuals within that society. In A Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine Hansberry, the character Walter Lee Younger strives to achieve what he considers success by struggling to fit the definition of a man in 1959 America. Throughout the play, Hansberry’s portrayal of Walter Lee Younger reveals that American society at the time based masculinity on financial power and a man’s ability to provide for the…

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    Jamal Elsaghir Eng-132 Joseph Doherty April 21, 2015 Born in Chicago, Illinois on May 19, 1930, Lorraine Hansberry wrote “A raisin in the sun” which was a play about a struggling black family. Lorraine Hansberry was very involved in civil rights and was the first black playwright; unfortunately she died at the young age of 34 from pancreatic cancer. Hansberry was the youngest of four children. Inspiration for writing the play could have been drawn from when Hansberry’s family moved…

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    the end result. So they go through life not knowing how much they are able to see and experience. Throughout a Raisin in the Sun, the author Lorraine Hansberry shows that the Younger family thinks just the opposite. The Younger family dreams big and fight for what they want, no matter how hard it might be to achieve their goal, they keep fighting. Throughout the play a Raisin in the Sun, Lorraine Hansberry develops the theme of the American dream through the eyes of Walter, Beneatha and Mama.…

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    During that period of time in ‘A Raisin In The Sun’ occurred in an era when economically it wouldn’t have stood a chance with the economy of 2018, but for its time its wasnt good or bad, it was just in between. There were a couple of things that contributed to that, but the economy crash of 1957-1961 which caused an increase in the high inflation rate, and high unemployment rate as well. The character and theme I had chose was mama as my character and money and morality as my theme. I felt that…

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    Symbolism, Money, and Racism in A Raisin in the Sun Symbolism, Money, and Racism in A Raisin in the Sun. Lorraine Hansberry was born on May 19, 1930 in the windy city of Chicago, Illinois. Hansberry was the first African American women to produce a play on Broadway and the name of this tremendous playwright is A Raisin in the Sun. This play and book won countless awards including the New York critics’ circle award, the Garry Cooper award in 1962, and best supporting actress in 1961. Any family…

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    A Raisin in the Sun The money role in, A Raisin in the Sun has many cons and pros for all the characters. The money that the youngers are getting is insurance money from their father’s death. Mama is a nannie. Mama has to figure out what she wants to do with the money. Mama wants the family to be in a better neighborhood and live in a house. Walter wants mama to give him money to invest in a liquor store. Beneatha wants to go to college to become a doctor, and college is expensive. Obstacles…

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    Home is where the heart is! The saying that has been around for centuries but it remains to be the most truthful thing to ever be said. In A Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine Hansberry, one of the main characters Beneatha Younger is constantly around her family which also means that she is constantly learning from them. Family teaches the rights and wrongs as well as morals. When searching for identity people reach outside of what they have been taught to search for themselves and learn about life…

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    literature, when objects are shown in even the most mundane way the author is trying to attract emotion or convey an overall connection to the work. In the play A Raisin in The Sun , takes a historical background and induces it into a play that gets our minds thinking about the bigger picture conveyed . In Lorraine Hansberry’s play, A Raisin in the Sun, she uses Mamas plant, the check, and Benetha’s hair to illustrate, the declaration of strength, unity, self-pride and an intense desire for a…

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    In the play “ A Raisin IN THE SUN by author Lorraine Hansberry” takes place in the south side of Chicago in a predominantly African American community during the mid 1950’s with a hardworking multi-generational family called the Younger’s, who live in the same worn out apartment for the past six generations. The Younger’s consists of five main characters: Ruth, the mother and daughter in law, Walter Lee, the son and husband to Ruth, Beneatha, the sister of Walter lee, Travis, the son of Walter…

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    feelings that are shared with them. Negative attitudes can make an impact on others around. In this play, it is shown that there are several people that show negative emotions. Lorraine Hansberry has introduced such characters in her play, A Raisin in the Sun. The play's setting is somewhere around the 1950s on the southside of Chicago, which was in bad economic trouble back then. The characters that show negative behavior are Walter because of his drunk nature and high risk attitude, Karl…

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