A Raisin in the Sun

Lorraine Hansberry’s play, “A Raisin in the Sun”, is about an African American family, the Youngers, who are surrounded by poverty, racism, and family conflict. The Youngers aspire to give themselves a better life to ultimately pass that down to future generations. Their conflict comes into play when the family receives an insurance check for $10,000 and has split decisions on what to do with it. Hansberry’s play suggests that poverty is a symptom of racism by using characters that seem to be of…

Jarred Garcia 1/ 21/2016 A Raisin in the sun by Lorraine Hansberry is a realistic fiction in which the play 's title and characters Represent the play 's theme. The play focused on black America’s struggle to reach the American dream of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness during the 50’s and the 60’s. The idea of everyone having a the chance to achieve a better life should exist for all. Hanaberry…

been snatched away from them, and their minds and bodies were shackled and grossly abused. In his infamous poem “A Raisin In The Sun,” Langston Hughes refers to hope deferred as a raisin that has shriveled up in the scorching sun - void of life giving abilities as nourishment. Even in this, Frankl made an observation that rivaled my understanding of the raisin after the sun has caused it to wither. “In spite of the all the enforced physical and mental primitiveness of life in a…

Walter lived with his mother, sister, and wife and son they lived in a crowded two room apartment. No one saw the way Walter did about his liquor store idea. Walter honestly felt his dream is what was best for his family, but no one wanted to hear about it. He tried to get his family to listen to him but everyone was too busy to listen always doing their own thing. Lena went off and bought a house, even though she knew she had crushed Walters dream, but she felt heron had lost his way of god so…

In the drama A Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine Hansberry, an African-American family struggles to achieve the American Dream. Meanwhile in F. Scott Fitzgerald 's novel The Great Gatsby, a wealthy man attempts to enrapture his eternal love. Each of these book 's portrays the American Dream except it is in two contrasting ways. While Walter Younger struggles to make ends meet and provide for his family , Jay Gatsby throws lavish parties and lives in a voluminous mansion in West Egg. Through…

and your dreams. They will tell you that you are aiming to high or how impossible it will be to reach your dream. Which will actually push some people to work harder if you really think about it. That’s how it worked for Beneatha in the novel Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine Hansberry, no one believed in her dreams on being a doctor. Beneatha was determine to go to school and receive her degree in medicine. She did not want nothing more in life then to become a doctor. Her reason for her dream was…

LDC Final Essay: Module one Many dreams but a poor atmosphere in Lorrain Hansberry a raisin in the sun. Both setting and conflict impact the ability of Beneatha dream was to go to school to be a doctor, as a result she can’t because Walter basically gave away all the money. “That money is made out of my father’s flesh”. This quote tells me that the money meant different things to the family. Mama really wanted Beneatha to go to school. Mama words was, was it gone, all of it, even…

which is a powerful tool that has the ability to alternate certain beliefs and perceptions. The way society treats a person who is a victim of race can cultivate them causing a broad change in their demeanor. In Loraine Hansberry’s play “A Raisin in the Sun”, Walter comments to Beneatha “Who the hell told you you had to be a doctor? If you so crazy ‘bout messing ‘round with sick people – then go be a nurse like other women – or just get married and be quiet… (1.1.125). According to the author,…

“The Glass Menagerie”, “Death of a Salesman”, and “A Raisin in the Sun” all reflect the human experience. The human experience in this case involves American families during the 30’s, 40’s and 50’s that are co-dependent on each other throughout the economic and social struggles of their time. The families’ struggles transcend their time periods; people empathize with them now and will continue to do so long into the future. The stories depict experiences that feel very real and that people can…

readers. 2. Personification is to give an object human characteristics, emotions and physical traits. For example “Blue skies, smiling at me” has personification becuase the sky cannot smile unlike a human being. 3. In the play “The Raisin in the Sun” the flower pot gets personified twice throughout the play. Once in the beginning of act one, scene two and the second in act two, scene two. In the play the flower in the pot respresents “Mama”. Beneatha personified the flower to be…