A Raisin in the Sun

A Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine Hansberry is a play that tells the story of a poor black family’s opportunity to escape from poverty and the racial prejudice that was occurring in the 1950’s. This play was such a success that they created a movie about it. There are many differences between the movie and the play, and these differences are very meaningful and convey a message. One significant difference between the movie and the play is that in the movie Beneatha didn’t cut her hair off.…

One key theme of the A Raisin in the Sun is the importance of family. Family is an important theme throughout life and in Lorraine Hansberry’s play. In the play, we can see the importance of family is when Walter decides to call Karl Lindner to get the money to sell their new house. The importance of family in this situation was the cohesive decision not to sell the house. As a family, they decided to tackle on this problem together as a family instead of just giving in when there is a bump in…

In Langston Hughes’s poem titled “Harlem (A Dream Deferred)”, he asks an interesting question, “What happens to a dream deferred?” In Raisin in the Sun, Lorraine Hansberry uses the backdrop of discrimination on an African American family to examine the effect of dreams on people. Hansberry utilizes symbols such as Mama’s withering plant to represent how the family’s dreams are struggling to live while the members have conflicting ideas of the future. She also employs the life insurance money as…

Family is more important than money. In the play A Raisin in the Sun the Younger family, consisting of Mama, Ruth, Beneatha, Walter and Travis, are an African American family living a hard life. They receive a 10,000 dollar check for the death of the Younger’s dad. Each Family member dreams of using the money in a different way that caused the family to have disputes. In A Raisin in the Sun, Lorraine Hansberry uses Mama and Walter to show that money drives families apart. Walter’s actions in…

In Lorraine Hansberry’s “A Raisin in the Sun,” I most relate to Beneatha. In the play, Beneatha is only twenty years old. When I was twenty, my attitude was similar to Beneatha’s. Out of everyone Beneatha appears to be the most educated. She appears to be a smart person, but at the same time she appears to be obnoxious and egocentric. When I was twenty, I was a very self-centered person. I felt that the world revolved around me. I didn’t think or care about my family’s hardships as I was busy…

People often say that money is the root of all evil. Well, that’s not true. In reality, the greed and want for money is the root of evil. In the play A Raisin in the Sun, one character in particular, Willy Harris, who is never actually seen, but rather mentioned, makes this very evident as he takes money from two of his friends for his own personal gain. Taking in the financial situation of the family at the beginning of the play, one can only imagine how hard it would be for them to lose any…

What if a plant, a window and a ray of light could change your entire life? A Raisin in the Sun is a drama about the Youngers, an African American family living in a small apartment in the year of 1959 on the southside of chicago. The Youngers are not wealthy, Mama works for a white family as a house cleaner and Walter (the son of Mama) works also for white people as a Chauffeur. The family has recently lost their Father/Husband and a ten thousand dollar Health insurance check is on its way.…

Even though parents get mad at their kids, they will always love them and try their best to support them. In the play A Raisin in the Sun the playwright Lorraine Hansberry shows a conflict between Walter Younger and Lena Younger, the mother of Walter and Beneatha. They live together with Walters wife Ruth and their son Travis in a one bedroom apartment on the south side of Chicago. Walter is a chauffeur, but wants to be a businessman that way he can provide for his family. His family doesn’t…

The play, A Raisin in the Sun, by Lorraine Hansberry introduces characters that perfectly reflect the negative scenarios of the poem, “Dream Deferred” by Langston Hughes. These scenarios are caused by dreams that are unattainable, but not forgotten. The poem and the lives of several characters of the play portray discouragement, helplessness, anger and even violence. These deferred dreams effect the characters negatively as their dreams seem unattainable with the passing of time. However, the…

A Raisin in the Sun is about African-American family living on the South Side of Chicago in the 1950s. thats received a life insurance check for $10,000. The money came from her husband that had recently passed away. With the money the family had received each one of them had their own dream with the money. Mama, wants to buy a house to fulfill a dream she shared with her husband. Mama’s son, Walter Lee, would rather use the money to invest in a liquor store with his friends. He believes that…