Raisin Bran

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…

The drama “A Raisin in the Sun” illustrates a variety of different characters all in which consume immense personalities. Out of all the characters, Mrs. Younger stood out the most. Her family called her “mama.” She was once married to Mr. Younger who had passed away at the beginning of the play. The couple had two children, a son and a daughter. Their son’s name was Walter Lee who married Ruth. Beneatha was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Younger and she was not married but had a boyfriend. Mrs.…

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.…

help them to achieve those goals, some other search the way to achieve them even if they are alone. As many people can dream and make those dreams reality, they are also a group of people which their dreams deferred. With the example of the play “A Raisin in the Sun” by Lorraine Hansberry, African Americans cannot dream or aspire to great things because of the environment of oppression that surrounds them, even if they do dare to dream. The dream of most of African Americans was freedom, that…

In “A Raisin in the Sun,” by Lorraine Hansberry we are introduced to the Younger Family, an African-American family residing on the south side of Chicago during the 1950s. Each individual has a dream of how they would like to better themselves in order to eventually help their family. Mama wants a bigger home, Bennie wants to become a doctor and Walter wants to open his own business, are their dreams truly selfless or selfish. Their difference of opinion and failure to understand one another’s…

Authors use situational irony in their stories to make the plot surprising and other emotions. The short stories “The Ransom of the Red Chief” and “The Necklace” are great examples of situational irony. In “The Ransom of the Red Chief” O. Henry uses situational irony to make a surprising and humorous plot. Also, in “The Necklace” Guy de Maupassant uses situational irony to make a surprising and sorrowful plot. “The Ransom of the Red Chief” is a humorous and stunning short story that is a…

Clint Eastwood’s “Pale Rider” is about a mysterious Preacher, played by Eastwood himself, who becomes the hero for the modest people of Carbon Canyon who are under the threat of Coy LaHood, a mining superpower. The film starts with LaHood’s men riding through Carbon Canyon and terrorizing its citizens. After the attack, the town is damaged and devastated. The people of Carbon Canyon are afraid of LaHood because he controls most of the land around them; the only one he doesn’t control is Carbon…

Author, Lorraine Hansberry composes each member of the Younger family’s actions, dialogue, and relationships in such a way that they promote the formation of a recurring theme, the American Nightmare. Through the duration of A Raisin in the Sun the family lives along the lines of poverty but always carries their fantasy of being wealthy with them. Though each individual has their own version of the American Dream, they all find themselves constantly consumed in the hopes of possessing something…

This idea has been explored and worked into many works of literature as a central conflict by numerous authors. One notable author, Lorraine Hansberry, worked these postulations into a story about the American Dream. In Lorraine Hansberry’s play A Raisin in the Sun, dreams are motivating in the way they encourage…

In A Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine Hansberry, Walter Lee Younger plays the belligerent protagonist who has dreams of creating a better life for his family. He's ashamed of his poor living conditions and is desperate to change it. Also, he is the man of the house in a home consisting of three women. These three women in his life all influence his relationships, actions, and values. Walter's mother "Leena," sister "Beneatha," and wife "Ruth" affect him in many different ways. Ultimately these…