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The play “A Raisin in the Sun” by Lorraine Hansberry follows a struggling black American family living on the south side of Chicago in the 1950s. The main characters include, Walter Lee, Beneatha, Lena “Mama”, Ruth, and Travis. As the play opens the family members are anticipating on receiving an insurance check and throughout the play they have their own interpretation on what they would like to do with the money. That of which leads to one of the conflicts in this story which is dreams.…

A raisin in the sun a Historical Fiction based in southside Chicago , Between World War ll and the present day ( first produced in 1959. Book by Lorraine Hansberry came from the root inspiration from Langston Hughes “ What happens to a dream deferred? Does it dry up like a raisin in the sun? Or fester like a sore--- And then run? Does it stink like rotten meat Or crust and sugar--- Like a syrupy sweet? Maybe it just sags . Like a heavy load. Or does it explode? A amazing fester of words from a…

Imagine if you were a black family living in the 1950's during the height of racism and the civil rights movement. How difficult would your life be, and what obstacles would have to be overcome? In Raisin in the Sun by Loraine Hansberry, the Youngers family live in a rundown Chicago Black neighborhood and face many challenges throughout their lives, including racial discrimination and sexism. Hansberry's message talks about the importance of achieving dreams, awareness of racial discrimination,…

Bola Tinubu: The Poor Cant Wait Any Longer By Sunday Njokede Former Lagos governor, Mr. Bola Tinubu had told protesters who gathered at his Ikoyi house to be patient that their miracle is on the way. If you flip the coin to the other side: Tinubu and his family are living large in Nigeria as the Italian Mafia. The Lagos politician has no moral ground to decide who should make sacrifices. Not when, he and his family are living fly like the Gambino crime family. What is hotter than this? The…

many speeches, plays, reviews, articles but she is most noted for her most well known for a play, which was based off a few short lines from Langston Hughes poem Harlem. “What happens to a dream deferred? Does it dry up like a raisin in the sun?” The play “A Raisin in the Sun”, was also based on Hansberry own experience as a young African-American woman living in a white neighborhood. The play tells the story of a lower-class African-American family that struggles to gain middle-class…

In the 1950’s it was a big responsibility to become the man of the house, it was a position respected by many young boys, and it was an expectation that when a boy’s father died that they would become man of the house. In Lorraine Hansberry’s A Raisin In The Sun, Walter Younger, a man who just lost his father, wants desperately to fill the role that his father had. As the only man living in a house with three women; his mother, sister, and pregnant wife, Walter Younger struggles with wanting…

would not let anyone stand in the way of his dream to own a liquor store. Walter planned on purchasing the store with insurance money his family received for his father’s death. His family disagreed with him, but he would not let that stop him. A Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine Hansberry, a beautiful play that makes a magnificent point. Set in the 1950’s, this play tells about the presence of Racism and Segregation still alive in the world. Walter Lee Younger, a father and husband who cares…

Walter Lee is a middle age black man who is the oldest man in the younger household. Walter has big dreams and it seems that some of the time he only cares about money. Walter's dream through most of the the play is to have a liquor store franchise and be rich. toward the end of the book his dreams shift and he is focused on making his family happy. He realizes that he needs to be the man of the house and act like the boss. Walter is determined to be a successful businessman and at the end of…

A Raisin In The Sun Ending At the end of the play A Raisin in the Sun, by Lorraine Hansberry, the family is getting ready to move into their new home. Although the family just lost all of their money, this is a happy ending to the story. Walter is the most upset about losing the money and he is also the reasoning behind it, but it’s his decision to move into the house instead of sell it to Mr. Lindner. Before Mr. Lindner got to the families home, Walter planned on selling the house to him. Even…

“What you Pawn I redeem” In the short story of What you Pawn I redeem by Sherman Alexie the main character Jackson Jackson a Spokane Indian, is able to get along with anyone who comes into his life; however the depth of the relationship, may drastically vary. The business men with in Jackson life, had more of a friendship relationship, than a business one. His people, the Indians, that he don’t have a daily inquirers with, are more of an acquaintance, than friend. Even though, Jackson…