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In the play, A Raisin in the Sun, written by Lorrain Hansberry, Beneatha has many qualities that are brought to light through-out the entire play. Her dream of becoming a doctor, her many ways of expressing herself, and the fact that she is an assimilationist are all shown throughout the play. When Beneatha was a little girl, she and some of the other children in her neighborhood, would pack the ice-covered steps of houses down the street with snow to sled down because there were no hills. While…

Lorraine Hansberry’s play, A Raisin in the Sun, follows the Younger family through a short time period and addresses their dreams and hardships. The play is ripe with themes and motifs, a few major ones include poverty, race, and the power of dreams. As the setting of the play, the Younger family apartment holds many of these motifs within itself and carries its own symbolism as well. The small apartment began as Mama and her late husband’s, Big Walter, starter home. Mama tells Ruth in the play…

A Raisin in the Sun portrays a few weeks in the life of the Youngers, an African-American family on the South Side of Chicago in the 1950s struggling to support themselves each and every day from paycheck to paycheck. When the play opens, the Youngers are waiting to receive an insurance check which comes from the deceased Patriarch of the Younger family, Mr. Younger’s life insurance policy. Mama and Walter have an idea as to what he or she would like to do with the money they are about to…

The Sun is Also a Star by Nicola Yoon, published in 2016 by Delacorte Press, is a story of youth and romance and also immigration and deportation. Nicola Yoon is the #1 New York best seller of The Sun Is Also A Star and Everything, Everything. This author grew up in Jamaica and Brooklyn and now lives in Los Angeles. This novel focuses on the immigrant experience in America. The three major characters, Natasha, Daniel and Charlie are affected by this experience. First of all each of their…

Professor of Economics, Paul Krugman speaks of solar power in the United States and it’s rise above fossil power in his New York Times op-ed, “Here Comes the Sun.” Is solar power really better than fossil power? Even though solar energy has a variety of benefits such as being abundant, environmentally friendly and also is declining in cost, it still has a few issues. One case of these issues is implementing that solar energy into the US electrical grid. According to the article “Green energy…

residents actually housed 27,000 (Chicago Southside 1950’s, 2011). The Southside was primarily made up of African-Americans, in fact, according to Chicago Southside 1950’s, 2011, it was considered the “Capital of Black America.” In A Raisin in the Sun, a play written by Lorraine Hansberry, the difficulties of African-American families living in Chicago were portrayed. Chicago has improved when it comes to crime rates, but poverty and police brutality are things that still greatly affect blacks…

In A Raisin in the Sun, Hansberry emphasizes the struggle of equality from the female characters presented in the play. She has these characters face realistic issues to show the struggle of gender inequality in the 1950’s. Each of the women had their own set of problems facing this problem, but all strived towards the same goal. Throughout “A Raisin in the Sun” by Lorraine Hansberry, Gender Inequality is experienced through Ruth, Lena, and Beneatha. Ruth Younger is faced with the issue of the…

Each character in A Raisin in the Sun has a dream that drives them and can end up distancing them from other family members and their own dreams. Walter's dream is to be or “make a man” of himself. More specific, he wants to own property that property being a liquor store. Ruth’s dream seems to be to fix her and Walter's marriage, to get a house, and with that do what’s best for travis which involves getting a house so he can have his own room. Travis so far seems to want to just be a happy…

Hansberry’s life and A Raisin in The Sun Inspiration brings all writers to write, artists to draw, and singers to sing. Inspiration may blossom from any daily experience or event, but inspiration also comes from one’s life. Lorraine Hansberry was inspired to write A Raisin in The Sun by her own life experiences. A discreet and subtle way she included her own life into A Raisin in The Sun was by relating herself and her family to the characters involved A Raisin in The Sun. Another way Hansberry…

In her play A Raisin in the Sun, playwright Loraine Hansberry uses the characters of Joseph Asagai and George Murchinson to show the themes of race and sexism. Compared to other characters, Asagai and George appear very little. However, their dialogues with the Beneatha display their opinions on the issues of race and sexism. While Asagai symbolizes the African American heritage and support of women’s rights, George displays the assimilationist African American and the sexism found in Chicago…