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that are shared with them. Negative attitudes can make an impact on others around. In this play, it is shown that there are several people that show negative emotions. Lorraine Hansberry has introduced such characters in her play, A Raisin in the Sun. The play's setting is somewhere around the 1950s on the southside of Chicago, which was in bad economic trouble back then. The characters that show negative behavior are Walter because of his drunk nature and high risk attitude, Karl because…

Nature’s Irrevocable Bond with Humanity Due to a subtle action in A Raisin in the Sun, by Lorraine Hansberry, the comparison to a loved one in “Shall I Compare Thee to a Summer’s Day,” by William Shakespeare, and the continuing conflict in “The Birthmark,” by Nathaniel Hawthorne, these literary pieces of work prove that humanity is forever bound to nature and that no act of isolation or disconnection can break that bond. The environment and ecosystem that one lives in has a very profound impact…

Jamal Elsaghir Eng-132 Joseph Doherty April 21, 2015 Born in Chicago, Illinois on May 19, 1930, Lorraine Hansberry wrote “A raisin in the sun” which was a play about a struggling black family. Lorraine Hansberry was very involved in civil rights and was the first black playwright; unfortunately she died at the young age of 34 from pancreatic cancer. Hansberry was the youngest of four children. Inspiration for writing the play could have been drawn from when Hansberry’s family moved…

Hansberry’s, A Raisin in the Sun, a thirty-five year old man struggles between trying to claim the success he so desires and caring about the well-being of his loved ones: This man is Walter Lee Younger. Walter Lee now faces the challenge of either changing his ways to maintain peace in the family or keep pursuing a dream that promises to destroy his home. In the 1950s, commonplace segregation, oppression, and discrimination threatened many African Americans. In A Raisin in the Sun, a typical…

Symbolism, Money, and Racism in A Raisin in the Sun Symbolism, Money, and Racism in A Raisin in the Sun. Lorraine Hansberry was born on May 19, 1930 in the windy city of Chicago, Illinois. Hansberry was the first African American women to produce a play on Broadway and the name of this tremendous playwright is A Raisin in the Sun. This play and book won countless awards including the New York critics’ circle award, the Garry Cooper award in 1962, and best supporting actress in 1961. Any family…

In the play “ A Raisin IN THE SUN by author Lorraine Hansberry” takes place in the south side of Chicago in a predominantly African American community during the mid 1950’s with a hardworking multi-generational family called the Younger’s, who live in the same worn out apartment for the past six generations. The Younger’s consists of five main characters: Ruth, the mother and daughter in law, Walter Lee, the son and husband to Ruth, Beneatha, the sister of Walter lee, Travis, the son of Walter…

In the play A Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine Hansberry, involves a poor family where each member of the family has their own problem like for Lena, it was moving into a new house, for Ruth what to do with the baby that still hasn’t be borned, and Walter to open a liquor shop. It is hard to define one as the protagonist since every character is really influential and contributed a great amount in it. In fact, you could say all of them are protagonists or none of them. There are many traits that…

In Lorraine Hansberry’s play, A Raisin in the Sun, the character’s interactions with each other reveal what internal thoughts would reveal in an ordinary book. Two of the characters who are not a part of the Younger family are the men in Beneatha Younger’s life. Hailing from decidedly different upbringings, George Murchison and Joseph Asagai provide opposing viewpoints on the American way of life. Through the contrast between Beneatha’s love interests Hansberry shows the conflict between…

A Raisin in the Sun Essay Demi Lovato Once said, “No matter what you're going through, there's a light at the end of the tunnel and it may seem hard to get to it but you can do it and just keep working towards it and you'll find the positive side of things.” A play, A Raisin in the Sun, was written in 1959 by Lorraine Hansberry. The play is about the Younger family who wants to move out of their neighborhood for a new beginning. Among each Younger, they each face a conflicts that are related…

The play, A Raisin in the Sun, was written by Lorraine Hansberry in the 1950s. Her play takes place sometime between World War II and the present day. It represented the struggles and hardships faced by African Americans living in mid-20th century America. The characters Walter and Lena greatly influence the plot of A Raisin in the Sun through actions, dialogue, and stage directions. Lena is one of the most influential characters to the plot, due to the fact that it was her husband that died,…