A Raisin In The Sun Compare And Contrast Essay

Although there are lots of similarities and differences between the book and film by Lorraine Hansberry A Raisin in the Sun, both the book and film can stand on their own while having those contradictions. In the book, the whole story's setting takes place within the Younger’s apartment living room. While in the film, on the other hand, various different sets were used such as: Walter and Ruth’s bedroom, the bar, the Younger’s new house, and multiple others. The different sets used in the film make the story a lot more interesting to the viewer, because it depicts the Younger's life outside of their tiny apartment living room.
Lorraine Hansberry described the apartment they lived in to be little and worn down in the book. The film however, only shows that the living room is small but not that it is worn down nor in poor conditions as it is described to be.
Many of the characters’ facial expressions in the film were just as Lorraine Hansberry had described them to be in her book. It was easy to visualize all of the character's facial expressions from the descriptions given in book. The actors that Kenny Leon had chosen to be apart of the film were great with showing the emotions given to their character counterparts by Lorraine Hansberry in her book.
The $10,000 life insurance check that the Younger’s are to receive is a big part in the book,
In the film the bar he attends is called the Kitty Cat but, in the book the bar is called the Green Hat. Lastly, in the film Mama leaves the apartment to get Walter out of the bar. While in the bar, Mama gives him $6,500 rolled up and tells him “to be the head of this family from now on” (pg. 107). In the book, this whole scene plays out in a completely different manner. Mama gives Walter the money in an enclosed envelop inside of their small apartment, just after she had turned off the