Lorraine Hansberry's A Raisin In The Sun

A Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine Hansberry, is a play that portrays the life of the Younger’s, a poor African-American family living on the South Side of Chicago in the 1950s. The play opens as Mama, the elder of the family, is waiting for a $10,000 insurance check from the death of her husband. Once the check arrives, the family struggles to decide how best to use it, but every adult member of the Younger family has their own idea as to how they think the money should be used. As the play progresses, the Youngers clash over their opposing dreams, this leads Mama to make the decision to buy a house for the family, in what would be considered at the time, a white neighbourhood. After Walter’s strong reaction to her decision, Mama entrusts the