Poverty In Lorraine Hansberry's A Raisin In The Sun

Poverty has ruined many lives in the past. It is the base of the downfall of humanity. The struggle of surviving in poverty is shown well through the book The Raisin in the Sun. With raising prices and the loss of jobs it has made it even harder for those looking for jobs to survive in today’s economy. Poverty has spread throughout the world with a lot of organizations rising to the conflict. The change our world is going through has made the world easier to live in, but the amount of money spent to keep lives easier has made it harder for those who have no money to survive. Living today has become easier to anyone with money, but those who struggle everyday are going through hell helping their families and surviving.
People living in poverty
Family is one of the most important aspects in anyone’s life. Children are the future and they need to be molded to the best they can be. Most of the children of today are being born into wealthy families of being born straight into families of poverty. “Research suggests that living in poverty during early childhood is associated with lower than average academic performance that begins in kindergarten and extends through elementary and high school. Living in poverty during early childhood is associated with lower than average rates of school completion.” (“Children Living in Poverty”). Living in poverty can hurt a child’s education and where they live can make it even harder for them to finish homework. With nothing to use because of the poverty problem, the children will be suffering in school and in public. They will be made fun of for not having what they need and what society wants them to have. With the lack of money the child won't have a lot of confidence due to the society picture of everyone no matter who they are. "WALTER In fact, here's another fifty cents...Buy yourself some fruit today---or take a taxicab to school or something!" (Hansberry 31). Walter knowing what will happen to Travis's confidence and his picture in public, he gave him money for school and an extra fifty cents for fruit or a taxi. What Walter had done showed Travis that his parents aren't living bad, but rather that they have enough money to give some to him