The environment in which family lives can alter and refine the lives of its members. In the drama‚ A Raisin in the Sun‚ by Lorraine Hansberry‚ the Younger family face many challenges‚ due to being an African American family‚ living in a small apartment‚ shortly after the World War II. These challenges vary from the amount of space in their living quarters‚ to even simply the abundance of racism. As a result of being an African American family during the 1950’s‚ the Younger family must cope with many
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A Raisin in the Sun - Money Where money is but an illusion and all it brings are nothing but dreams‚ one family struggles to discover that wealth can be found in other forms. In the play "A Raisin in the Sun‚" Lorraine Hansberry uses the indirect characterization of the Younger family through their acquaintances to reveal that money and materialism alone are worthless. Living in a society where the fulfillment of dreams is based upon material wealth‚ the Younger family strives
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The American Dream is idolized by many. Family is often the backbone of any successful person. Lorraine Hansberry’s Raisin In The Sun is about the Younger family. The Younger’s are hard working African Americans living on very low income. The family can only afford a small apartment for the five of them. The importance of family can clearly be seen through the characters of Mama‚ Walter‚ and Ruth. Mama shows the importance of pride. She is prideful of her husband who worked his entire life‚ and
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People have their own versions of goals which lead into different dreams. In Lorraine Hansberry’s “A Raisin in the Sun”‚ she shows how amongst a struggling family‚ the individuals have different views on dreams. The play revolves around the Younger family who lives in Chicago in 1949. The family is expecting a check for ten thousand dollars coming from the deceased fathers insurance money. Everyone in the family has a different way of wanting to use it. Mama‚ the mother of the family‚ wishes to buy
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Raisin in the Sun reflects the author‚ Lorraine Hansberry; with the starring Younger family during the 1950s and 60s. Her life was riddled with controversy‚ from her upbringing to the different movements and clubs she participated in. Granting her the experience to reflect the conflict between blacks and whites. She merged the feminist movement‚ The Great Migration‚ and the redlining and covenants into her play with ease. Giving us the opportunity to reenact what it would have been like to live in
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A Raisin In The Sun There are many choices that people make everyday that can I‚pact the rest of their lives. When making a decision that can strongly affect someone‚ it is important that they make the best one they can. For example‚ if someone were to make a decision off of only what they know about it‚ they might not end up in the best place they could. In the play A Raisin in the Sun‚ there is a very important decision that the characters must collectively make in order for them to have their
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To begin with‚ I really enjoyed A Raisin in the Sun. The characters’ interaction shows that no one can tear you down‚ lift you up‚ make you cry‚ make you laugh‚ as intensely as your family can. It is timeless because of Hansberry’s presentation of the familiar interaction of the characters. The dialogues were really good‚ the conversation in the play sounded very natural. Each character is easy to love and easy to find some faults in but at the same time easy to forgive for their flaws and love
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ENG 121 Instructor: Martin Ley Formal Paper #4 By: Valerie A Perron Date: 10-25-10 Paulo Freire‚ a Christian-Marxist In this paper‚ I will be addressing the topic of how Christianity and Marxism cannot be yoked together. Let me first state that the kind of Christianity Paulo Freire says he believes in‚ is Catholicism. The Catholic Church tends to have beliefs that are not completely true to the Word of God because they take some scripture out of context. I do not claim to be of any certain
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In Chicago‚ in the 1950’s‚ black families were confronted with many challenges‚ faced much racial prejudice‚ were typically poor‚ working-class families‚ and were not wanted in white communities. In A Raisin in the Sun‚ the Younger Family is different‚ they are poor‚ but they are able to overcome that fact and fulfill their dreams‚ despite the prejudice that comes with them. Because the Youngers have a strong sense of pride and loyalty their dreams are achieved by prevailing over their challenges
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A Raisin in the Sun is about a black family that lives in a small apartment and is trying to make everything work out. The importance‚ people may think is to show no matter what is just to try and get whatever you aspire to get in life. Beneatha had a dream of being a doctor but it did not come true when the family lost all it’s money. In Lorraine Hansberry’s‚ A Raisin in the Sun‚ Beneatha is described as a beautiful woman. (She is about twenty‚ as slim and intense as her brother. She is not as
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