Research Paper; “A Raisin in the Sun” Throughout many centuries we have seen racism and culture difference take place in America. This is a struggle that has been fought and faced for many decades‚ and it’s a struggle America still faces to this day. As our generation continues to learn about the struggles African American families faced in the past‚ we come to realize this struggle has not been overcome over the years. “A Raisin in the sun‚” a play by Lorraine Hansberry gives us an incite of what
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A Raisin in the Sun Essay Often in works of literature a character’s life is affected by a single act or mistake In the play‚ “A Raisin in the Sun” by Lorraine Hansberry ‚ the character Mama is affected by a mistake. When Mama’s husband dies‚ she receives a $10‚000 check. She decides to split the money three ways. One portion will go to purchasing a new house for the family‚ the second to her daughter Beneatha’s school and the rest for her son Walter to put in the bank. Her son’s plan was
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“A Raisin in the Sun” In the play that Lorraine Hansberry wrote‚ her tone was realistic. It was realistic because for example‚ they just so happened to move into a racially divided neighborhood and the last black folks to live their left because of the white people. According to the book they got “bombed out”. Many of the characters had their own tone though. Ruth Younger was a more about doing everything just to please Walter Lee making her tone caring. Lena Younger “Mama” was all about buying
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The Theme of Money is not Everything in the Lorraine Hansberry‚ A Raisin in the Sun. In Lorraine Hansberry’s drama A Raisin in the Sun the round characters‚ which are the Younger family is finding out the hard way that wealth can be found in other forms than money. In this play the low class Younger family is shown through bad experiences that material things are worthless. One of the main characters Lena Younger also known as Mama‚ lost her husband and is waiting for the arrival of the
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Typical housewives of the 1950s were caring mothers‚ and obedient housewives. A 1950s mother put others before herself‚ even in times of despair. It was up to her to hold the family together. Ruth Younger the mom in the drama A Raisin in the Sun‚ by Lorraine Hansberry‚ is a very caring and hardworking mother who strives to keep her family above poverty. In times where African American families were discriminated‚ the Youngers faced hardships and were forced to live in Chicago’s ghettos on the south
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“I Have a Dream‚” says Martin Luther King Jr. in front of the Lincoln Memorial on August 28‚ 1963. This is the day when people listen and understand the horrors of segregation and attempt to end it. In Lorraine Hansberry’s play‚ “A Raisin in the Sun‚” the Younger family is going through the daily trauma of being an African American family during the 1940s to 1950s. The family of five live in a cramped apartment in Southside Chicago and they wait for the $10‚000 check from the health insurance to
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During Lorraine Hansberry’s life her and her family encountered lots a rascism. This is because of the racial history not only found where she grew up in Chicago but across America during the1950’s. But through all of the hardships in her life she was still able to come out on top and become a groundbreaking playwright. In Chicago‚ On May 19‚ 1930 Lorraine Hansberry was born. Here she would grow up with segregation despite the family’s middle class status. In conflict with segregation her family
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In addition‚ director Daniel Petrie portrayals the theme of it doesn’t matter how much money you have‚ if you don’t have the support of your own family you won’t be happy in the 1961 version of Lorraine Hansberry’s A Raisin in the Sun better than Kenny Leon in his 2008’s version. In the story A Raisin the Sun the family’s support is looked at as the most valuable thing in the story. There is an example of this when Walter -a man who talks about money the whole story- doesn’t want Karl Linder’s money
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Lorraine Hansberry‚ author of the play A Raisin In The Sun‚ was the first ever African American woman to ever have a play published and later have it performed on Broadway. Hansberry was born on May 30th 1930 in Chicago Illinois into a middle class family where she lived with her grandmother who was a freed slave‚ her father‚ mother and the 3 of her siblings. Her father was a very successful real estate broker and her mother was a teacher. Once Lorraine was 8 years old‚ her family moved into a white
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greatly impacting Walter Lee‚ for example if he lives somewhere else he probably won’t have the missed opportunity with Charlie Atkins. “When he wanted me to go in the dry-cleaning business with him. And now- he’s grossing a hundred thousand a year.” (Hansberry 493) this shows how upset Walter is that he isn’t in the business with Charlie. The other characters in the play are changing him‚ sometimes it’s for the better and sometimes the worst comes out in Walter. Ruth and Mama want Walter’s dreams to
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