It seems evident that the heroin in Hansberry’s A Raisin in the Sun is Lena Younger. Throughout the play‚ she’s faced with an important decision to make; how to spend the 10‚000 dollars. Instead of thinking selfishly‚ she tries to do what’s best in the interest of the whole family. Lena Younger is the leader of the Younger household as well as the mother of Walter and Beneatha. She strains her family to have self-respect and to believe in themselves in order to accomplish their dreams. As time passed
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Arlene Borbon LIT 202 Essay Package #1 Dr. Altschuler “A Raisin in the Sun” and the American Dream The American Dream is defined by hard work. If one works hard‚ it will pay off and one will live comfortably. If one works even harder‚ it will lead to wealth. This definition is especially evident in “A Raisin in the Sun”. In the play‚ we read about the desperation that results when the characters realize that this definition doesn’t hold true for them‚ especially Walter Lee. He‚ as well as his parents
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two very different authors‚ who wrote two very different works. To Kill a Mockingbird is a novel about how prejudice and discrimination can lead to an innocent man being convicted of a crime he didn’t commit just because of his skin color. A Raisin in the Sun is a play about how the value of a family can overcome racism in a new town and allow a family to prosper‚ even in the worst conditions. However‚ both of these works deal with racism and discrimination in similar ways. Conversely‚ Harper Lee
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Randolph-Chernis Course: HUM3310: Interpretation of Fiction Assignment: “A Raisin in the Sun” Research Paper Due Date: 02/07/15 Lorraine Hansberry’s “A Raisin in the Sun: The comparison of analysis The struggle of equality between black and white communities has been a long and tiresome road. Since Lorraine Hansberry’s “A Raisin in the Sun” is a conflicting short story‚ play‚ and film many people has analyzed Lorraine Hansberry’s “A Raisin in the Sun” and have come up with different views or understandings as
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A Raisin in the Sun Everyone in America wants to achieve financial success in their life in one form or another. Sometimes living in a capitalistic society entices many to become too materialistic. This is most commonly referred to as the American Dream. For most Americans‚ this high status is very difficult to achieve. The play‚ A Raisin in the Sun‚ (written by Lorraine Hansberry) examines an African-Americans family’s struggle to break out of the poverty that is preventing them from achieving some
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Jose Morales English 164 Dr. Kidd 08/03/2012 “Fences” and “A Raisin in the Sun” Plays‚ “Fences” and “A Raisin in the Sun” share similar plots. They take place in the mid-western United States in the 1950’s and explore the family dynamics of the African-American Family and the paradigmatic shift it experienced between two generations. The older generation‚ who could remember slavery by first-hand experience or by being born during a time when success for the average African-Americans was
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event. In the play “A Raisin in the Sun” by Lorraine Hansberry‚ there are many examples of symbolism. In this play‚ sunshine‚ Mama’s “raggedy-looking” plant‚ and the new house represent the characters’ happiness‚ relationship‚ and hope. First‚ mention of sunshine is used as a form of happiness. After Mama’s purchase of the house‚ she responds to a question asked by Ruth saying “Yes‚ child‚ there’s a whole lot of sunlight.” Mama says this not only meaning that there is sun rays hitting their house
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happened up to today because of people not accepting the fact that the world was not made for one kind of race to live above the others. This brief fact is both seen the drama play of Lorraine Hansberry written in the time of the 1950’s called “A Raisin in the Sun” and it is also seen in the movie of “Remember the Titans”. Both have very good examples of racial tensions between black and white communities and also portray a true-life meaning to what people sufferer during the bad times of racism. Coach
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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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A Raisin in the Sun Final Essay April 22‚ 2013 Honors English 9B When feeling hopeless‚ one may lose sight of their traditional values and chase flawed or unrealistic dreams. In the play‚ A Raisin in the Sun‚ author Lorraine Hansberry‚ uses character Walter Lee Younger to demonstrate a misguided‚ materialistic alteration of the traditional American Dream. Walter Lee‚ in a misguided vision of money as the answer to all of life’s tests‚ forgets traditional family values and instead chases only
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