Referring to the latest version of A Raisin in the Sun (2008) it is set on the Southside of Chicago‚ Illinois. In the film‚ the head of the household is Lena Younger (Phylicia Rashad)‚ who the family calls‚ “Mama.” Mama’s husband‚ Walter Sr. has passed away so a settlement for $10‚000 from his life insurance policy is being mailed to her. Walter Jr. (Sean Combs) and Beneatha (Sanaa Lathan) are Mama’s children and they believe the check should be given to either of them for medical school or an investment
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Walter in “A Raisin in the Sun” has a problem with his family. Since Walter’s family is going through a depression‚ the reader can expect the Water Lee family is facing internal conflicts. An internal conflict is a problem that deal’s with a person’s emotions. Walter Lee has a major internal conflict with money which leads to other problems with his family.At the beginning of the play Travis who is Walter’s son wanted an amount of money but Ruth kept refusing to give him that amount of money but
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Success In the play A Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine Hansberry you go back in time to when segregation was still aloud. In this play you meet a cast of people with dreams of a better life. The American Dream‚ to be specific. This dream is portrayed differently for each character‚ all of which impact the play. Two of these character `s are Walter Lee Younger and Lena Younger. In Raisin in the Sun Mama and Walter’s American dreams conflict and impact the family through materialism and desire to
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Stephen King‚ an American author and director once said‚ ¨Books and movies are like apples and oranges. They both are fruit‚ but taste completely different.¨ In other words‚ both are meant to entertain‚ but they are not always appealing in the same ways. A movie based on a book can sometimes give the viewer a very different feeling than the original reading experience. The movie‚ A Raisin in the Sun‚ is much better than the book by Lorraine Hansberry‚ because the movie includes additional scenes
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family and respect for themselves. A Raisin in the Sun broadcasts a family that is striving to reach The American Dream‚ an aspiring idea to have a better life with a family‚ security‚ and wealth. In fact‚ a family is one of the most important goals in achieving The American Dream. Family comes first‚ and Lena Younger knows this‚ yet her children are far too focused on other goals than about family. Family should always come first because family will be there through thick and thin. Material objects
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A Raisin in the sun : Family unity In the play A Raisin in the Sun written by Lorraine Hansberry‚ family unity appears sometimes as the enemy and at other times‚ it is the friend. As the play progresses the unity of the family is often questioned. In both the play and the film‚ family unity is often forgotten by the characters during a family crisis‚ whether it concerns money or health. In the film‚ the actions and reactions of the characters match almost perfectly to the written play. The film
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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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In “A Raisin in the Sun” by Lorraine Hansberry is about a situation of a young poor black woman who goes to the university to achieve her big dream of becoming a doctor. While going to the university she meets people of different races‚ she meets Joseph Asagai and George Murchison‚ they are both smart and love with Beneatha. Which should beneatha choose joseph Asagai or should she choose George Murchison? Beneatha seeks solution to see what others tell her who to choose. Perhaps someone says to
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The Blind Desperate Man Walter Lee is a desperate man‚ shackled by poverty and prejudice‚ and obsessed with a business idea that he thinks will solve all of his economic and social problems. He thought the novel is looking for ways to carry his family on and give them every material thing they want. He is desperate because he sees the other people with economic resources while his family is struggling to move on. He is the perfect example of the mid twentieth-century men who believe they are the
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While Antigone by Sophocles and A Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine Hansberry are very difference stories they have many similarities. Antigone is the about daughter of Oedipus trying to do what she believes is good. Her brothers have killed each other and while one gets a proper burial‚ the other is left to be eaten by wild animals. The reason he is not allowed to be buried is because King Creon believes he is unworthy of it. The main character Antigone defies Creon’s law and buries her brother anyways
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