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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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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representation of the white race of that time‚ Walter Lee’s handling Mr. Lindner in A Raisin In the Sun‚ and the oppression of Clay caused by Lula in The Dutchman‚ the very the nature of white and black relations and racism in America‚ and the responses to the oppression‚ that these two characters come to symbolize the great Era that their creators belonged to. While the overall plot progression of A Raisin in the Sun circulates around many characters and their motives‚ goals‚ and ways through which
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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 a play written by Lorraine Hansberry in 1959. This play is about a lower class African American family dealing with their living conditions on the Southside of Chicago. The title of the play was inspired by the poem A Dream Deferred by Langston Hughes. Hughes’ poem describes the differing paths people take in life. This idea is displayed throughout the play as every character has different aspirations in life and will do whatever they can to accomplish their goals. For this
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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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A Raisin In The Sun In this play‚ A Raisin In The Sun‚ the Author Lorraine Hansberry shows how dreams are being chased‚ how important money could be‚ and how the race could make a difference. Everybody may have their own dream‚ different point of view on money‚ and may be a different race‚ but all those terms can be relatable. This Chicago family has experienced it all throughout this play. In the play A Raisin In the Sun by Lorraine Hansberry‚ the characters all had their own dreams that
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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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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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Beneatha Younger is a strong-willed‚ independent‚ young woman who knows exactly what she wants and she’ll keep fighting till she obtains it. She dreams of being an African-American Doctor which is very rare in her day’s time. Conflict arises when her brother‚ Walter Younger‚ loses the money for Beneatha to go to medical school in a investment incident. She thinks very highly of herself and puts herself before others. Acting as a comedic element‚ Beneatha’s name itself is a play on words because she
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