A Raisin in the Sun is written by Lorraine Hansberry. The author wrote this because when she was younger she experienced this. In this play‚ there are struggles that are going on. For example‚ discrimination and segregation. The family is currently living in a small apartment and are not rich but the characters Mama and Walter try to make everyone happy. The setting is in Southside Chicago. The two characters that have influenced the plot so far are Mama and Walter because they have been involved
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As I read and studied the play A Raisin in the Sun‚ it really engaged me and exposed so many issues that were relevant in black Chicago of the late 1950’s. The play written by Lorraine Hansberry‚ is about the Youngers‚ a black family living in poverty in the slums of Chicago. There is segregation at this time. They are faced with a big decision on how to spend the $10‚000 of insurance money that was left to Lena the matriarch of the family by her late husband. After an encounter with the
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The play “A Raisin in the Sun” by Lorraine Hansberry depicts an African American family with many struggles‚ and by analyzing their struggles‚ certain lessons and the theme of this drama can be identified. While the family does seem to hold together‚ there are many problems that arise‚ such as having family issues‚ trying to fit into a community of a different race‚ struggling financially‚ etc. By the end of the play it seems as if the family has been able to figure things out a little more‚ but
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The symbolism of the plant in A Raisin in the Sun One might ask how the scientific facts of the functional purpose of a plant would connect to a literary piece‚ especially the well-known play‚ A Raisin in the Sun‚ written by Lorraine Hansberry. The plant in the text symbolizes the foundation for the family‚ honest hope‚ and Mama’s dreams. Symbolism is not a definition of an item‚ but represents something specific other than itself. Much like Mama’s plant‚ it represents many meaningful ideas with
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Raisin in the Sun Essay In life‚ people feel they are not important and valued without money. Walter Younger is no exception‚ he thinks that if he has money he has everything. Walter wanted to be a provider for the family and planned on doing so by investing in a liquor store with the insurance check from his dad’s death. However‚ he can’t because the money did not belong to him but it belongs to Mama. Later on his mother decides to give him the remaining insurance money and Walter entrusts it
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A Raisin in the Sun Essay Assignment Rough Draft In Lorraine Hansberry’s play “A Raisin in the Sun‚” Walter Younger is an idealist who failed to see reality and how things actually work out. Walter is in his 30s yet he still lives with his mother‚ who holds the family together. He isn’t capable of caring for a family and making the right decisions. He has a dream of owning a liquor store that his family opposes to yet he still tried to obtain it. Walter is a man of flaws because of his
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acceptance but also suffered in life to obtain what they want. For instance it could be said that all of us live a dream. In the theme of Longston Hughes the great poem “A Dream Deferred “ relates to the theme of Lorraine Hansberrry’s play “A Raisin In The Sun” by explaining basically about what happens to a dream when they are put on hold and when we do not make an effort to realize it and we only keep it in our minds and only say that someday we will realize it‚ also at that time as an African-American
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A Raisin in the Sun‚ by Lorraine Hansberry‚ is a play that directs most of its attention on overcoming obstacles to achieve the “American Dream”. Everyone in the world has their own perspective on what that fantasy is‚ including the characters in A Raisin in the Sun. Through the use of the Younger family‚ Hansberry focuses on the importance of achieving the “American Dream” regardless of the harsh turns and bends of life. Mama has aspirations for supplying her family with a stable lifestyle that
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A Raisin in the Sun /Lorraine Hansberry ——“Historical achievement” by James Baldwin Historical and cultural contexts: 1. Lorraine Hansberry‚ the youngest American playwright at her 29-year-old‚ and she is the first black writer and the fifth woman who won the price. 2. This play brought African American into the theater and onto the stage 3. The play reflected a historical and cultural reality previously ignored by dramatists‚ and the things happened in the play were like many ordinary African
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The book A Raisin in the Sun had many themes‚ motifs‚ and symbols. Value/Purpose of dreams (theme)‚ Home (Motif)‚ and Mama’s Plant (symbol) had many similarities and differences. Value/Purpose of dreams are each of the Younger’s dreams throughout the play. Beneatha wanted to be a doctor‚ Walter wanted to buy a liquor store to start a business‚ Mama wanted to own a garden‚ Travis wanted to be a bus driver‚ and Ruth wanted to get out of the “rat trap.” When the Youngers fail to make their dreams reality
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