A Raisin in the Sun; Lorraine Hansberry Themes: One of the central themes depicted in the play A Raisin in the Sun‚ written by Lorraine Hansberry‚ was racial discrimination. Because the main characters in the family of the play were African American during the time when racism was still greatly expressed‚ the Youngers endured hardships that complicated their goal of the American Dream. They were looked down upon and rejected because of the color of their skin‚ but they did not let that stop them
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Lauren Gault Mr. Russell AP Literature 22 Feb 2011 A Raisin in the Sun The play and the production of A Raisin in the Sun are comparable in multiple ways. After reading the play and watching the movie‚ there are many things that don’t exactly match up to one another causing the audience to develop a bias about several things that could use some reviewing. With all intentions‚ Hansberry worked delicately to choose the right actors to fit the parts in the movie production. Although Hansberry
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In the play “A Raisin in the Sun” the reader can see that the characters have a dream because they are waiting on the insurance check to get there so the family could do what they wanted to with the money. The dreams that the family has is to be able to make life easier for them by Walter wanting to open up a liquor store‚ while Beneatha wants to become a doctor. But their mother has other plans of how she wants to use the money. For them being black was one of the biggest struggles because they
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Corruption Interpreted in A Raisin in the Sun The play A Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine Hansberry was written to portray the lives of African Americans during the great depression era of the United States. This story is about a family’s struggle with money‚ prejudice‚ life and how obstacles can get in the way of accomplishing a dream. The story A Raisin in the Sun money has the ability to corrupt people as shown when Walter invests money into a liquor store‚ when he walks away from his wife
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others want him to be or think he is. In trying to reajust his nature in order to harmonize his life with other people’s view‚ he twists his own identity and becomes somebody else than who he is in actual fact. This is what we notice through the character of George Murchison who despite his belonging to a certain race‚ tried to behave like a member of another race because he didn’t have a great sense of Africanness Sometimes‚ because of the conception they have of other people‚ they would try to
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Hansberry’s A Raisin in the Sun‚ she focuses her dramatic plot on the domestic affairs of an African-American family: the Youngers. However‚ in order to capture the complexity of the family’s financial and social reality‚ Hansberry offers a multitude of perspectives with her characters that strive to accomplish their own dreams‚ yet refuses to condemn or commemorate the actions of the characters to better their situation. It is this refusal‚ on the playwright’s part‚ that allows characters — like Walter
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A Raisin in the Sun: The American Dream for Black Americans HISTORICAL CONTEXT The fight for equal rights‚ also against slavery‚ for African-Americans in the United States was a long and slow fight. One of the small steps towards equality was the Harlem Renaissance; this was a time of creative activity among the African-Americans during the 1920’s and 1930’s. A few patrons supported the creative and astonishing talents of the African-American authors‚ musicians‚ painters. All of these artists
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A Raisin in the sun‚ was the first play by an African American woman to appear on Broadway. The play may be considered as a special one‚ as most of the actors were all back and the director too. “ seem like God did not see fit to give the Black man nothing‚ but dreams. But He did give us children to make them dreams seem worthwhile” (I.i.503). The play narrates the truth about a Negro family in the south side of Chicago. A Raisin in the sun‚ is a commentary on the failure of democracy
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Linder‚ a representative came in from this neighborhood‚ and spoke about his and the communities thoughts on a black family moving into an all white community. He tried to talk them out of the house that they were interested in just for the state of how others felt. The community did definitely not like the idea of a black family being in their
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A Raisin In The Sun A Raisin In The Sun is a play‚ or story written by Lorraine Hansberry about a family‚ the Youngers’‚ living in poor conditions‚ and not being able to afford better. Even though the family is a very hard working family‚ especially Mama‚ Walter‚ and Ruth‚ they just cannot get themselves out of poverty‚ and improve their living conditions. However‚ an opportunity comes along and Mama proves to Walter that it is not just about dreams of a better life‚ but pride and family values
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