dramatically improved most African American’s conditions. While it is true that their conditions improve‚ their aspirations and values has remained the same. Frederick Douglass from Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass‚ Lena Younger from A Raisin in the Sun‚ and Walter Younger also from A Raisin in the Sun‚ are three generations of African Americans who aspire for “chance” and hold the values of dreams and struggles. The Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass begins with the narrator‚ Frederick
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A Raisin in the Sun is a play written by Lorraine Hansberry. The play revolves around the Younger family and the struggles they experience in the post WWII era. Three of the main characters are the women of the family Lena‚ Ruth‚ and Beneatha. Each of these women are vastly different individuals with different wants and dreams from life. Lena Younger is the matriarch of the family and her main goals in life is for her family to be happy and good people and to love each other‚ “Yes—I taught you that
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he believes "life is money." Lena replies to Walter shamefully‚ "You ain’t satisfied or proud of nothing we done" (). Obviously‚ Walter‚ not being happy about where he is in life‚ upsets Mama greatly. Lena and Big Walter had worked really hard to provide a future for their children and now Walter is ashamed of their rundown apartment and lower-class lifestyle. Walter longs for a bigger and better future. Even though her children are losing pride of their lives‚ Lena continues to be proud of where
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Also by taking a look around the Younger home you can see it in the faces of people -- and the furniture?! On the first few pages opening Act I‚ Scene I‚ the text says “Now the once loved pattern of the couch upholstery has to fight to show itself from under acres of crocheted doilies and couch covers which have themselves finally come to be more important than the upholstery.” I believe there is some symbolism in those lines as well‚ with the couch being the Younger family and the crocheted
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somewhere‚ with a yard where Travis could play in the summertime ." (Hansberry 44). Lena younger was ready to do anything it took for her and her family to move‚ "I could maybe take on a little day work again‚ few days a week" (Hansberry 44). Besides the dream of owning a house Lena wanted a little garden for herself. When every one found out what Walter Lee did with the money Lena was ready to give up‚ but Ruth said "Lena- I’ll work I’ll work twenty hours a day in all the kitchens in Chicago I’ll strap
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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 meddling neighbor Mrs. Johnson‚ Beneatha who is Lena’s daughter
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a poor African-American family who live on the South Side of Chicago in the 1950s. The youngers family Lena‚ Beneatha ‚ Walter ‚ Ruth and their son Travis all lived under the same apartment in a dilapidated bedroom . Walter and his wife‚ Ruth share one room while their son sleeps on the sofa‚ on the other hand‚ Lena and her daughter Beneath get the other room. The important event in the play‚ when Lena Younger‚ the head of the household‚ receives a $10‚000 insurance check comes in the mail when her
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Many Americans will work their whole lives trying to achieve The American Dream‚ but most will not achieve it. Lena Younger was a widow whose husband left a substantial amount of money that would help his family. Instead‚ it would tear them up and put their family up to the ultimate test. In the end‚ the Youngers would realize that as long as they had each other‚ they may not reach The American Dream but at least they had family and respect for themselves. A Raisin in the Sun broadcasts a family
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Raisin in the Sun‚ justified how the members in the Younger family change while overcoming the challenges of achieving a goal once believed to be unfathomable. Three of the Youngers have shown determination in seeking their own ambition that not only benefitted themselves‚ but also enhanced the family’s welfare. Lena Younger‚ known as “Mama‚” is a devoted follower of God and demonstrated her strong faith throughout the play. Walter Lee Younger—Mama’s only son—is the “man” of the family‚ whose stubbornness
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belief of the principle ‘separate but equal’ and because of this system‚ many African Americans perceived their claim on their ‘American dream’ was ‘deferred’ or forced to be put off. Hansberry’s play is set in Chicago’s Southside. It focuses on the Younger family‚ where three generations‚ five family members‚ live under the same household of abysmal conditions. Hansberry infers how the lack of money contributes to these conditions. Hansberry relates how each family member
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