Some readers feels that “money” is the most important word in the play Raisin in the sun because it has the most influence on the Youngers within the play. Such as buying the new house that they want‚ having enough money for education purposes‚ and many other necessities. Money also has a huge impact on the Youngers. Although money in their mind is supposed to help them‚ it makes things harder for them. For example‚ when walter goes to pursue his dreams to open up a liquor store and he ends up losing
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A Raisin in the Sun “A Raisin in the Sun” by Lorraine Hansberry is a play centered around an African-American family on the Southside of Chicago set after World War II. This groundbreaking play was the first of its kind revolving around the race relations of the middle of the twentieth century. This play has won over many hearts and minds with its intense drama and relevant storyline. This play’s title is off the poem “Dream Deferred” by Langston Hughes‚ where Mr. Hughes contemplates on what happens
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people tell them to say or do‚ even in a racist environment? These are the difficulties many people‚ especially African Americans‚ faced in the 1950s. Lorraine Hansberry‚ not only illustrates this struggle in A Raisin in the Sun‚ but faced the challenge in her own life. In A Raisin in the Sun‚ she writes about different generations “trapped in a Chicago apartment‚ unable to break an invisible barrier that keeps them from
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prejudice existed and did not allow people of minorities to receive equal rights. In the play A Raisin in the Sun‚ Lorraine Hansberry‚ the author‚ expresses how racial tension was during the 1950s by introducing a character who appears briefly but is a significant character to the story named Mr. Linder. Mr. Linder expresses racial tension between majority and minority in the play A Raisin in the Sun. Lorraine Hansberry expresses this by showing that he is the only white person in this play. Mr.
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A Raisin in the Sun (1959) by Lorraine Hansberry was produced in 1959 and foresees many of the issues that the African American populations were facing regarding their own identity. The Youngers are an extremely poor African-American family living on the South Side of Chicago that suffer from the racial tension between black and white in their everyday lives. Lena Younger‚ her daughter Beneatha‚ her son Walter and his wife Ruth and their son Travis squeeze into a dilapidated two-bedroom apartment
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In March of 1959‚ Lorraine Hansberry’s play‚ A Raisin in the Sun‚ debuted at the Barrymore Theater in New York. Being the first Broadway play directed and written by an African-American in over half a century‚ many were eager to attend a showing. People had many chances. A Raisin in the Sun was performed more than 500 times. This play won multiple awards such as the New York Drama Critics Circle Award for Best Play of the Year. In addition to the many performances and awards the Hansberry play won
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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 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
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What is Wealth? In a Raisin in the Sun and Clybourne Park there were a lot of things that ran almost parallel with both books. Of course‚ first would be the house that Lena bought moved into at the end of A Raisin in the Sun but even deeper than that. Both books touched some social subjects that at the time of A Raisin in the Sun’s release were rarely mentioned by an African-American especially a female African-American. The subject that grabbed my attention was that every main character had
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A Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine Hansberry is a play about the Younger family who lives in Chicago during the 1950s. The Younger family is a poor African American family living in a rundown apartment. There is Mama; her children‚ Beneatha and Walter; and Walter’s wife‚ Ruth‚ and his son‚ Travis. Each character in the Younger family is important; however‚ Walter is the most influential character in the play. Walter has many conflicts with his family members‚ but he has the most problems with his
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DRAMA ANALYSIS - by S. Tropnas of A Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine Hansberry I. Central Idea or theme of play A Raisin in the Sun is a three-act drama focusing on the black working class Younger family subjected to the emotional stresses of living in a cramped apartment while confronting bigotry and economic hardship. They dream of leaving behind the ghetto apartment they have all lived in for many years. The play’s title comes from the opening lines of “Harlem‚ a poem by Langston Hughes‚ which
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