A Raisin in the Sun (Integrative Reflective Essay) February 12‚ 2010 Lorraine Vivian Hansberry (May 19‚ 1930 – January 12‚ 1965) was an innovative pioneer who broke down many barriers in her short life. The youngest of four children‚ she was born in Chicago‚ IL to Carl and Nannie Perry Hansberry. Her parents were well educated social and political activists who exposed their children to Afro centric ideology throughout their lives. Her father‚ a successful real estate developer and entrepreneur;
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It seems evident that the heroin in Hansberry’s A Raisin in the Sun is Lena Younger. Throughout the play‚ she’s faced with an important decision to make; how to spend the 10‚000 dollars. Instead of thinking selfishly‚ she tries to do what’s best in the interest of the whole family. Lena Younger is the leader of the Younger household as well as the mother of Walter and Beneatha. She strains her family to have self-respect and to believe in themselves in order to accomplish their dreams. As time passed
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I called Walter for supper that evening‚ and he just kept saying he was not hungry. I really wanted him to come eat‚ because I had cooked his favorite meal. But‚ when he walked in the kitchen‚ I noticed he was walking strange‚ almost like he was in pain. “What’s wrong with you son?”‚ his father asked. “Nothing”‚ as Walters usual answer. “What is wrong with you‚ boy?” ‚ his father asked in a more toned voice. Then‚ Walter says “My legs hurt”. His father and I looked at each other‚ so of course
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Intro: Racism has definitely changed it’s course in the 2000s. Now‚ it has shifted from more hate towards black people to more hate towards muslims . Yes‚ in the recent 7 years there were many black and white issues that led people to believe that all of it was a racist act. For example‚ the death of Trayvon Martin and Michael Brown‚ black men getting shot down by white cops and people did believe it was because of the color of their skin‚ and the black lives matter movement. For those who don’t
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Hansberry’s A Raisin in the Sun explores the universal ideas of family‚ dignity‚ and hope. Hansberry set her play in an old‚ once well-furnished and loved apartment in Southside Chicago after World War II. It is the story of an African American family’s struggle to prioritize futures and dreams and decide whose dream is most prevalent; once the family makes the choice to purchase a home with part of the money‚ they face an entirely new plight. One of the major themes of A Raisin in the Sun is the need
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A Raisin In The Sun and The Death Of A Salesman When you read plays and books‚ you use your imagination to picture what it would look like until you watch the movie but sometimes the movie is something completely different than what you imagined it to be. That’s how it is with most books and plays. When I read the play A Raisin In The Sun by Lorraine Hansberry I pictured the characters to look and act differently than they did in the movie. It threw me off when I realized that Sean Combs or
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The play Raisin in the Sun is set in Chicago during the 1960s. This play focuses in on a lower-middle class family who has recently lost the man of the house. While the family overcomes how to spend the insurance money it becomes clear that the three main female characters have major differences due to the ways they were raised in their generations. The women often butt heads on different topics like what duties women have in the house and in society. Each generation changes slowly but eventually
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A Raisin in the Sun Life Then and Life Now The lifestyle in “A Raisin in the Sun” by Hansberry (1966) set in the 1950’s on the South Side of Chicago has improved for many. There is still much needed improvement. Crime rates are skyrocketing‚ the number of shootings per day have jumped‚ and the number of deaths per month are on a rapid incline. Communities are being devastated daily. Police have increased patrolling‚ community groups are trying to reach out to stop the violence that is erupting their
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Journal – A Raisin in the Sun/ A Dream Deferred This poem resonated with me more so than any other so far. It starts out with a simple question about a dream that gets put off and the raisin is a metaphor for the dream or idea that is perished in the blazing sun. The writer uses such vocabulary to ignite all senses to describe the raisin as decaying‚ festering and stink like rotten meat. IT seems as so the dream is the source of pain for the writer and the ills that accompany the chasing
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exploited. For instance in both Tennessee Williams motion picture‚ “A Street Car Named Desire” and Lorraine Hansberry A Raisin in the Sun you are able to see the evolution of the not only the portal of women but also the advancements they accomplish. In both Tennessee Williams movie entitled “A Street Car Named Desire” and Lorraine Hansberry’s play entitled A Raising In the Sun‚ the women in both works although similar in their portal of weak counterparts to men both physically and mentally‚ both
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