The environment in which family lives can alter and refine the lives of its members. In the drama‚ A Raisin in the Sun‚ by Lorraine Hansberry‚ the Younger family face many challenges‚ due to being an African American family‚ living in a small apartment‚ shortly after the World War II. These challenges vary from the amount of space in their living quarters‚ to even simply the abundance of racism. As a result of being an African American family during the 1950’s‚ the Younger family must cope with many
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dreams we possess that guides us to follow our own tendencies. The idea of identity is closely linked to dreams‚ because in order to have a dream‚ one must possess self-awareness. The search for self and the journey for identity are central themes in Lorraine Hansberry’s play. A Raisin in the Sun‚ does not use the typical black vs. white scenario‚ it broadens the subject of race into a group of people and their position on the “social ladder.” Social injustice kept many African Americans from achieving
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The play‚ A Raisin in the Sun‚ by Lorraine Hansberry‚ takes place around 1945- 1950 in the South Side of Chicago. In the play‚ there are two characters that influence the plot the most. The two characters are Walter and Beneatha Younger. Both characters influence the plot in their own way. The author wrote this play to show that lives during this time period had been rough and stressful. In the play‚ Walter Younger influences the plot. Walter has an immense opinion and most of his actions make
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10 May 10‚ 2012 A Symbol of Hopes & Dreams A Raisin In The Sun by Lorraine Hansberry is a play about an African American family in 1950s America. The Younger family struggle through racism and family turmoil that threatens to split the family apart. But throughout it all they persevere and the result is a new fresh beginning. Mama’s plant is a shining symbol of the Younger’s for the following reasons. Mama’s plant has been a steady reminder of a dream for a better life and
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written by Lorraine Hansberry‚ is a dramatic play set in Southside Chicago during the 1950s. The Youngers are a struggling family in the slums of Chicago. A Raisin in the Sun has many characters in it‚ but most of the characters are in the Younger family. The plot of the book focuses on four main characters: Beneatha‚ Walter‚ Lena‚ and Ruth. These characters create the major conflict in the story‚ while the minor characters simply push the story forward. In A Raisin in the Sun‚ Hansberry lets minor
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A Raisin in the Sun : Dream of Middle class A Raisin in the Sun is a play by Lorraine Hansberry that debuted on Broadway in 1959.[1] The title comes from the poem "Harlem" (also known as "A Dream Deferred"[2]) by Langston Hughes. The story is based upon a black family’s experiences in the Washington Park Subdivision of Chicago’sWoodlawn neighborhood. Plot Walter and Ruth Younger and their son Travis‚ along with Walter’s mother Lena (Mama) and sister Beneatha‚ live in poverty in a dilapidated two-bedroom
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Hansberry writes‚ “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” (23). Ruth can easily be compared to the couch in her living room as a woman who is overcome by how she feels about the Younger household and living conditions. Over the course of this play‚ The Raisin in the Sun‚ by Lorraine Hansberry‚ Ruth changes from fed up to relieved
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America has been affected by racism ever since slavery came to be. An example of racism would be a Caucasian man discriminating against an African-American man‚ solely based on the race of the African-American man. The United States‚ as a whole‚ has bettered itself in terms of racism‚ but this terrible trait has‚ and always will exist. Quite a few Americans still believe that African-Americans are inferior to Caucasians‚ and that they should still be slaves. In the fifties‚ blacks and whites could
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Angela Olsen English 102 ONLN 3 Professor Thea Howey May 3‚ 2013 Female Gender in A Raisin in the Sun Lorraine Hansberry was a forward thinker for her time in the 1950’s‚ which was evident in her writing. “It is believed that hidden behind her work was Hansberry’s own personal struggle with gender” (Wiener 10-11). After many years of marriage and eventually divorce‚ it was discovered that she was a closet homosexual (Wiener 11). Male and female gender roles are heated topics that have been
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In Lorraine Hansberry’s play‚ “A Raisin in the Sun‚” she does a great job of intertwining Langston Hughes’ poem “Montage of a Dream Deferred‚” to incorporate her underlying theme of dreams. In his poem‚ Hughes asks "What happens to a dream deferred?" and then goes on to list the different things that might happen to a person if his dreams are put "on hold." His overall point is that whatever happens to a postponed dream is never positive. Meanwhile‚ the question Hansberry poses in her play is‚ "What
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