A Raisin In The Sun Beneatha Comparison

In the playwright A Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine Hansberry is about a poor African-American family named the Younger. This family live in a poor one bedroom apartment in the Southside of Chicago. In the play this family suffer and struggle a lot and they were always praying and wish to live in a very big house of their own. In the beginning of the play this family knows that they going to get Walter Lee Sr insurance worth 10,000 dollars that he left behind after his death for Lena ( mama). In the play this family was waiting on the check so that they share it to themselves. In the playwright Walter Lee wants to open his own type of business which is liquor store, in the other hand Lena ( mama) has always wanted to buy a big nice house with a backyard where her grandson Travis can been playing everyday. The three characters that are in the playwright are Walter Lee Younger Junior, Lena Younger (mama), and Ruth Younger this are three characters.

A raisin in the sun is a book by Lorraine Hansberry that tells the story of a lower-class black family's struggle to gain middle-class acceptance while facing internal family conflicts the book was written in 1959, so the movie is an interpretation of the book. Yet the movie made it seem as if Walter is a very selfish man. Reading the book brings a different visualization .The movie also was able to move to different locations, the book however, which was written originally to be acted out on stage. Yet besides all the differences, a common theme ran though in both the book and the movie

In the play, A Raisin in the Sun, by Lorraine Hansberry, and 1961 movie written by Lorraine Hansberry and presented by Columbia pictures, one of the most important themes is the American Dream. Many of the characters have hopes and dreams. They all strive towards their goals throughout. However, many of the characters have different dreams that clash with each other. Problems seem to arise when different people’s dreams conflict with one another.   Another theme is racism. Racism was rampant during the 1950’s and this often hindered African American dreams.

In Raisin in the Sun the author makes it seem as if Beneatha is the only person that thinks like her. “George: What have you done to your head--I mean your hair? Beneatha:

Though there was a heightened sense of tension over civil rights in the late 1950s when A Raisin in the Sun was written, racial inequality is still a problem today. It affects minorities of every age and dynamic, in more ways than one. Though nowadays it may go unnoticed, race in every aspect alters the way African-Americans think, behave, and react as human beings. This is shown in many ways in the play as we watch the characters interact. We see big ideas, failures, and family values through the eyes of a disadvantaged group during an unfortunate time in history. As Martin Luther King said, Blacks are “...harried by day and haunted by night by the fact that you are a Negro, living constantly at tiptoe stance, never quite knowing what

A Raisin in the Sun should we just watch the movie or read the play? Many English teacherś ask themselves what is the best choice. The best is both... well one, because people like you and me well get to know this story better overall. There are at least three reasons that show you that doing both is the right thing to do. If you just show the play, they are not going to be able to visualize emotions.

In A Raisin in the Sun a very crazy love triangle was formed between Beneatha, Asagai and George. Both men are different in every way for example, Asagai is a professor from Nigeria who knows how to communicate with people. George on the other hand is a rich college student that is ignorant. George does not respect women at all, in the book George was forcing himself on Beneatha even though she keep saying no he still continue. Asagai was more of a gentlemen toward Beneatha, he respected her personal space and he was kind to her.

In the play A Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine Hansberry the Younger family are presented with a dilemma. The dilemma being should the Younger family stick with their pride and move into the Clybourne Park development refusing the money from the Clybourne Park association to convince the Younger family not to move into the predominantly white neighborhood. However a character named Walter Younger blew a lot of the insurance money given to the Youngers by the late father to Walter adding a another layer of complexity to the already morally complex dilemma. The Younger family should still stick with their pride and move into Clybourne Park to show they are humans too with equal inalienable rights, despite the recent economic set back the family

Symbolism is a major tool used throughout the book “A Raisin in the Sun”. The author, Lorraine Hansberry, does a great job using symbolism in her play to convey her point. Lorraine Hansberry uses a variety of different things as symbols such as objects as well as people. The use of symbolism in the play is crucial because it helps understand things better and in more depth.

Everyone hopes their childhood dreams turn into life realities. A threat to this dream can a person feeling lost and confused. In the play A Raisin in the Sun, Lorraine Hansberry argues that if your identity is tied to the expectations you have for your own future which is subject to change, it can be hard to find yourself and be sure of who you are. When Beneatha’s older brother Walter her tuition money for medical school, she loses hope that she will ever be a doctor. Without a purpose, she no longer knows who she is or where her life will lead.

As Austrian writer Marie Von Ebner-Eschenbach wrote,“To be content with little is difficult; to be content with much, impossible.” History and literature have established that the ideal goal every American has wanted is for his thirst for material possessions to be reached, but even then, the individual isn’t truly happy. Money, and the things it can get you, have long been a part of American culture and the materialist culture of society have been examined in numerous ways from novels to the art of those like Andy Warhol. A life free from the economic woes that plague almost everyone seems like the quintessential existence, but material wealth is not a way to mend issues.

The play A Raisin in the Sun illustrates the social and economic pressure that is placed on the Younger family, especially Beneatha who aspires to become a doctor at the time where not many women could even imagine such aspirations. The Younger family's daughter Beneatha is an outspoken intelligent member who raises the argument for the other side of the spectrum at all times. Beneatha is aspiring to become a doctor and has some hope that some of the money from her father's social insurance cheque would help go to her medical school. The pressure of being lower middle class severely affects the relationships of the Younger family as Walter, Beneatha's older brother shows no regard for his sister as he sees her as the only one in the house not

In a carefully worded essay I will discuss the aspect of ‘race’ as a hindrance to the

Symbols can be; images, signs, colors, sounds, shapes, anything. It is like how blue can stand for sadness, and how the sun can stand for happiness. Symbolism is an object or an idea that has a representation beyond the literal meaning of the object. The functions of symbols are to add meaning to the text and underline some subtle point the author is making, also to give the reader a clue about the mood of the story and what will happen. The symbols Lorraine Hansberry used in A Raisin in the Sun are the light, plant, and the window. All three symbols; the light, the plant, and the window, have to go together for the Youngers to reach their dream.

Upon walking out of Krannert's production of "A Raisin in the Sun," an eerie silence drizzled about the audience as people murmured and slowly shuffled towards the exits. After witnessing such a powerful yet melancholy piece of theater work, words seemed inappropriate. For three hours, "A Raisin in the Sun" encompassed us with racial, economic, and social issues of the 1950s. Swirling portions of humor, disgrace, pride, and sadness into a smooth blend, the play developed many twists and turns that kept the audience and myself completely alert. Throughout the three acts I could feel the audience, as well as myself, totally devoting themselves to the play. But after taking a step back, the play proved to