Hansberry's A Raisin In The Sun

Hansberry develops this particular issue by illustrating how important success is to the second generation of the Younger family, Walter and Beneatha. After a long heritage of slavery and servitude, the Younger siblings want to take advantage of this age of social reform and break from the binding traditions that have beset their race in the past. Mama illustrated this when she says, “Son – I come from five generations of people who was slaves and sharecroppers – but ain’t nobody in my family never let nobody pay ‘em no money that was a way of telling us we wasn’t fit to walk the earth. We ain’t never been that poor. We ain’t never been that – dead inside” (Hansberry, 143). They view the expected income of $10,000 in insurance money as a gateway to get what they each desire and achieve success. Walter Younger feels degraded and miserable in his job as a

In Lorraine Hansberry’s “A Raisin in the Sun” (1959), she reveals the life of the Youngers family. In doing so, there surfaces a detrimental ideology that destroys the family financially and in their overall happiness. In Act II Scene I, Walter, the father figure of the family, says, “Why? You want to know why? 'Cause we all tied up in a race of people that don 't know how to do nothing but moan, pray and have babies!” (Hansberry 532). By way of explanation, the family and much of the African-American community for the 1960’s, is built upon a loose ideology that is a brutal cycle that infects the lives of those who inhabit the area; tired of all the commotion from the Caucasians who, to them, miraculously achieve a life of ruling and

Nothing is worse than having a dream deferred. Hansberry's’ A Raisin in the Sun is inspired by Langston Hughes’ famous poem, “A Dream Deferred.” Walter, Lena, and Beneatha all have their dreams put on hold, and as anybody would react, they are not happy. “A Dream Deferred” talks about what might happen when a person does not achieve their dreams. Through the characters in A Raisin in the Sun, Hansberry shows what happens to a dream deferred.

According to a 2017 publication of the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco Economic Letter, black men in America earn 80% of what white men earn (Daley, Bart, Joseph). This illuminates the wage disparity and the notion that America is racially biased in terms of compensation. Power is often determined by the amount of money one has. How power is determined by race and skin color is a central theme in both A Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine Hansberry and To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee. It is also exemplified in US history, as shown in the documentary, American Dilemma. These sources show that the power of colored people is extremely diminished by their lack of access to good jobs and therefore money.

Her dream shows the lack of opportunity and discrimination faced by African-Americans at this time. Beneatha fails to reach her goal of the American dream. Beneatha’s dream is to become a doctor and help people. Unfortunately, she encounters difficulties that she does not directly hold responsible for. As a result of Willy’s betrayal, Beneatha also suffers gravely.

In Lorraine Hansberry’s play A Raisin in the Sun, members of the Younger family each have dreams of their own. Mama, Walter, and Beneatha, specifically, have a hard time fulfilling their dreams because of monetary, family, or selfish concerns. The play illustrates what happens, through the characters, when a dream is deferred. Each of the characters situation’s exemplifies one of the possibilities in the poem by Langston Hughes of how a dream is deferred.

Is money really important to the society? Well let me tell you about the play A Raisin in the Sun, starts off with a family, the Younger family, who lived on the South Side of Chicago in the late 1950’s. They struggle with lack of money, however, they all have a difference in the way they think of solving their situation. Walter Lee, being the protagonist of the play, wants to invest his father’s insurance money in a new liquor store venture, in which his father had passed away. Throughout the play, Walter shows that he is only concerned about money and has no morality, because he wants to become rich fast, quits his cab driving job, and putting his family to the side.

In A Raisin in the Sun the family had some ups and downs in this story because so many problems has occurred throughout the story. The family faces hardships in that moment seem to tear them apart but through everything, they always stick together. Lorraine Hansberry wrote all this characters in so many different ways because they’re all special in their own ways, and who I think brings everyone together mostly is Walter because he made some mistakes that he can’t really fix but he proves to everyone that he can always make things better but can’t reverse what he did. In the play Walter cares for everyone especially for his son and wife but he wants to dream big like he said “Cause sometimes it is hard to let the future begin!” Walter believes his dreams of a better future has came true when Willy was at the door with some good news.

The first piece of literature is, "Raisin in the Sun." This story was written by Lorraine Hansberry during the 1950's after World War 2. The story was used as an example of an average African American family during this time period. It talked about the financial struggles and decisions African Americans faced while also talking about the low status of females during the 1950's. It also talks about conflicts that occurred between African American family members. The Battle Royale is the next piece of literature that is written by Ralph Ellison. This piece of literature was written in the 1950's as well. The story follows a young African American male that claims to be invisible. He states these claims because during this time period African

The main dream, Mama’s dream, is hard to achieve because of the housing segregation. She is forced to choose a home in a white neighborhood because the same house in a colored area would cost twice as much due to racism (Hansberry 488). This was concerning due to the treatment African Americans would receive in white neighborhoods. Hansberry herself, in a letter to the New York Times, describes her family’s experiences in these neighborhoods. She describes them as hellishly hostile and tells of mobs rounding the house. She also recalls her mother guarding the house with a pistol, in fear of her children’s lives (Hansberry 522). After they arrive in the neighborhood they get there first glimpse of hostility as they meet Karl Linder, a member of the Clybourne Park Improvement Association. He essentially says that the other neighbors in the neighborhood don’t want them to move in because of the color of their skin and they would be better off in a black neighborhood. The association even offers to buy the house off them with additional gain. They decline this offer despite the benefits to deny racism. Another example of racism in the story is Walter’s business. He feels the need to start his own business, so he can get ahead. This is because in 1950’s Chicago it was hard for black people to advance in white owned businesses, which caused a migration to black owned businesses that provided the chance for black people to succeed. In “The Lost City” by Allan Ehrenhalt, he describes this phenomenon in Bronzeville where “there were people who had maneuvered their way through the currents of segregated life, made careers and often fortunes for themselves, and remained in the neighborhood, hammering home the message that there were some victories to strive for (Ehrenhalt 526).” So, although Walter’s main obstacle is money his idea of starting a business deals with the racist

Like all family, parents and their children don’t always get along. When they are in a tiny apartment complex like in the play A Raisin in the Sun, it takes a lot of patience to put up with one another. Author Lorraine Hansberry does a wonderful job depicting what life was like in the 1950’s when segregation was a key influence on the lives of African Americans in the South side of Chicago, and how these hard times impacted family relationships.

It is not usual for writers to agree on an opinion about a certain piece of writing, in this case we are referring to A Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine Hansberry. Lorraine Hansberry is a African-American author was born in Chicago Illinois during the 1930’s, an era where America had selected a new president, also known as the last years of the great depression. Lorraine Hansberry is also proven to be the granddaughter of a freed slave, however Hansberry’s father was a successful real estate broker, and her mother was a schoolteacher. Her parents contributed large sums of money to the NAACP and the Urban League.

In the play A Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine Hansberry, family arises as a significant topic throughout the entire book. All of the characters dealt with issues involving family somehow, but I think that Walter and Mama lived up to the idea of putting family first the best. They believed that the family is the most important relationship in most people’s lives because in the end, Walter did whatever he could to make everything better, and Mama always wanted to do what was best for the family.

Lorraine Hansberry Author Lorraine Hansberry who is considered one of great American authors, wrote during the Modernism period. Particularly, in her work titled, A Raisin in the Sun, written in March 11, 1959, we can see evidence of the characteristics such as themes and styles identified with the Modernist Movement which was existent in American letters between 1900 and 1950. As a representative of such a movement, Lorraine Hansberry then remains one of the most identifiable and iconic writers of her time. Lorraine Hansberry was born on May 19,930 in Chicago, Illinois. Hansberry was the first black playwright and the youngest American to win a New York Critics Circle award.

Written and published in 1813, Jane Austen’s “Pride and Prejudice” is still read and thoroughly enjoyed all across the globe today, two-hundred-three years after its initial release. It's excellent ability to retain the interest of readers throughout history was obtained through Austen’s capability to bring forth themes in the story such as love, class, and reputation; themes that are relevant to any person at any point in time. Similar to this literary relic, the drama “A Raisin in the Sun” by Lorraine Hansberry follows the life and ideas of people who are relatable to people of all backgrounds which gives it a similar effect. Because it was written in an era of discomfort in American history, and because the author was subject to several