Literary Analysis : ' A Raisin Of The Sun '

Providing for your family and yourself is a important key to survival, in “A Raisin in the Sun” by Lorraine Hansberry the Youngers know the true struggle of survival in the 1960s being an african-American family in a low income neighborhood. The family of five (soon to be six) living in a two bedroom apartment must share everything and live paycheck to paycheck. The play itself shows the hardships the family are trying to overcome poverty, but once they receive knowledge of a check that is, ten-thousand dollars, coming for Lena (Mama) Younger from the life insurance of the Youngers’ (Walter Younger Senior) deceased father. Since the coming of the check everyone seems to have their own plans for the check. The check changed everything, we

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

Our parents always told us that we should have goals and dreams in our life, and through them we will gain happiness. There are some things in life that get in the way of our dreams and goals. In the Declaration of Independence, It states that we have the right to pursue happiness. For example having everybody in the world be equal, and not be shamed upon or looked at differently due to the color of their skin. The poem ¨The Negro Mother,¨ the play A Raisin in the Sun, and the article Innocence Is Irrelevant, all show how our society and they way people can get in the way of our happiness.

In a house full of kids still learning, a mother is expected to help them gain from their mistakes. From supporting their dreams, to simply giving them enough to money to provide for such things. In Lorraine Hansberry’s drama, A Raisin in the Sun, Lena Younger shows her kids wrong from right while living in the state of poverty. When a $10,000 check makes its way into the Younger household, the families morals are flipped upside down. With Walter and Beneatha scavenging for help with their dreams, Lena, commonly named Mama, gives up her husband's “flesh” to make their desires come true. In the end, Mama makes it her job as the matriarch to care, support, and provide for her family, even when she doesn’t agree with the dreams of her children.

Creativity of Hansberry played a crucial role in the development of African-American drama since the Second World War. A Raisin in the Sun was the first play by African-American author which was set on Broadway and was honored by the circle of New York theater critics. Drama of A Raisin in the Sun (1959) brought Hansberry to the Award Society of New York Critics as the best play of the year. A Raisin in the Sun shows the life of an ordinary African-American family which dreams of happiness and their desire to achieve their dream.

Dreams and ambitions are important in one’s life and contribute to increased motivation. Dreams can only become a reality if attainable goals are set. Once upon a time passing high school was a dream and after putting the work and effort towards my realistic goal, this dream has become a reality. In A Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine Hansberry, dreams are important, however, with poor planning and unrealistic goals, obstacles are inevitable. Personally, I believe dreams should express all positive attributes about a person and who they want to be.

For the most part, dreams have been something people have longed to achieve. Some either come to realize their true aspirations later on in life or fall in love with a completely different dream and pursue it. Others may experience major or minor setbacks and self-conflict. As a result, dreams are deferred and possibly dry up “Like A Raisin in the Sun”. In the play and adapted story, A Raisin in the Sun contains characters who face a conflict that interfere with their dreams.

Lorraine Hansberry's A Raisin in the Sun play focuses on the aftermath of world war two when black Americans faced segregation and racism from the whites. The characters try to thrive in the poverty-stricken and segregated family and try to achieve their dreams amid the whites. Everyone in the family has a hope of escaping hardship including Ruth, who besides living in such conditions is expectant which only complicates the situation further and she thinks of aborting the pregnancy. Luckily hopes begin to beam, and Lena (Mama) receives ten thousand dollars, she buys a house and gives the rest of the amount to Walter to venture into his business idea. Unfortunately, he ends up being scammed and losses the money without saving some penny for Beneatha's school. Walter is then left in a dilemma on whether to sell their new

Clyde T. Killingbeck Mrs. Kuretich and Mrs. Muldoon English 2B 5 February 2016 “Somebody tell me- tell me, who decides which woman is suppose to wear pearls in this world? I tell you I am a man- and I think my wife should wear some pearls in this world” (Hansberry 143). Walter Lee, the poor soul and victim of the society in the 1950s Chicago, just wanted….

In the book “A Raisin in The Sun”, by Robert Nemiroff. The two characters that have the most contribution to the plot development, including actions, and conflict. Ruth and Walter Younger are characters that affect the plot development. Because of these characters in the story their relationship creates conflict between these two people, which causes conflict throughout the family also through the plot development. Since the actions of Ruth and Walter towards each other, it causes them stress which puts heavy weight on their shoulders that is not needed for them and their family.

“The most important decision about your goals is not what you are willing to do to achieve them, but what you are willing to give up”-Dave Ramsey. A Raisin in the Sun is about the Younger family and how they all have a different plan for what they are going to use the $10,000 insurance check on. My Big Fat Greek Wedding is about the Portokalos family and how they react to the new changes Toula is making in her life. American Born Chinese has three main storylines about a Monkey king that believes he is just as good as the gods, a teenage boy named Jin that just wants to fit in, and Danny who is embarrassed when his cousin comes to town. In all three of these stories the characters have to make sacrifices to achieve their goals and dreams.

The play A Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine Hansberry is an accurate representation of how much of a role racial discrimination played during the 1950’s for African Americans in America. The poem “Harlem” by Langston Hughes ties in very closely to this subject because they both discuss the views of the African American people during this time period and how they were being affected by the racial discrimination. Lorraine Hansberry included “Harlem” as the epigraph to the start of A Raisin in the Sun to set the mood of the novel. The mood tells the reader this story isn’t going to be a perfect happy story, there will be struggles and pain, but it makes the characters who they are. The purpose of Hansberry writing A Raisin in the Sun is to include her stance on racial discrimination by putting her thoughts as the characters own, to show how not all dreams are so easily attainable sometimes due to financial situations,

He played with Jasmine but his uncles went in to grab the rifles to shoot it. He gave everyone a gun and looked for her. They found Walter and Jasmine in the tall grasses and prepared to shoot but Walter stopped them from doing it. After that, Ralph’s family left, Hub gave those men his ‘speech’ and Garth told Walter another story about their past and some fights that happened. Later, they were having a chat in front of the house. And Hub went to sleep. Walter asked Garth to tell the rest of the story but he refused and told him to ask Hub which he didn’t do.

Let me first just say that you are a very admirable woman. You overcame every obstacle that you faced and ended up accomplishing many inspiring successes. You were the first African American woman to be a playwright on broadway while also being the youngest American playwright and the fifth woman to receive the New York Drama Critics Circle Award for best play. Aside from your work as a play wright being an activist for African American rights and gay rights is very honorable seeing that your work was published during the center of the Civil Rights Movement.

Han takes another swig of his drink, the mug warping the sound of his own laughter as he does. ❝Talk about goin’ for the jugular,❞ he says loudly, wiping his mouth and hazily aware of the fresh buddings of anger churning his gut, contracting tightly with something a lot less clear.