Lorraine Hansberry's A Raisin In The Sun

"A Rasin In The Sun" is written by Lorraine Hansberry. Most of Hansberry's work is about the struggle of African American's during 1950's. Hanberry was the first African-American women to have her play played on Broadway. "Seems like God don't see fit to give the black man nothing but dreams but He did give us children to make them dreams seem worthwhile" as said by Lorraine. A Raisin in the sun is about a family who is facing economic hardship and racial prejudice. The theme of the play is Dream; American dream for the colored family.

Broadway in 1959. A character named Walter Lee invisions to buy a liquor store in his poverty.

In Lorraine Hansberry’s play, A Raisin in the Sun, she depicts the struggles of an African American family striving to overcome poverty and make a better life for themselves in the harsh reality of a white-dominated world. Walter, Beneatha, and Lena Younger all exhibit extravagant dreams for a better future, yet through one reckless action, all of their dreams become unattainable. Walter’s lust for money and desire for respect and authority causes him to throw away sixty-five hundred dollars, dissolve his family’s dreams for a better future, and waste the prospect of financial stability his father spent his life working for.

Sensitive, naive, with lots of pride. When a man in the 1950s wants nothing in life but money and to be something successful in his life. How big of a risk will this young African American take to get what he wants? In A Raisin in the Sun, Lorraine Hansberry shows this character who can be selfish at times but wants to be something someday in his life wants to be someday. Walter Younger, a sensitive, naive, selfish man with lots of pride who works for a chauffeur that wants to be something in his life. His life dream is to be a successful and show his family how he did it. One of his big concerns are for his son know that he’s a wealthy successful man.

In Lorraine Hansberry’s “ A Raisin in the sun” a constant theme of money, morality and hoping for a better and a new life kept coming into play. To demonstrate this theme is best shown through Ruth. Ruth Younger is wife of Walter Lee Younger a lady that works as a maidher family's poor financial situation, she has to double as a housewife and a working mother... She finds hope when the family decides to move into a better home in a white neighborhood, and decides to keep her child. In the play Ruth shows she will do anything to make her family. We came across some example in the play that show it. Ruth loves her family and shows she doesn't care about money and just cares about family. Showing she has morals, because she wants to get a house

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.

During the time of the book was made their were plenty of racism going around. It would take 9 years for the civil rights movement to end. Many African-Americans would still be treated not as humans. Many black families have to put up with poverty and discrimination. A Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine Hansberry is about a small African-American family living in Chicago trying to make ends meet while the family receives a large sum of money from their father’s insurance money. The family still try invest the money in a way it could help all of them. Walter cares for profits and business ideas to begin making money like big CEO’s. Walter’s ego and selfish desire to help the Younger family disrupts the family bond they have by his bad morals on life like his view on his responsibility as a father, alcohol consumption, and poor decisions of his ideas.

The 1950’s was one of the worst times of racism and prejudices in American history. The play A Raisin in the Sun shows what kind of living environments and the struggles a black family had to go through. In Lorraine Hansberry’s play A Raisin in the Sun, Mama just wants her family to be happy; however, money, racism, and housing get in the way of making her family happy. Mama is a great example of this because she overcomes all of these struggles to make her family happy.

Everyone has dreams, Dreams are a plan of action that can take anyone wherever they want to go whether it’s bettering the future or simply achieving a goal they set before themselves. .A Raisin in the Sun takes place in the south side of Chicago in the late 50s. Walter Lee Younger is characterized as a stubborn and selfish character, but he only pursues his ideas or dreams to better the lives of others, his family. The Youngers face numerous road blocks that inhibit their dreams being achieved. such as prejudice, low finance, and poverty. Walter develops as an ambiguous and consist character who carries the burden of not being able to afford the basic necessities for his family. Even though it’s difficult for the reader to see at first, Walter is the strongest member of the younger family because he doesn’t stop trying to make a greater future for him and most importantly his family. In Lorraine Hansberry’s A Raisin in the Sun, Walter struggles to pursue his dream yet there are various obstacles that stand in them way of the Younger family.

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.

Morality is the distinction between right and wrong or good and bad. Walter’s perspective of morality and money is different than his families outlook.Walter is seen as a passionate and desperate man that believes opening a business will solve his economic and social issues. Walter ardently surmises the only way to the pursuit of happiness is money. The theme “Money and Morality” is developed through the experiences of Walter in the play “Raisin In the Sun” because he theorizes money brings happiness, success, and value. However, this goes against his families morals.

Think back to some world history class. Think back to the moment learning about how the Jewish population was oppressed and powerless in Nazi Germany. What if I said a similar oppression was happening in the United States, but this one lasted about 833% longer. By using two time-testable texts, a documentary on the study of how racial bias blocked the American Dream, and an article about the Jim Crow laws, I will detail how the oppression of Blacks, especially prevalent in the contexts of housing, equal justice, and movement, diminishes power.

She strives, and works hard to achieve her medical degree and become a doctor. She is independent, headstrong, and clever, with the need to express herself and be heard. She rebels against her mother and questions the unfair treatment towards her, “Why? Why can’t I say what I want around here, like everybody else?”(Act 1). She does agree with her mother’s view on maintain her African root and she does so with her boyfriend Asagi. Beneatha is very proud of the fact that she is independent, and that she doesn’t need anybody, but her boyfriend point out how much she depends on the family. She also doesn’t agree with the fact that her brother wants her to be like all the other women and become a nurse and get married. Walter is trying to shape her into society’s image of women in the 1950’s, but she rebels against him to, by blaming him for losing the money. Beneatha also struggles with her self-image, and we see her discover herself throughout the play. She cut her hair off as a way of defying the stereotypical female. She is a feminist who represents the changing role of women of the

No one is responsible for Walter’s situation except Walter himself. Throughout the play the audience can recognize that Walter is mostly an arrogant character who is dissatisfied with his life. Since he has a dissatisfaction for his financial and living situation, he brings everyone around him down to try to compensate for his feeling of insuperiority to his rich, white boss while he is working as a chauffeur. All Walter can truly think about is himself and money. Thinking about money does not always have to be a bad thing when one has to provide for a family, but Walter does not take his own family’s opinions in mind with his money decisions. All Walter can think about is making a deal with Willy Harris to start a liquor store. Even when Ruth and Lena advise against trusting Willy Harris

A Raisin In the Sun by Lorraine Hansberry talks about how money and dreams are directly related to their place in society. Everyone has a particular dream Mama wants to provide a house for her family. Beneatha wants to go to medical school and become a doctor. Walter wants to own a business but has no set plan on how to achieve that. The play focuses on these different dreams and how they are deferred relating to Langston Hughes poem.