Lorraine Hansberry's A Raisin In The Sun

There is no doubt that Lorraine Hansberry uses her play, A Raisin in the Sun, as a platform to give her opinions and observations on the black community and of the racism they faced in the mid-1900s. Her play is filled with commentary

"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.

A Raisin in, the sun deals with the trials and tribulations of the Younger family. Facing the struggle of culture identity crisis , racial integration, death and societal barriers. All of these and more are presented to the family in order to test their will and their drive for a better life then they live now.

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.

We need to dream big, and reach for the stars, isn't that the way to go? In the book A Raisin In the Sun dreams of moving up and living a better life style is the goal. The characters have many difficulties achieving their dreams. Lorraine Hansberry, the author shows us how the Youngers are a black family in 1950, dreams of getting out of the ghetto. They want to move in to a house with a backyard, a garden, and live a better life. Mama has many difficulties, in addition to having to make tough decisions, together with her family. She continues to dream big. Regardless, of all the obstacles involved, the theme is to keep dreaming.

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

A Raisin in the Sun portrays many valuable lessons. Written by Lorraine Hansberry, in A Raisin in the Sun, a black family is trying to gain acceptance in the world. Way too many people focus on the material things, instead of just loving the people around them. The characters each pursue their own individual dream, but by the end put their individual dreams aside to pursue a collective dream that they recognise is vital for their unity and survival as a family.

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.

The play, A Raisin in the Sun, is written by Lorraine Hansberry. The setting of the play is in Chicago’s Southside and the time is in the 1950s. Walter and Mama are the two characters that influence the plot the most. The characters are involved in a series of conflicts which issue this. One of those conflicts include the family fighting over money and who are falling apart without even realizing it.

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.

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.

Mama’s Life Views In the play A Raisin in the Sun By Lorraine Hansberry the Younger family has been through a lot. The family members, Walter and Ruth, Beneatha, Mama and Travis, go through a mess of family conflicts. Poverty is the breaking point for the family, and the family is fighting racial boundaries. With their father’s passing, an insurance check is on the way.

In the play, A Raisin in the Sun, Lorraine Hansberry depicts the story of Walter Lee and the rest of the Younger’s, a family struggling to make a living in Chicago in the 1950’s. Walter Lee Younger dreams to one day open a liquor store in order to provide for his family, and does whatever it takes to do so, which often includes hurting his family and putting their lives at risk through dishonest acts. Walter Lee’s dream to open a liquor store fails because of his lack of preparation, and he loses his sight of the importance of providing for his family because of his desire to open the liquor store, no matter the consequences it will potentially have on his family.

Lorraine Hansberry's A Raisin in the Sun illustrates the struggles of three generations of the Younger’s in the 1950's and 60’s of ill-starred Chicago; classism, sexism- feminism, and housing discrimination. In the play, Lorraine Hansberry reveals the struggles enforced on the characters in the play individually as well as with their desires as a whole family. They all must individually subdue racism from family and associates; while still enduring struggles and hardships that diminish any intended goals. However, the Younger’s must overcome the racial bigotry brought by society together, while still prolonging social pride and integrity. As well as the issues of race and gender, the Younger’s family symbolizes a colored family going through hard times towards middleclass respectability not only in civilization, but in their home as well.

In A raisin in the sun, by Lorraine Hansberry, an African American family living in racist community are working hard to endure this complex life, which made it hard for them to continue on aspiring for a better life like a normal family does. The Youngers live in a small room which has worn furniture that once was selected with care and love, but time took its toll on it. Suddenly, unexpected news about a ten thousand dollars check knocked on their door, the family started dreaming again, thinking that the enigma of the ten thousand dollars will drive them from darkness to light. The play title was taken from the poem “A Dream Deferred” which presented the negative effect on those who lost their dreams. Steven Smith argues that