Raisin In The Sun Conflict

Lorraine Hansberry, the author of the play A Raisin in the Sun, uses the characters’ dreams to expose the nightmares of racism.  Each character wants to escape the “ghetto life on the South Side of Chicago” (Brubaker).  The Youngers are an African-American family living in Chicago during the 1950’s.  The play focuses on their dreams for a better future.  The play begins with the family waiting on a $10,000 life insurance check, as Walter senior has recently died.  Walter senior’s wife, Lena (Mama), her two adult children, Walter and Beneatha, Walter’s wife Ruth, and their son, Travis, all live together in a two-bedroom apartment.  The main characters has different dreams of what success means to them and how best to use the inheritance money; they know that the money is the key to unlocking a better life.  Mama, Walter, and Beneatha each pursue their own vision of the “American Dream”, but they all meet the same challenge of racism in the 1950’s.

In conclusion, the play A Raisin in the Sun by. Lorraine Hansberry shows how hard it was for a poor black family in the 50’s. Through all the discrimination and segregation made it nearly impossible for an African American family to progress in life. The two most important characters Walter and Mama made the play what it

A Raisin in the Sun was written by Lorraine Hansberry and is a play about an African American family who are struggling in the 1950’s to keep the family together. Although the play is portrayed in the 50’s many issues like the economy, racism, and family dynamics the characters had to face; these issues are still issues in the 21st century.

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

The Scholarly Article “Review of the Original 1959 Broadway Production” explains the story/play A Raisin in the Sun written by Lorraine Hansberry. The article was found on Huntingtonthetatre.org, Accessed on August 27, 2015.The article begins with a short introduction of Loraine Hansberry and how she touches common issues that many African American families were struggling with in 1980. The play is about a lower class family that lives in South Chicago striving to overcome poverty. The characters of the story include a widow mother and her two children; she also has daughter in law and grandson who live with her as well. Claudia McNeil is described as a simple spiritual Matriarch, with a son who is driven to be a successful business owner,

Throughout the play poverty is touched upon in different scenes, but never truly presented. With Ruth unexpectedly expecting a baby, she and Walter’s marriage is stretched thin as life presents difficulties. The Youngers were dealt a hand of poverty that lingered with every twist and turn. In every household a new baby includes many new expenses. In the case of Walter and Ruth these circumstances test their

Lorraine Hansberry’s play, A Raisin in the Sun, addresses the hardships of an African-American family living in the projects of post-segregation Chicago. The family aspires to fulfill their dreams of owning a home despite the odds they face. W.E.B Du Bois critical race theory explains the issue of racism and white dominance that not only the family in the play faces, but the African-American community as a whole.

Set in 1950’s Chicago, Illinois, the play A Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine Hansberry is considered one of the best African American dramas. Centered around an African American family living in the Southside of Chicago the play portrays the family’s struggle for a better life. When Walter and Beneatha Younger’s father, Big Walter, dies their mother, Mama, is left with a ten-thousand-dollar life insurance check. However, each family member has their own idea of how to use the check to achieve a better life. Mama believes that leaving the slums will ensure a better life for her children while Beneatha trusts that education is the best way to end their poverty, but Walter believes the only way to advance in life is by incredibly wealthy. After Mama

When A Raisin in the Sun debuted on Broadway in 1959, America was a much different place than it was today. Racism was as prevalent as ever in our schools, the workplace and the government. Segregation and Jim Crow was still law in most of the country. Not to mention even though women had the right to vote, women still did not feel like equals compared to their male counterparts.This social climate is what made A Raisin in the Sun such a success for the ways this play explored various social issues at that time. A Raisin in the Sun was so groundbreaking because it addressed the underlying racial and domestic tension that is covered up by the economic prosperity that we learned about in history class. From the role of the black man to even

First, starting off with the story A Raisin in the Sun, This story takes place in 1959 ,this is also the time when segregation was still around. The story tells about a black family, known as the Younger, who live in the south side of Chicago. The Youngers live in an apartment, but there are five of them and they live in a two bedroom apartment. This family is also very poor, and they try to save as much as they can. The families dream are all different but they are also very much similar.  For example, the man of the house, Walter Younger dreams to live the good life, like white people did who were wealthy as well as having his family to support him in everything he does. This is stated in Act 1 Scene 1. All the dreams and wishes of the Youngers are to live in a better house and to have a better lives than they do now thought out the play. By the end of the play they all realize that money is not going not going to make them happy, but love is the only thing the family needs to be happy.

‘A Raisin in the Sun’ is a play telling a story of Younger’s (a black family’s) lower-class struggles in its efforts of acquiring a middle-class acceptance. The play opens with Mama, the 60-year old family mother, waiting for a 10,000 dollars check from an insurance firm as compensation after her husband’s death and the drama focus on the way in which this money should be spent. Walter Lee Younger, the son, is desperate of becoming a better family provider and wants to invest this whole package into a liquor store together with his two other friends. Walter believes that this investment will wipe away the financial problems of the family forever. However, Mama objects this for ethical reasons and some minor conflicts emerge over their disagreements. Ruth, Walter’s wife, supports Mama but hopes that they (Walter and her) could provide their son, Travis, with more space and opportunity. Finally, Beneatha, Mama’s daughter and Walter’s sister, wants the money to be directed towards her medical education fees. She also objects the wish of her family members to join the white world.

“ A Raisin in the Sun” is a play written by Lorraine Hansberry about the life of an African American family during the era of segregation. The play starts off with the Younger family receiving a 10,000 dollar check from Mr. Younger’s insurance policy. The family argues over what they are going to do with it. Mama wants to buy a house with it, Walter wants to invest in a liquor store, and Beneatha wants to use the money to go to medical school. The contrast of the characters’ personalities fuels the conflict and drives the story forward. Beneatha is a young college student and the sister of Walter. She has a dream of becoming a doctor. Beneatha is a dynamic character who is easily influenced by her family and the people

During the 1900s many black families barely had enough money to pay for the basic necessities needed to live. At times some families would receive a significant sum of money, something they were not used to getting. Deciding on how to spend this money is what caused problems among some families. In the play A Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine Hansberry, she argues that there are times when in a state of financial instability and where money is a necessity to completing one’s dream that some family members choose to put their dreams over others when suddenly given the opportunity. After Mama’s husband died she was bound to receive an insurance check that would be used by the Younger family. Before even receiving the

Regardless of how old a child is, parents will always struggle with their children maturing. In the fictional play A Raisin in the Sun, written by Lorraine Hansberry, a family of five African Americans lives in Chicago, Illinois in the 1950s. During this time period, Mama, Lena Younger, is having a very hard time accepting the terms that her husband, Big Walter, has passed and is getting a $10,000 life insurance check. As a result, Mama’s son, Walter Lee Younger, wants to become the head of the household for once and this creates an exceeding amount of conflict between the two.

Lorraine Hansberry’s play, A Raisin in the Sun, centers on an African American family in the late 1950s. Hansberry directs her work towards specifically the struggles faced by African Americans during the late 1950s. Through the dialogue and actions of her characters, she encourages not only a sense of pride in heritage, but a national and self-pride in African Americans as well.