Raisin In The Sun Literary Analysis

The Importance of Minor Characters in Raisin in the Sun In the play Raisin in the Sun written by Lorraine Hansberry, minor character play and extremely important part in the storyline. From influencing main characters to make choices, criticizing them, reminding them of where they came from, and reflecting the environment of the 1950’s in America, these minor characters are crucial for making this play interesting and historical.

There were many arguments in A Raisin in the Sun throughout the play. Some between husband and wife, some between brother and sister, some between mother and children, but all that matters is that family sticks together through think and thin. I think that the arguments are both due to the differences in opinion and by the failure to understand one another’s feelings.

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

The imagery of “A Raisin in the Sun” symbolizes the characters and their dreams because their dreams have dried up and withered just like a raisin in the sun. Mama is the oldest in the family and is the mother to Beneatha and Walter, her dream is to own a house and be able to provide for her family. Walter is Mama’s oldest child, Ruth’s husband and Travis's father, his dream is to become successful and be able to provide for his family. Beneatha is Mama’s youngest child and her dream has always been to be independent and a successful doctor because she wants to cure others. The title symbolizes how Mama, Walter, and Beneatha’s dreams become dried up like a Raisin in the Sun.

In the book A Raisin in the Sun, the family is not financially well but shows they have hope and dreams for their future. The younger family is waiting to get an insurance check that could change their lives for the better. Throughout the play, the symbol of the plant is built to represent not just the families' struggles but also their dreams suggesting the theme of power, hope, and perseverance. Throughout the story, the family is shown to have problems with money and has to find ways to meet. Ruth, Walters's wife, is shown in the book trying to support her husband but can't seem to find a way to help him.

Living in worlds of racial and societal oppression had the effect on 4 different characters in 3 different books. Each character was impacted differently, and as a result, sought for a solution through different adventures. For Janie, she went through 3 different husbands in an attempt to find love and to please her Grandmother and the society. For Huck and Jim, they ran away from their problems. Huck wanted to get away from his society, and feel free to think in his own way and grow on his own, and not from the help of the law or people around him. Jim wanted to be free and so he ran away from slavery. For Maya, her oppression helped her grow as a human being, and all of the experiences that she went through while growing up had helped to

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

Upon walking out of Krannert's production of "A Raisin in the Sun," an eerie silence drizzled about the audience as people murmured and slowly shuffled towards the exits. After witnessing such a powerful yet melancholy piece of theater work, words seemed inappropriate. For three hours, "A Raisin in the Sun" encompassed us with racial, economic, and social issues of the 1950s. Swirling portions of humor, disgrace, pride, and sadness into a smooth blend, the play developed many twists and turns that kept the audience and myself completely alert. Throughout the three acts I could feel the audience, as well as myself, totally devoting themselves to the play. But after taking a step back, the play proved to

The play “A Raisin in the Sun” by Lorraine Hansberry has many interesting characters. In my opinion, the most fascinating character is Ruth because of her many emotions and captivating personality. She goes through extreme emotions in the play such as happiness, sadness, anger, stress, and confusion. Ruth is very independent, firm, kind, witty, and loving.

In the play, Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine Hansberry, the characters encounter different dilemmas and issues. The Youngers find that they had to struggle to achieve their desires. Each character endured on a different path of life and different levels. Some family members were focused on college, while others were focused on money and how others perceive them. Although this family seems to be different in many ways, they still encounter the same type of issues in different ways.

All hope seems lost and Walter is about make a fool of his whole family when he is inspired by his son presence to tell the Welcoming Committee member who told the Youngers that they couldn't move into their house that the Youngers are moving in anyways. The book ends with them leaving for their new home in Clybourne Park. During this eventful story, three particular objects seem to reflect the opportunities, hope and dreams of the Younger family: the window, the light and, Mama’s plant. The three main symbols in A Raisin in the Sun are the window, the light and Mama’s plant.

What makes a person make a good choice or a bad choice? What influences that person? Is it the people around that person? These are all questions to wonder about, and in the end of the script it is all answered. Walter in “A Raisin in The Sun,” by Lorraine Hansbery, is a character surrounded by women who do not understand him. Over the course of the story, Walter makes many choices that change their lives in the story, because of Ruth, Beneatha, and Mama.

We all can agree with the fact that family comes first, yet in the beginning for Walter, family wasn’t the first thing he would think of. Getting the money and following his dream was the most important thing in his life even though he wanted the money to make a happy family. In the end of the story Walter relies that having a family in one house is much more important than becoming rich.

As Austrian writer Marie Von Ebner-Eschenbach wrote,“To be content with little is difficult; to be content with much, impossible.” History and literature have established that the ideal goal every American has wanted is for his thirst for material possessions to be reached, but even then, the individual isn’t truly happy. Money, and the things it can get you, have long been a part of American culture and the materialist culture of society have been examined in numerous ways from novels to the art of those like Andy Warhol. A life free from the economic woes that plague almost everyone seems like the quintessential existence, but material wealth is not a way to mend issues.

The characters in A Raisin in the Sun have different values from one another. The values expressed between Mama, Walter, and Beneatha highlight their generational differences. Mama is from a different time period than Walter and Beneatha and this is expressed in her views. She is deeply religious, and holds her head high despite the fact that she does not possess much material wealth. Material wealth is not as important to her as freedom and happiness. Beneatha, however, holds education in high regard,