Analysis Of A Raisin In The Sun

The era during which a drama is written can altogether change or exemplify certain motives, that if written in another time, would not only be misread but could also possibly be entirely unrecognized. It is during the era of the Civil Rights Movement in the United States, that two prominent dramatists, Amiri Baraka and Lorraine Hansberry, sought the perfect opportunity to create plays that brought forth, with earnestness and directness, the great trials faced daily by African-Americans throughout the United States. Through their two protagonist's interactions with a representation of the white race of that time, Walter Lee's handling Mr. Lindner in A Raisin In the Sun, and the oppression of Clay caused by Lula in The Dutchman, the very the

“A Raisin in the Sun” by Lorraine Hansberry is a Drama about a generous insurance check that could mean either a profit-making gain for the younger family or destroy the already suffering family. “The Younger family comprises of Mama, Beneatha, her son Walter and his significant other Ruth, and her grandson Travis.” (Synopsis) “The family has lived in the same cramped Chicago dump for quite a long time”.(Synopsis)Walter is a taxi driver and Ruth fills in as low maintenance house keeper. Mother has recently resigned as she is expecting a $10,000 check from her croaked fathers allotment. There are many themes of this play, but the one that stood out most to me is the theme hopes, plans and Dreams.The Younger family is given a chance to realize

“ 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

The story of this play is simple and the majority of African-Americans faced such issues in the 1950’s, living on the south side of Chicago, struggles with poverty, dignity and dreams of a better life. Wanting better for your children and trying to fit in, while maintaining family values. A Raisin in the Sun is an excellent example of the relationship between family values and conflict. In this play it portrays: values and purpose of dreams, the need to fight for racial discrimination and the importance of family.

     A Raisin in the Sun, by Lorraine Hansberry, tries to give readers an overall look of what it feels like to be given a chance to make a difference. The play includes Mama, the stronghold of the family, her son, Walter Lee, a dreamer, Beneatha, Walter’s sister, who wants to be a doctor, his wife, Ruth, a realist, and their son, Travis. The play setting is like that of The Glass Menagerie, and is set in post WWII and tells how Mama wants to make a difference for her family. A Raisin in the Sun, unlike The Glass Menagerie, tells how Mama wants something for her entire family to enjoy, unlike Amanda, who wants her family to provide for her own enjoyment. In A Raisin in the Sun, Mama inherits ten-thousand dollars, due to her husband death, and buys a nice house in a white neighborhood. She entrusts Walter Lee, with sixty-five hundred dollars of the ten-thousand dollars, to put into the bank. Mama tells Walter Lee to divide it between him and Beneatha. Instead of putting the money where Mama told him, Walter decides to invest it with friends, in which, he ends up getting scammed. In turn, this made it difficult for the family to decide whether to move into the house or not. Mama lets Walter Lee make the decision to move into the house or to give up. He realizes at the end of the play that this was for his family more

Lorraine Hansberry's A Raisin in the Sun is a play about segregation, triumph, and coping with personal tragedy. Set in Southside Chicago, A Raisin in the Sun focuses on the individual dreams of the Younger family and their personal achievement. The Younger's are an African American family besieged by poverty, personal desires, and the ultimate struggle against the hateful ugliness of racism. Lena Younger, Mama, is the protagonist of the story and the eldest Younger. She dreams of many freedoms, freedom to garden, freedom to raise a societal-viewed equal family, and freedom to live liberated of segregation. Next in succession is Beneatha Younger, Mama's daughter, assimilationist, and one who dreams of aiding people by breaking down

The Raisin in the Sun is a movie about a colored family who is trying to make it. There are five family members who all live in the same small two bedroom apartment. They all know that things are about to change because they know that Mama Younger is about to get a 10,000 check from where her husband had passed away recently. Each family member have their own dreams about what they want to do with the money, but they just don’t want to ask Mama if they could use it for their dreams, especially Walter Lee; her son. Right before Mama gets the check in the mail, the whole family gets surprised by some news from Ruth, who is Walter Lee’s wife. Ruth ends up finding out that she is pregnant, and that she wants to get rid of the baby because she

A Raisin in the Sun represents the struggles African Americans faced during the 1950’s through the conflicts of the main characters. The author, Lorraine Hansberry, uses the character Beneatha to show the choice between assimilation with whites or staying in touch with her African culture. The alternatives of earning money through shady dealings and underhanded business or earning it through honest work and integrity are represented by Walter and his struggle to provide for the family. The character Mama must choose between supporting her children’s modern ideas about money and religion or following traditional goals and family values. Finally, Ruth has to decide whether to support her husband and his money making dreams or supporting Mama’s wish to have a new home to nurture the family.

Given the obvious fact that the film interpretation of A Raisin in the Sun is derived directly from the stage play, is should be expected that certain elements of the story are presented without any deviation from the original material. One of these preservations is the myriad of motivations and/or objectives each adult character has for the insurance money. Walter feels a business investment in a liquor store will lift them from financial ruin, and Mama aspires to purchase their own property and move from their cramped apartment, as well as provide Beneatha with

At the beginning of the story we are introduced to the Younger family living in a run down two-bedroom apartment in the Chicago slums. The Younger family consists of Lena Younger (Mama), her son, Walter Younger with his wife Ruth and their son Travis, and her daughter Beneatha Younger. They all are struggling in financial and social standards, but that all could all change with an insurance check for ten thousand dollars from Mama’s husband who has passed away. This check sends a rift through the Younger family as they all have different ideas for how the money should be used. This is where the theme of family and also the idea of the American dream come into play as they all fight over how the

The Younger family all had their own dreams and knew exactly where they wanted to be socially and economically in their lives so they were putting in sweat and tears to that point. Yet once again their race puts them in the backseat and forces many struggles upon the family. “Why you tell the boy things like that for? says Walter as he reaches into his pocket getting Travis the coin. He then reaches into his pocket and pulls out another fifty cents and tells Travis to spend it on anything he wanted while Ruth sat back angry that Walter went against her and what she had told Travis” (31) this shows just how they managed their money and how hard it was for them to agree on anything financially causing problems within their problems. Walter and Ruth want to raise Travis to his full potential and not have to have him worry about the kind of economic crisis the family is

A Raisin in the sun, is a great movie, which was talking about a story happened in the Youngers family which was a poor African-American family. One day, the family encountered a chance to get rid of poverty, because the matriarch of the Youngers received a $10,000 life insurance check, which was due to her husband’s death. This was the clue for the development of the story.

A Raisin in the Sun is about a poor family who struggles to survive about to get a check that will change their lives. Walter lee younger wants to open a liquor store with the money. Ruth wants to invest with

Family is expressed in diverse ways. Mama believes in the importance of family and this shows throughout the story. She continues throughout the story to keep everyone together by fulfilling the rest of the family’s dreams before hers. Her dream is to be able to get her family out of the ghetto and into a place with a yard, so her children can play and run free, some where she can plant a garden. But her dream will always be out of reach especially since she and her husband moved into the apartment her youngster’s apartment. Her dream provides her with the motivations to wake up every day and make money to fuel the dream. But no matter how much she and her husband save its still

Walter works as a white man’s chauffeur and is stifled as a young black man answering to a white man, living in poverty, and trying to create a better life for his family (927). He also desires the respect of being an executive or his own boss (967). Most importantly, Walter is searching for respect and position in his own family. Walter’s family lives in his mother’s home and she is the matriarch of the family. Mama labels herself the “head of the family” (937). In African American families and generally all families of the time period, the man of the household is dominant.