Raisin In The Sun Comparison

The idea of the American dream differs from one people to another. For some, it might be financial success, owning a home, or happiness in life. The film “A Raisin in the Sun” is originally a play written by Lorraine Hansberry about a Black Family living in Chicago in the late 1950s trying to break the cycle of poverty. The play is based on the famous poem, “Harlem or Dream Deferred” by Langston Hughes that describes hopes, dreams, changes, and frustrations of an African-American family having a harder time following their dreams than do white people. When the film was written in 1959, the American society is facing major historical change as the civil rights and women’s movement began. People were fighting for their rights and start questioning