A Raisin In The Sun Conflict Essay

Langston Hughes film “A Raisin in the Sun” is an excellent example if character versus conflict. Director Bill Dukes focuses on the average African American family in the Harlem Rennaisance times, living in the southside of Chicago, struggling with poverty and maintaining their dignity. Throughout the film Lena Younger, Walter Lee, Ruth and Beneatha face inner obstacles with themselves, conflict with outsidersm and cherished dreams. These dreams reveal the nature of the character’s longing to societal expectations that cannot be destroyed in the end.
A Raisin in the Sun portrays a few weeks in the life of the Younger family. The family is an African American family in the 1950s that are struggling, striving, and dreaming. In the beginning the audience learns of a 10,000$ check the family inherits from the death of big Walter. Each member of the family has their own intentions of what they want to do with the money. The head of the family, Mama, wants to buy a house to fulfill a dream she once shared with her deceased husband. Walter Lee, wants to invest in a liquor store because he believes that it will solve all of the families financial problems. Ruth, agrees with mama and wants to provide space for her son, Travis, then Beneatha wants to
Walter Lee, has the average man perspective. He is a typical black man trying to support his family, and tries to come up with better schemes and ideas to secure the lack of finances. Lena and Ruth, very much alike, has the same goals to live a better life in a nice spacious home and not suffer like the typical black family in Harlem Renaissance times, in poverty. Beneatha, on the other hand, is unlike a lot of black women her age. Usually black women her age is more content with not being more intelligent than men, but she tries to get a higher education in the medical field and tries to find her true identity, by not being mentally