There are things in life that shape a person into what they’re‚ and influence every single decision they ever make. The play "A Raisin in the Sun" by Lorraine Hansberry is set in a small apartment in south side Chicago that follows the life of the Younger family who live there‚ as they go through their own problems in life and try to keep being a family they can take pride in. Pride is not something that breaks you‚ it is something that shapes everything and person around you. In the play it
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In the the play A Raisin in the Sun‚ by Lorraine Hansberry there is a strong presence of gender roles in the Younger family. The play takes place in the southside of Chicago‚ in mid-late 1950’s. At the time social injustices‚ like racism and sexism‚ were big controversies. Most of the country was focused on these issues. These issues were worse in the South but luckily this book takes place in Chicago‚ so the conditions the Younger family are in are not as rough as they could be. The family
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Did you ever think that one of your best friends could steal something from you? The Younger family received a 10‚000 dollar check due to insurance money. Walter Lee Younger’s father had died also know has “Big” Walter. Walter really wanted to use the money on his lifelong dream‚ but what he didn’t know was that his best friend would take something very important to him(his dream). The rest of Walter’s family had dreams too‚ but not many were ever met. Walter has to give up his dream of owning his
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In Lorraine Hansberry’s 1959 play Raisin in the Sun‚ the character Beneatha defies the social mores of Chicago in the 1950s by being educated‚ progressive‚ and independent‚ in a society where women most often remained uneducated domestics. Due mostly to her college education and need to express herself‚ Beneatha defied the norm of what it meant to be an African American woman. Beneatha was pursuing her dreams of becoming a doctor‚ although we are meant to understand that this is in disregard to the
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What happens to a dream deferred? In “A Raisin in the Sun” the author‚ Lorraine Hansberry‚ both ask and works to answer the often interacted question of Langston Hughes. Throughout the play‚ one witness the trials and tribulations of the Younger family‚ comprised of Mama‚ her two children‚ Walter and Beneatha‚ and Walter’s wife and son‚ Ruth and Travis respectively. Despite him technically being a full grown adult‚ the play is‚ in part‚ a coming-of-age for Walter Younger. A pivotal moment of the
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its cover. A person can feel prejudice towards a single individual or to an entire group of people‚ but in either sense the effects are felt by the victims none the less. Both pride and prejudice are major themes that Lorraine Hansberry weaved throughout her play A Raisin in the Sun and in turn these themes have affected the main characters in many different ways. The first time I noticed pride appear in the play is right at the beginning of act 1‚ scene 1 when the stage director is illustrating
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In the story A Raisin in the sun by Lorraine Hansberry is a story about a poor family and how money has caused them to change the way the view life completely. The children of mama have all fallen far from her. she says that life is about being free and having family that cares about you. her kids think it’s all about money. The plot is the same in both. In both walter Lee Younger thinks it‚s a good idea to invest the money in a liquor store. Beneatha Younger wants to invest the money in her education
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Lorraine Vivian Hansberry was born May 19‚ 1930 in Chicago‚ Illinois the youngest by seven years‚ of four children. Her father‚ Carl A. Hansberry‚ is a successful real estate broker‚ and a civil right activist. Her mother‚ Nannie Perry‚ is a schoolteacher who entered politics and became a ward committee woman. When Lorraine was eight‚ her parents moved to a white neighborhood where the experiences of discrimination led to a civil rights suit that they won. The granddaughter of a freed slave and deeply
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The play A Raisin in the Sun By Lorraine Hansberry‚ Mama and Walter Lee argue a lot‚ mostly about money and how the family should be raised and who should lead the family. For example‚ In the play Mama and Walter Lee argue mostly about the life insurance money‚ Walters dad’s insurance money to be exact. Walter Lee dreams of owning a business‚ but his first chance of owning a business is lost (Hansberry 32). He wants to own part of a liquor store‚ but‚ Mama disagrees with this choice‚ saying “...And
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In Lorraine Hansberry’s play‚ A Raisin in the Sun‚ she tells the value and purpose of dreams and how oftentimes dreams do get deferred. Hansberry got the title for the play based off of Langston Hughes’ famous poem A Dream Deferred. The language Hansberry uses reflects the deeper meaning of Hughes’ poem. Although the Younger women have lived in the same apartment for generations‚ they each face their unique trials and tribulations. Mama is faced with the decision of how to spend the money she received
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