A Raisin in the Sun: The play that changed a generation If you’ve ever thought about black history‚ chances are you may have heard of A Raisin in the Sun. Set in the south side of Chicago the story of Walter Younger and his family Ruth‚ Travis‚ and Lena. This story has many connections to the events that was happening at the time of the 1950’s. The author Lorraine B‚ thought this story would not be successful‚ But instead a deep look at society "all art including theater‚ is related
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Why is family the most important relationship to Mama in A Raisin in the Sun? Mama is a character in A Raisin in the Sun who tries to keep everyone together because family is important. She believes it’s the most important relationship because she’s the head of the family‚ she strives for happiness‚ and she wants to follow her husband’s values. First‚ Mama is the head of the family and she makes most of the decisions. The decisions she makes in this novel are for everyone’s happiness. Her decisions
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against one another. A written play‚ A Raisin in the Sun‚ holds the feelings between African American and Whites before it even improved. Since the play‚ A Raisin in the Sun‚ racial feelings‚ for both races‚ in equality
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Raising in the sun Walter I have dissected something that looked like you yesterday”(30). This statement made by Beneatha to her brother Walter was missing from the new movie. the novel A Raisin in the Sun was a story of hope‚ legacy‚ racism and dreams for individual people and how they want to achieve them. It is a book that tell you the story of African American people in the 1940’s and what little they had back then and how hard they had to work to achieve their goals.There is more than one
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Raisin in the Sun Essay In life‚ people feel they are not important and valued without money. Walter Younger is no exception‚ he thinks that if he has money he has everything. Walter wanted to be a provider for the family and planned on doing so by investing in a liquor store with the insurance check from his dad’s death. However‚ he can’t because the money did not belong to him but it belongs to Mama. Later on his mother decides to give him the remaining insurance money and Walter entrusts it
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He uses five similes in Harlem: “like a raisin in the sun‚ like as sore‚ does it stink like rotten meat‚ like a syrupy sweet‚ like a heavy load”. Then he uses a metaphor: “or does it explode”. All of these comparisons make me image the things he is comparing. You can visualize‚ smell‚ taste‚ and feel these things. The point of this poem is what happens to a dream deferred. Lorraine Hansberry used this one line taken from the poem “Harlem” to compare the raisin to life. There was a lot of things
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Do you value your pride more than money? In the play‚ A Raisin In The Sun by Lorraine Hansberry‚ An African American family is struggling in a inadequate worn down apartment trying to make a living. Mama‚ the eldest of the family‚ is going to receive a check for 10‚000 and the family is ecstatic for its arrival. Walter Lee Younger is the most dynamic character in the book. Walter’s character develops from materialistic and greedy‚ to the man that his family wants him to be‚ a leader
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11 Baptist 4 March 2014 Raisin in the Sun The play “A Raisin in the Sun‚” by Lorraine Hansberry is set in between WWII and the present time. The Youngers family of five has lived their lives struggling for money and now that a $10‚000 insurance check is inherited more problems will arise. The American dream means something different to each adult in the family‚ however‚ Walter and his mothers are so dissimilar they conflict with each other numerous times. Walter spends a great amount of his
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A Raisin In The Sun There are many choices that people make everyday that can I‚pact the rest of their lives. When making a decision that can strongly affect someone‚ it is important that they make the best one they can. For example‚ if someone were to make a decision off of only what they know about it‚ they might not end up in the best place they could. In the play A Raisin in the Sun‚ there is a very important decision that the characters must collectively make in order for them to have their
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character conflict of the book. The following is seen when walter talks to ruth about his dreams of owning a liquor store and Ruth is seen not wanting to take the risk. Walther then expresses this frustration by being a man and saying‚ “I got to change my life. Im choking to death baby! And this woman says-Your eggs is getting cold”(Hansberry 33‚34). Ruth responds to Walter’s frustration by saying‚ “Walter‚ that ain’t none of our money”(34). Walter is shown above wanting to pursue his dreams of owning
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