A Raisin in the Sun Title - A Raisin in the Sun Author - Lorraine Hansberry Genre - Drama Copyright Date - 1958, 1986 by Robert Nemiroff, as an unpublished work 1959, 1966, 1987, 1988 by Robert Nemiroff Setting - The setting was after WWII and the present (1958), in the south side of Chicago. ... Similarities in Characters, Setting, Plot, or Theme to other Books I have Read - A book that is similar to A Raisin in the Sun is, To Kill a Mockingbird, by Harper Lee. The book is very dramatic like A Raisin in the Sun. ... This book has conflicts of hatred and love, but has humoro...

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A Raisin in the Sun Compare and Contrast Essay This paper will discuss the differences between the book and the movie formats of A Raisin in the Sun. The book was written first, so the movie is simply an interpretation of the book. Although they tried very hard to keep the same message, differen...

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Pride in "A Raisin in the Sun" In the play "A Raisin in the Sun", by Lorraine Hansberry, pride is one of the major themes. Several of the characters display their own particular kind of pride. Walter Lee shows a type of pride that could be called "manly" pride. Beneatha is constantly displa...

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"A Raisin in the Sun" (Act 1) In Act 1, scene 1 of "A Raisin in the Sun," you are brought into the setting of the Younger's apartment, a small, worn-down two bedroom apartment on the South Side of Chicago. ...

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There is a line in the poem that says, "Does it dry up like a raisin in the sun?"(Referring to a dream deferred), this line relates to the play because, Walter's dream of owning a liquor store is kind of like a raisin in the sun, dried up. ...

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Like Father, Like Son The Play A Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine Vivian Hansberry covers the hardship and the sacrifices that a small black family must make in order to survive through the segregation struggles. ... A Raisin in the Sun conveys the timeless struggles of a poor man's path in taking care of his own family and becoming the man that his family needed greatly. ...

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"A Raisin In the sun." Set in the mid 1950's "A Raisin in the sun" is a testament of a black family struggling to cope with racism and poverty in Harlem. The play centers on the coming of a life insurance check and the problems and complications that arise around and because of it. Though out t...

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In A Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine Hansberry, each character represents distinct values that help to further the plot and theme of pursuing one's dreams throughout the play. Lena, Walter and Beneatha Younger, George Murchison and Asagai each have individual values but they are united by the intersec...

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In the play, "A Raisin in the Sun," by Lorraine Hansberry, the protagonist Walter Lee Younger goes through a dramatic change in character from the start to the end. Walter is a middle aged man who wants to make more of his life than be a chauffeur by investing a lot of money to buy a liquor store wi...

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Both Lorraine Hansberry's A Raisin in the Sun and Author Miller's Death of A Salesman deal with the concept of having a dream and trying to achieve it. ... In Lorraine Hansberry's A Raisin in the Sun, we see a poor black family struggling to keep their family united. ...

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May 6 2002 Searching for one's identity can be a painstakingly lengthy process, usually experienced during the tumultuous teen years. However, various circumstances can force the process to carry on for a much longer period of time. In Lorraine Hansberry's drama, A Raisin in the Sun, various cha...

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The constant search for happiness invokes the lives of man, instigating them to take outrageous risks in order to be closer to achieving their goals, in Lorraine Hansberry's 1959 revolutionary play "A Raisin In The Sun."" ...

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Just Another Girl on the IRT We fall down, but our strength is determined by how strong we are when we get up. Just Another Girl On the IRT is a film about the strength and determination of one young girl and a black family. In the film, a 17-year old girl's dreams are deferred but, her dreams d...

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Theme: "Dreams" - This play can be summarized by its theme of dreams. Everything and every action were done by the motivation of a better or dream. Everyone in the family, old or young, had their own "dream." The mother wanted a house for the family, the son wanted the insurance money to start his own store, and the girl wanted to attend college. As the matriarch, Mama Younger made the decision and placed a down payment on a nice house for the family in a total-white neighborhood. ...

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Societies in the past, are also somewhat similar to today societies. This is evident in the comparison of many black plays and movies from history to the present. We see this main focus through the plays read this semester. In many of the plays and movies, several characters suffer through the s...

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