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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 the play we see the inner turbulence that is caused by each of the competing characters individual problems and obsessions.
             The play is very character driven. Each individual has their own strife to contribute to the family whole. In order to under stand it you must have an understanding of each character. They are as follows:.
             Mama: the Younger family matriarch and widow, an older woman who's seen much in her years. Her main concern is hold ding her family together and honoring the memory of her husband who pasted on but left he a life insurance policy.
             Walter Lee: mama's son and inheritor of her husband memory. Walter has dreams for his family and himself. He strives for the better things in life but he keeps on being held back by the harsh confines of the world that surrounds him. He has a habit of relieving his frustrations with alcohol. .
             Beneatha: mama's daughter. Caught in the middle of life and under siege by hopeful young men. Beneatha can see the world around her and grasp the politics that are at work within it. Caught between the wishes of her family and the call's of her heart she is at a fork in her life path.
             Ruth: Walters's wife. She is troubled by her husband's restlessness and this is further complicated by the fact she's pregnant. This along with her choice to abort causes extra stress.
             Travis: the son of Walter and Ruth. Blissful ignorant to the gravity of the situation around him.
             As previously stated the play center around a life insurance check to thee tune of ten thousand dollars. This is more than any of them can expect in a lifetime. Walter and Beneatha both have plans for the money. Walter wants to enter into a lucrative albeit shady business deals concerning liquor store with his friends Bobo and Willy Harris.


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1. Themes in A Raisin in the Sun

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2. A Raisin in the Sun

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6. A Raisin In the Sun

A Raisin In The Sun Lorraine Hansberry wrote the play "A Raisin In The Sun", it was produced on March 11, 1959 in Ethel Barrymore Theatre located in New York. "A Raisin In The Sun" was the first drama by a produced African American women on Broadway. ... For instance a sun raises then sets. "A Raisin In The Sun", shows a decisive portrait of African American life in the mid-1950s. ... But when the movie started out the sun was up, in the middle it was gloomy out side the window, and at the end of the movie the sun had came back out again. ...

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A Raisin in the Sun" is set at in an area where racism was still occurring. ... Throughout the play A Raisin in the Sun, Lorraine Hansberry criticizes the racial and discriminatory climate of America in the 1950s and early 60s. ... Speaking of the United States, Adler states, "A Raisin in the Sun is a moving drama about securing one's dignity within a system that discriminates against, even enslaves, its racial minorities.". ... A Raisin in the Sun deals with many issues but none more than Prejudice's--the act of pre-judging something. ...

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8. A Raisin in the Sun

A Raisin in the Sun In Lorraine Hansberry's A Raisin in the Sun, the author uses the African American Younger family to represent a struggle for the pursuit of the American Dream. ... In A Raisin in the Sun, Lorraine Hansberry uses the main characters and their dreams as a means of demonstrating a pursuit for the American Dream. ... Throughout A Raisin in the Sun, Lorraine Hansberry uses the characters as a way to follow the struggles and harshness of an African American family's desire to achieve the American Dream. ...

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9. Raisin in the Sun

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10. A Raisin In The Sun

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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