Essay On Lorraine Hansberry's A Raisin In The Sun

She is also upset because Walter is giving in to racial tension and calling Mr. Lindner back to negotiate taking money in exchange for not moving into the white neighborhood. Lena immediately snaps back and calls out Beneatha for not learning to care for her brother. In this scene Lena’s maternal instinct really shines through. Even though she is disappointed in Walters foolishness and lack of pride, she knows that Walter is at his lowest point and that persecution and ridicule will not help the situation in any way. She also understands that his pursuit of money wasn't for self interest but to make things better for the whole family.

She wants what she did not have: big house, better neighborhood, and all the riches that she can buy. However, her father tells her to not think like that because that is not the reason that makes her, her, but instead it is her background and her family. This was something that I found quite fascinating because this was how I perceived my life when I was in high school. Sophia’s perseverance and dedication to moving forward is impeccable. “I wish we lived on the other side of town.”

Marrying the Right Person is Important to One’s Career and Life In the movie Freedom Writers, Erin Gruwell and Scott has a special relationship compared with those students, they married but have a bad ending. Nowadays, a wife (or a husband) is not only a part of family, but has an important affection on each others work and the rest of life. Many people now surfer from more and more heavy pressure at work but bring it to home , hence, marrying the right person to release one’s heavy pressure can really help to create a harmonious family relation-ship. Besides, no one can avoid making mistakes, so it is important to have a person that can point out your fault as well as help you to work it out. Many people now get marry before they succeed in their own field, so striving with your partner is better than struggle by yourself.

The first part of her dream may be deferred because of the money Walter loses. Her dream is also one deferred for all women. Beneatha lives in a time when society expects women to build homes rather than careers. As for saving her race from ignorance, Beneatha believes she can make people understand through action, but the exact course she chooses remains unclear at the end of the play.

Throughout the majority of the play, Walter wants to change the way they live and constantly tries convincing his mother to use the insurance money to start a liquor store. I chose this excerpt because I thought it was interesting how Hansberry chose to use Walter having the same breakfast as him trying to express there not being change around the apartment. This connects to the U.S history packet when it talked about the African Americans headed off to war and being treated better out there than back at home, and then when they got home they wanted home. Near the end of the play on page 148 when Walter has to decide if the family keeps the house or receives the money he says this to Lindner: Walter.

Lorraine Hansberry’s life included events of her new neighbors’ threats but in the play, A Raisin in the Sun, the play ended it at the point where the Younger family moved out of their house. The author could have continued the story by adding her life events of living through her neighbors’ threat and her family taking the case to court. However, Hansberry stopped the play at the point where the Younger family moves out of the house to create a sense of ambiguity. The audience will not know what the Younger family will experience, which will allow for the audience to think about different possible scenarios. The author of the play did not modify the events that took place most likely in order to provide a view of how Africans’ lived and illustrate society in a realistic way.

Mama just wants her family to be happy and not be fighting all the time and when she finds out the Ruth is expecting another baby she knows that they need to get a house soon. When the check comes she knows that everyone is going to fight over it so she goes into town and buys a house so that they could all have their own place to live and not all be cramped together. When she gets back to the unit Walter asks her where she's been and she turns to Travis and says, “She went out and she bought you a

Willy is too entitled to his job even though he doesn’t get paid, to accept a job from someone else that is offering him good weekly pay. In The Raisin in the Sun Walter ends up getting the money from his mom and wants to invest it into a bar with two other people, but that doesn’t work out so well for him. In the text Bobo is talking to Walter about something bad that had happened, in the text Bobo says “That’s what I’m trying to tell you… I don’t know… I waited six hours… I waited in that train station six hours…

Lena and Ruth laugh at her, and are confused on why she does not want to marry George right away. George thinks it is stupid to not get married right now and wants Beneatha to be like everyone else. Sharon Brubaker notes that Beneatha's version of the American dream is "solitary, less traditional, and not as concerned with family." Beneatha does not want to be "white" or "normal" in her life. Sally Burke says that "Beneatha refuses to accept the subservient position often seen as 'natural' for women" (95).

A Raisin in the Sun To be prideful is human nature, even when it hasn't been earned. Being proud of who you are and what you have accomplished is an important part of everyone's life, but sometimes we are prideful without something to be proud of. This kind of pride is shown in the play A Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine Hansberry through the character Walter Younger. He enters the play with a false sense of pride in being a man, despite the fact that he is a chauffeur who is struggling to support his family.

To stay away from the Natzi’s, it was never easy from Jews at the time but they had a feeling that moving to the country side would benefit them at least a little. I think that this quote is a positive quote because it gave them a little of hope in getting away from the enemies and maybe relaxing. I could also relate to this because before I moved to Hawthorne, I lived in a town where there was always something bad happening and my parents decided that moving here would be the best idea for their kids and our lives. II. “Toward the

She did everything should could for him so he wouldn’t go down the same path a lot of kids his age were going down. She wanted a better life for Wes. “Well, your grades obviously aren’t bad because you can’t pick this stuff up or because you are stupid, you are just not working hard enough” (75-76). Joy is influential to Wes because she knew that Wes had the ability to learn and to be intelligent, she just needed Wes to push himself to be intrigued in school like how he was in music or outside activities. As Joy tried to get Wes’s grades up she finally came up with a plan to send him to military school.

Unfortunately the check will not be enough for everyone. As a result of disagreement, Mama decides to buy a house in a white neighborhood with the money. The owner of the neighborhood tries to convince the family that they are better off living somewhere else, because of their unwanted race. Even though they know they will not be accepted there, they still want to move to the white neighborhood for the better of the family. Once the family packs their things and are ready to go, they feel free.

would benefit economically by approving an immigration reform. It is time to abandon the negative perceptions held towards undocumented immigrants. These individuals risked their lives to come to a county filled with copious opportunities. They did not intent to arrive here to be immediately labeled as “rapists” but to offer their families, specifically their children, an opportunity of a better tomorrow. An opportunity of an adequate education, for example, can land their children on a decent job with a higher salary which can allow them to live comfortably.

In a Child’s Eyes In the play, The Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine Hansberry, the Younger family struggles with happiness and joy. They do not know how to fix the problems in their lives. Amit Ray says, “Joy is found when you focus your energy on improving human dignity, human capacity, and human values.” Walter Younger and mama argue over what life is.