Symbols can also foreshadow what is yet to come. The audience can interpret a symbol in many ways it depends on their experience. In Southside Chicago the Younger family is struggling to have hope as they are always facing society.In the drama, A Raisin in the Sun, by Lorraine Hansberry the plant symbolizes the Younger’s dream as it evolves throughout the play. Meanwhile in southside Chicago dreams are either being crushed or pursued. The Youngers family are always facing society as they live in poverty

Play Reading Report Date: 10/6/17 Student Name: Lauren Harless Title: A Raisin in the Sun Author: Loraine Hansberry Major Characters: • Walter Younger: A humble chauffer living in a dreary house who dreams of a better future • Ruth Younger: Walter’s wife, newly pregnant, and is constantly burdened by the family’s money issue • Beneatha Younger: Sister of Walter; Aspiring to be a doctor and explores ways to express herself • Mama (Lena) Younger, “Mama”: The “bastion” set in her ways, but also

A Raisin in the Sun, by Lorraine Hansberry represents one of the first books to ever properly illustrate the struggle of black families in the mid 1900’s. It’s realistic depiction of the hope many African Americans had for betterment of their lives through hard work and the discouragement they dealt with daily from the lack of social progress in their communities reoccurs throughout the production through stage movements, and the character’s actions. The author portrays characters with relatable

author of Raisin in The Sun. Langston Hughes was an American poet, social activist, and novelis. Hansberry met Hughes as a child, His poem Harlem (A dream deferred) influenced Hansberry to write her play in response to the topic question “What Happens To a dream deferred”?. The main idea of the story was to answer the topic question and it did just that by using symbolism. There were 3 characters who were used to symbolise what happens to a dream deferred. In her play, Raisin in the sun, Hansberry

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. Throughout the plot, he struggles with

A Raisin In The Sun written by Lorraine Hansberry is a play that displays the struggle of an African-American family named the Youngers. They have been given the news about receiving $10,000 as insurance money because of the death of their father. Everyone is excited about receiving this large amount of money that will change everyone's lives but this only lasts for a while. Since each individual has a dream about what to do with the money which will cause a disagreement in the family. Having one

Hardships of the Youngers In Lorraine Hansberry’s play A Raisin in the Sun, the characters of Mama, Walter ,and Beneatha are faced with hardships associated with their dreams being destroyed by discriminatory housing,racial inequality and lack of support from her family towards her education. In the play all the characters have some kind of dream. Mama wants to get a house for the family, Walter wants to have money to provide for his family and plans to do that with a liquor store, and Beneatha

In our modern society, the issue of poverty continues to impact African Americans across the globe. A Raisin in the Sun is a play written by Lorraine Hansberry. The title of Hansberry’s play stems from Langston Hughes' poem, Harlem; this says a lot about what the play is about to untell. This play is based on an African American family during the 1950s – Civil Rights Movement– and how the struggles they faced. Lorraine Hansberry illustrates how systemic racism can limit opportunities, bring about