"A Raisin In the Sun": An Analysis
"A Raisin In The Sun" is a play written by an African-American
playwright - Lorraine Hansberry. It was first produced in 1959. Lorraine
Hansberry's work is about a black family in the Chicago's South-Side after
the Second World War. The family consisted of Mama(Lena Younger), Walter
Lee(her son), Ruth (his wife), Travis (their son), and Beneatha (Walters
younger sister). The Younger family lived in poor conditions, and can't
afford to have better living standards. However, Lena is waiting to
receive a $10,000 check from her late-husbands insurance money. The two
main characters in the play, Mama and Walter, want this money to be used
for the benefits of the whole family. Even though both of them want to
benefit the family, each one has a different idea of what to do with the
money and how to manage it to benefit everyone.
Walter Lee, like his father want's his family to have a better life
and want's to invest the money in......
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