The Struggle Lorraine Hansberry’s play “A Raisin in the Sun” is a play portraying an African American family, The Youngers, struggling to achieve financial strength and live The American Dream. In the 1950s, the American Dream consists of a house with a nice yard, a nice car, and a big happy family. The setting, a tiny two bedroom apartment in South Chicago, is usually associated with poverty, racism, and segregation. This setting has an effect on a lot of the tension throughout the play due to
Dreams in A Raisin In The Sun A dream is often seen as a desire. One may dream of becoming a doctor, a police officer or even a successful business owner. There are no limits to the word Dream. Everyone has the right to dream and the right to dream of anything. In the Lorraine Hansberry's play, A Raisin in the Sun, she expresses that dreams can either save or destroy a person through the use of plot, setting and character. First, Plot can have an affect on a person’s dream. For instance, in the
A major theme in Lorraine Hansberry's A Raisin in the Sun is the American Dream. The idea and definition of the American Dream have shifted throughout time, but its most constant facet has always been freedom. Our founding fathers set out for the New World with the dream of a home without persecution, where they could maintain their freedom of religion. When Forbes Magazine asked her opinion on the American Dream, poet Maya Angelou stated, “The American Dream, whether attainable or not, is to have
A Raisin in the Sun, by Lorraine Hansberry and whose title was derived from the poem Harlem, by Langston Hughes, is a tragic play taking place in South Side, Chicago, where it portrayed the life of an African-American family known as the Youngers in the 1950s. It follows the American Dream, a motif conveying the idea of belonging to the upper class of society. However, only the fortunate few are able to achieve this, while the majority remains staggered at searching for other opportunities. The play