Issues Addressed in A Raisin in The Sun Essay -- Lorraine Hansberry

Black and WhiteIn the words of Jim Cocola and Ross D starthat, Hansberry wrote the play A Raisin in the Sun to mimic how she grew up in the 1930s. Her purpose was to tell how life was for a black family reenforcement during the pre-civil rights era when segregation was still legal (spark nones). Hansberry introduces us to the Youngers, a black family living in Chicagos Southside during the 1950s pre-civil rights movement. The Younger family consists of Mama, who is the head of the signalhold, Walter and Beneatha, who are Mamas children, Ruth, who is Walters wife, and Travis, who is Walter and Ruths son. Throughout the play the Youngers head poverty, discrimination, marital problems, and abortion. Mama is waiting on a check from the insurance company because of the recent passing of her husband. Throughout the play Walter tries to convince Mama to allow him invest the money in a liquor store. Beneatha dreams of becoming a doctor while embracing her African heritage, and Ruth ju st found out that she is pregnant and is struggling to keep her marriage going. The Youngers live in a very small apartment that is falling apart because of the wear and tear that the prat has endured over the years. Mama dreams of having her own house and ends up using part of the insurance money for a down payment on a house in an up-scale neighborhood. The Youngers meet Mr. Lindner, who is the head of the welcoming committee. Mr. Lindner voices the communitys concerns of the Youngers moving into their neighborhood. Is the play A Raisin in the Sun focused on racial or universal issues? Some say that this play is racial in that the family is black, and what the family is going through could only happen to people of that race. One prominent racial is... ... wee-wee a garden. This play is more universal in that the majority of the issues the characters face are easily related to people of all races. Most people lack to be able to provide for their family, own a home, and find out where they come from. Most couples argue and bicker about money or children and not being able to provide for them. Everyone has dreams, big and small, no matter what race, and there is something that anyone can relate to. A Raisin in the Sun is universal because the play communicates problems in the play and conveys them in a way that everyone can relate. Works CitedHansberry, Lorraine. A Raisin in the Sun. Norton. Ninth. Ed. Alison Booth, J. Paul Hunter, Kelly J. Mays. New York W. W. Norton, 2005. 1942-2002.Cocola, Jim and Douthat, Ross. SparkNote on A Raisin in the Sun, 16 Sep. 2008. .