A Raisin in the Sun Summary
Lorraine Hansberry

A Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine Hansberry Playwright Lorraine Hansberry, born in Chicago in 1930, won acclaim in 1959 with the stage debut of her first play, A Raisin in the Sun. Depicting domestic... Read more

Lorraine Vivian Hansberry (1930-1965) was an important American writer and a major figure on Broadway. Although her reputation grew with the posthumous publication of a range of works, she remained be... Read more

Lorraine Hansberry gained prominence as the first black among the handful of American women playwrights to have a Broadway success, A Raisin in the Sun (1959). Too often pigeonholed because of her rac... Read more

Critical Essay by C.w.e. Bigsby For all its sympathy, humour and humanity … [A Raisin in the Sun] remains disappointing—the more so when compared with the achievement of her second play,... Read more

Critical Essay by George R. Adams A Raisin in the Sun is an ego-play in that it describes how a Black family comes to the right relationship with "reality." (p. 109) It can be asked, if ... Read more

Critical Essay by Julius Lester The subject matter of A Raisin in the Sun may make it appear outdated. The action taking place in what now seems like a long past time—the days before Black Powe... Read more

Critical Essay by Stanley Kauffmann Miss Hansberry's dialogue [in her screenplay adaptation for the film A Raisin in the Sun] is generally commonplace and occasionally ridiculous, her perceptio... Read more

Langston Hughes raised the question, "What happens to a dream deferred"" in his famous poem, "Montage of a Dream Deferred." A dream deferred, or a goal that is postponed, has several possible fates. ... Read more

Langston Hughes raised the question, "What happens to a dream deferred"" in his famous poem, "Montage of a Dream Deferred." A dream deferred, or a goal that is postponed, has several possible fates.... Read more

The play A Raisin In The Sun is a play that was written in the 1950s. This play was really ahead of its time and was talking about very controversial topics for its time. Lorrain Hansberry was the aut... Read more

A Hero Within In the book A Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine Hansberry there is a hero. This hero is Mama because she cares for her family, buys them a house, and tends to their every need. She is well ... Read more

The play "A Raisin in the Sun" by Lorraine Hansberry, provides the reader with a clear view on the reality of the struggle for African Americans during the late 1950's. Full of conflict and racial te... Read more

A Raisin in the Sun written by Lorraine Hansberry is a play about a poor black family's strive for survival. It takes place in the poor South side of Chicago after World War II, around 1959. The Young... Read more

The motivations that drive Mama Lena Younger in "A Raisin In The Sun" were her dreams and family struggles also the idea of her son Walter Lee Younger struggles in attaining his goals also the thought... Read more

Dreams are an important part of every person's life, and something everyone should have. Dreams can be motivational and they can make you try things you would never have tried before--that is,... Read more

A raisin in the sun is not a pretty sight to see. It is small and shriveled up. There also may be some juices leaking from it which don't produce a very kind odor. So why then title a play after such... Read more

The descriptions of Walter's inner conflicts in Lorraine Hansberry's "A Raisin in the Sun" are the main struggles of the manhood. Walter himself serves as both protagoinist and antagonist of the pla... Read more

From the beginning of this play, we are immediately aware of some of the struggles that plague the Younger family as well as many other African American families of this time period. Poverty is an... Read more

A Raisin in the Sun Play to Movie When reading A Raisin in the Sun, I formed my own view on how each character looked, sounded, and moved. It was somewhat of a shock to what the movie based on the... Read more

A Dream Deferred A Raisin in the Sun is a perfect example of dominating cultures marginalizing subordinate cultures in America during the 1950's. The way Lorraine Hansberry uses setting, plot, and ch... Read more

A Raisin in the Sun was first produced in 1959 and anticipates many of the issues which were to divide American culture during the decade of the 1960s. Lorraine Hansberry, the playwright, was an unkno... Read more

Raisin in the Sun A major philosophy in Lorraine Hansberry's A Raisin in the Sun is how race, class, and gender affect the lives of different characters throughout the play. Ruth, Walter, and Be... Read more

I believe that Walter's troubles are the most severe because his dreams tend to be at odds with other characters in the play and because he seems to be in the middle of all the arguments. To begin,... Read more

The drama A Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine Hansberry, shows the struggle for African Americans in the late 1950s.This book symbolizes making the right choice. At the end of the story Walter shows he is... Read more

The mind and the heart are two very powerful parts of one's life, with separate and conflicting desires and obligations. When both the mind and the heart find two separate forces to guide them,... Read more

There are many issues in this story that everyone needs to consider. There are issues for both African American and all families in general. Not every family will have to deal with everyone of these ... Read more