Summary:
One reason Lorraine Hansburry wrote this novel was too inform people who have a good life how some people live. Not everyone is short on money and has unfulfilled dreams. This story does inform us about how some people do live. It shows us what life is like for some people and how they would like to improve it.
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 issues as some families are better off then others. Some families are not as fortunate and are more troubled less more of these will apply to them.
There are a good amount of issues in this story that are relevant to just African American families. When the Youngers want to move to Clybourne Park they meet troubles. Apparently Clybourne Park is a white neighborhood and the Youngers are not wanted because of their race. It would be very stressful on a person to endure something like Karl Linder coming to your house representing the Clybournce Park Improvement Association practically saying your not wanted. He stated that the C.P.I.A. would buy the house they just bought for a good price. The Youngers would even make a profit of it. That's not what they wanted though, they wanted a house not money. Just to have that feeling towards you from someone, that you weren't wanted that badly, its horrible.
They also have to worry about assimilation. Although assimilation can be a good thing it is bad as people will lose their original culture. Benethea was very concerned about this. When she is accused of assimilating she has a fit. People are very conscientious about this when they do not want to assimilate. They will get very defensive and they have good reason to. People want to have a culture and not to be the exact same as everyone else.
A dilemma that all families will have to face is sexism. For instance the Youngers faced it when Benethea stated the many times that she wanted to be a doctor. No, however she is a girl and in those days women doctors were scarce. In America in the 1950's doctors were mostly portrayed by men. It must of been very hard for her to face the fact that no one in her family supported her dream. Everyone told her that she should be a nurse or just marry rich George Murchinson However this is not at all what she wanted to do. She wanted to grow up and actually help people. This kind of prejudice is depressing. Saying you can't do something because of what you are is horrible, you should judge others on who they are and what they do.
One reason Hansburry wrote this novel was too inform people who have a good life how some people live. Not everyone is short on money and has unfulfilled dreams. This story does inform us about how some people do live. It shows us what life is like for some people and how they would like to improve it. It shows that your life can change depending on your actions. When Walter gave there money away, that changed the Youngers life. They went to being economically comfortable to back to where they used to be. Not everyone may realize that things can be that instantaneous. One minute your well off the next your in trouble. Yet some families still seem to survive. This book shows how families dreams can come true even when things are not the greatest, yet they can still be happy.
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