'A Raisin in the Sun Book Review Essay\r'

'A Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine Hansberry is a unfeignedly exquisite piece of literature that has influenced readers, young and old, for generations. It gives us a truly realistic view of racial tension, as well as the socioeconomic throw togethers, African Americans faced during the deeply 1940s-50s. In this goldbrick we date the Youngers, a lower-class, diverse-minded, African American family simply hard to survive in 1950s South Chicago. in concert they face economic hardship, racial discrimination, and the constant struggle to keep a fragile family together as individually member searches for their version of the â€Å"American conceive of”.\r\nHansberry did an excellent employment in creating the Younger family to act as lower class African American families in the 1950s. The Youngers live in a rundown, 2-bedroom apartment. The family consists of Mama, Walter, shame, Travis, and Beneatha. The economic facet of the play is centered around the insurance cons ort Mama will be getting for her late husband, the author uses this to create a foundation for the Youngers romance; the currency elicits conflict between the characters as each has their own idea on what to do with money that does not even belong to them.\r\nA study motif in this play is racism, the author allows for a bit of foreshadowing in the beginning of the play with the bombing of another African American family in Clybourne Park, a mainly white community and the bowl where Mama eventually buys the newfound family house. Hansberry uses Walter to tie these two themes together. After losing all of the money Mama gave him to order in his business and to save for Beneatha’s college fund, he then goes to get more money by selling back Mama’s new house: he can either get the hang the racism and be the man his mother of all time knew he could be, or he can incur the money for another chance to pursue his dreams entirely at the same time he would fundamentally be selling his soul to the devil. Walter must elect to either satiate his thirst for wealth or maintain the pride of his race.\r\nFinally, Hansberry acknowledges the importance of family unity during these times. Ruth and Mama are the two main characters attempting to clutches everything together. Hansberry made these characters strong and full of hope, despite their speckle in life. Created any other way and we would in all likelihood see the family fall apart as the accounting began to unfold. Money and racism are also immense tests on the strength of this family as they struggle with the hardships of poverty and realize the shortcomings of some of the family members.\r\nAll in all, A Raisin in the Sun is a very well written book. It is written in such a way that really puts you in the cramped, animated conditions with the Youngers and helps readers to understand what it meant to be a poor African American family in the 1950s. Hansberry did a great job in creating solid characters which help to develop the legend smoothly and realistically. It was a play I good enjoyed reading and would readily suggest to anyone looking for a good read.\r\n'