Lorraine Hansberrys A Raisin In The Sun Essay -- English Literature

The play A Raisin In The Sun takes place in the south of Chicago, slightly the late fiftiesSettingThe play A Raisin In The Sun takes place in the south of Chicago,around the late fifties. The scenes unfold in the Youngers apartment.It is a very sm all told apartment with only a kitchen, a living/dining roomand 2 little bedrooms. There is also a bantam bathroom that the Youngers slang to shargon with their neighbours. Inside the apartment is very darkbecause there are only a few windows and the windows are extremelysmall. They are 5 people living in this little apartment and so thereis very little space. The apartment contains shabby and dilapidatedfurniture mantled with pieces of cloth and other decorations.Summary The Youngers are a poor and struggling black family living in Chicago,U.S.A. The play begins with them waiting for an insurance cheque of$10,000.00 to inject in the mail. Mr. Younger, Mamas husband, hasrecently died and the $10,000.00 is a result of his life insurance.E veryone in the Younger residence has his or her own idea on how the currency should be spent. Mama, the beneficiary wants to use the money tohelp to purchase a house with more space, Walter, her son, wishes touse the money to invest in a booze lineage with his friends, andBeneatha, her daughter, plans to use the money to pay her collegeintuition. Ruth, Walters wife, shares Mamas dream to buy a largerhouse, so that her son Travis may have somewhere to play.Ruth finds out that she is pregnant and she thinks it best to have anabortion because there is no available space in the house for anothermouth, and she feels that having the small fry would also get in the wayof Walters dreams. She explains this to Walter ... ...es towards African history. George Murchison isalso very arrogant.Karl LindnerKarl Lindner is a white man living in Clybourne Park, which happens tobe an all white neighbourhood. When the whites hear that the Youngerswill be moving to Clybourne Park, they send Lindner to change theYoungers minds. In order to do so he bribes the Youngers. TheYoungers reject his money and unload him from their apartment.BoboBobo is one of Walter Youngers good friends, whom Walter decides togo into business with. They plan to open and run a liquor store. AfterWalter invests his money in the store and Willy Harris run off withit, Bobo is the person who comes and tells Walter.Willy HarrisWilly Harris is another one of Walters friends who was involved inthe liquor store business. It was he who got greedy, took Waltersinvestment money and ran.