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What Happens to Dreams Deferred? Lorraine Hansberry’s play, A Raisin in the Sun, addresses the hardships of an African-American family living in the projects of post-segregation Chicago. The family aspires to fulfill their dreams of owning a home despite the odds they face. W.E.B Du Bois critical race theory explains the issue of racism and white dominance that not only the family in the play faces, but the African American community as a whole. American society only allows for African Americans to see themselves only through the eyes of others, according to W.E.B. Du Bois’ theory of double consciousness. Du Bois also claimed that a person’s self-identity is influenced by historical and social circumstances, and in this case for African Americans, the effects of slavery, prejudice and segregation. (Giddens, 2011) In A Raisin in the Sun, the Younger family face their double consciousness. The family’s ultimate goal in the play is to move out of the slums of Chicago to a neighborhood called Clyborne Park. The Younger’s find themselves hesitant about the move because it is a white community. Aware of the prejudice they face prevents them from moving out of their poor conditions sooner. The effects of segregation/discrimination are everlasting, and the family not wanting to make the move unintendedly contributes to the continuation of racial segregation. Karl Linder, the only character in the play tha t is white, represents the white community that are in control ofShow MoreRelatedA Raisin Review673 Words   |  3 PagesA Raisin Review Kenneth Hawthorne English/125 3/15/2016 University of Phoenix A Raisin Review â€Å"What happens to a dream deferred? Does it dry up like a raisin in the sun? Or faster like a sore and then run? Does it stink like rotten meat? Or crust and sugar over like a syrupy sweet? Maybe it sags like a heavy load. Or does it explode†. (Langston Hughes, Harlem) The author Lorraine Hansberry was born May 19, 1930 in Chicago, Illinois. Lorraine Hansberrys writing style is autobiographicalRead More Racism and the American Dream in Hansberry’s A Raisin in the Sun1340 Words   |  6 PagesA Raisin in the Sun is written by a famous African- American play write, Lorraine Hansberry, in 1959. It was a first play written by a black woman and directed by a black man, Lloyd Richards, on Broadway in New York. The story of A Raisin in the Sun is based on Lorraine Hansberry’s own early life experiences, from which she and her whole family had to suffer, in Chicago. Hansberry’s father, Carol Hansberry, also fought a legal battle against a racial restrictive covenant that attempted to stop African-Read MoreLorraine Hansberry s A Raisin1278 Words   |  6 Pages A Raisin In The Sun by Lorraine Hansberry is a realistic fictional drama in which the play s title and the characters represent the play s theme. 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L orraine Hansberry wrote â€Å"A Raisin in the Sun† based off of this poem and it further depicts the struggles African AmericansRead MoreLorraine Hansberry s A Raisin1474 Words   |  6 PagesLorraine Hansberry created the play A Raisin in the Sun. A Raisin in the Sun recounts an anecdote about The Youngers who is a poor African American family living on the Southside of Chicago. A chance to escape from neediness comes as a $10,000 extra security watch that the female authority of the family (Lena/Mama) gets upon her significant other s passing. Lena s kids, Walter and Beneatha, each have plans with the cash. The most established child, Walter (a man of 35 with a spouse and a youthfulRead Moreresearch paper to raisin in the sun3138 Words   |  13 Pagesï » ¿May 5, 2014 Eng- Sunday Evening I have a dream†¦ â€Å"A dream deeply rooted in the American Dream.† â€Å"I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live without the true meaning of its creed: â€Å"we hold these truths to be self- evident: that all me are created equal.† â€Å"I have a dream that my four children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judge by the color of their skin but by the content of their character.† â€Å"I have a dream that one day little black boys and black girlsRead More Lorraine Hansberrys A Raisin In The Sun - Dignity and the American Dream1248 Words   |  5 PagesAmerican Dream in A Raisin in the Sun   Ã‚  Ã‚   The American Dream, although different for each of us, is what we all aspire to achieve. In Lorraine Hansberrys, play, A Raisin in the Sun, each member of the Younger family desperately hopes for their own opportunity to achieve the American Dream. The American Dream to the Younger family is to own a home, but beyond that, to Walter Younger, it is to be accepted by white society.    In the book entitled Advertising the American Dream, RolandRead More Unfulfilled Dreams in Lorraine Hansberrys Raisin in the Sun2536 Words   |  11 PagesWhat happens to a dream when it suspends in time? Does it stay suspended within a man through his lifetime, dormant, unreachable, and far away? Does its power grow and ultimately force him to act to make it happen sometime in the future-if not in his lifetime then in the future members of his kin? On the other hand, does it eat away at him, crystallizing and internally segmenting his own derived purpose and meaning of life until it is indiscernible from its original state of grandeur and grace? ThoseRead MoreAnalysis Of The Play A Raisin Of The Sun 896 Words   |  4 PagesThe play A Raisin in the Sun is a drama that was written by Lorraine Hansberry, who loosely based it off of her own family. It’s about an African American family made up of five people that each have their own individual dreams. Dreams is the main them e of this play. The main character to be focused on though is Walter. His dream is able to show how oppression of a dream or a deferred dream can tear a person down until Walter is able to change and not have a dream that is self-centered. The playRead MoreAnalysis Of The Book A Raisin Of The Sun 2263 Words   |  10 PagesMAJOR WORKS REVIEW GENERAL 1. Title : A Raisin in the Sun 2. Author: Lorraine Hansberry 3. Original Publication: March 11, 1959 4. Novel Type: Domestic Tragedy STRUCTURE 1. Point of View: 2. Relationship to meaning: 3. Plot Structure a. Exposition b. Inciting Incident c. Events contributing to rising action d. Climax (Crisis/turning point) e. Events contributing to falling action f. Resolution g. Other Significant Structural Elements: CHARACTERS 1. Protagonist a. Name and significance: