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A raisin in the sun

riod that she was raised in. In my time we was worried about not being lynched and getting to the north if we could and how to stay alive and still have a pinch of dignity too.(Meyer1755) Walter Younger is the son of Lena. He is a chauffeur for a rich white guy. He dislikes his job, and wants to buy a liquor store, with the 10,000 dollars his mother is collecting. He thinks if all black people tried there own thing like opening a liquor store then they wouldnt be oppressed anymore. Ruth Younger is Walters wife; they have 1 child named Travis. Ruth does the same work as Lena does. I think Ruth probably dislikes it more then Lena because of the ages, but Ruth accepts it because she knows their poor and that they need the money. Beneatha Younger is the daughter of Lena. She is a straight edge type. Shes the only one in the Younger family to go to college, and she shows it to with her educated speech. She talks a lot about her heritage and how every one should know about where they came from. Economically in the play Beneatha has to deal with the lose of her school money that her brother loses. He puts it in the trust of one of his friends hoping to start the liquor store, but his friend runs and her medical school money is gone. Loraine Hansberrys A Raisin in the Sun dealt with real life conflicts that were truly happening at the time she lived in. She didnt write the play to grab any one, especially white peoples attention, but to educate everyone on what was happening in the segregated areas....

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