A Raisin In The Sun Compare And Contrast Essay

When faced with the decision to go one way or the other, people tend to hit a stalemate. When given an option it can be tough to decide what to do, but this can clear things up. In Lorraine Hansberry’s play, A Raisin In The Sun, the reader is introduced to the younger family, a poor colored family in 1950’s chicago, that is expecting a life insurance check and the struggles that come with deciding what to do with it. Mama younger and Walter younger buck heads when trying to get what they want but come together in the end. With this play came a movie adaptation,directed by Kenny Leon, and it is somewhat similar and somewhat different. Although the play and movie have some similarities, it is the differences that really take priority. Starting off,

One of the differences is that the tone is much different. The book gives you this dark tone throughout the play, but the movie is much more bright and lighthearted when put next to the play. Another difference is the background. When you read the play you have to rely on your imagination to come up with the scene but that can be difficult. The movie provides proper lighting, music, and setting. And the final and arguably most important difference is the scene changes. In the movie scenes are added like seeing ruth at the hair salon, walter at work, and mama at the store. While these scenes are short they really do help set the pace for the movie help make it better,however it doesn’t include the mrs. Johnson scene which was fairly significant. Even still it can be inferred that the movie has more to offer and even takes less time to go over. While the play was the original and was very good, the movie adaptation just paints a better picture. It includes more and helps the viewer understand the mood of the scenes which the play cannot. The differences are much more significant when comparing and contrasting the