A Raisin In The Sun Critical Lens Essay

The quote I chose was “Reading good literature won't make a reader a better person any more than sitting in a church, synagogue, or mosque will. But reading good books well just might.” The text I chose from this school year is A Raisin In The Sun by Lorraine Hansberry. In this essay I’ll be exploring this quote and text separately and together.

I interpreted the quote “Reading good literature won't make a reader a better person any more than sitting in a church, synagogue or mosque will. But reading good books well just might.” to be reading good literature won't make you become St.Teresa or Gandhi but reading a good book might make you a better person. For example, reading a good book and understanding everything about it won’t make you a better person. But reading a good book well means that you understand and can relate to the characters on a deeper level. For example whilst reading A Raisin In The Sun, The book opened my eyes to the harsh reality of the conditions

For example, when Walter Lee Jr. lost the insurance check and Mama eventually forgave him in the conversation with Beneatha. Though their relationship seemed rocky earlier in the book,for example at the end of act two scene two when Walter tells Mama about the lost Insurance check money, and she yells “I seen...him...Day.”(last page of act two scene two). Then later in the book Mama defends Walter from Beneatha. This changed the experience of the text for me because it showed through thick and thin family will always have your back even if you screw up. A big screw up like Walter did or a small screw up. At the end of Act two Scene two, I had already made my mind up about what the ending or outcome was going to be. I believed the Lee family was going to take the money that Carl Lindner was offering. The offer would’ve meant that the families principles would be put under a microscope. The offer was