Lorraine Hansberry's A Raisin In The Sun

“Nobody in this house is ever going to understand me,” (Hansberry 929) exclaimed Walter Lee Younger. In Lorraine Hansberry's play, “A Raisin in the Sun,” she tells the story of an African American family, more specifically a man by the name Walter Lee Younger. Walter believed that no one understood the way that he viewed the world, that he knew the way of the world better than anyone else. Walter thought that becoming a man started with being rich; he was wrong. What he had yet to learn is that becoming a man meant hard work, dedication, and the understanding of things other than fortune and wealth. Walter put strong faith into achieving his dreams, but he wrongly pursued them due to his selfishness and jealousy of the rich white man. Walters

Rather the kind that will do anything to get to there dream as quick as possible no matter the casualties. In “A Raisin in the Sun,” Mama asked Walter, “Son how come you talk so much *bout money?” Walter replied to Mama with passion, stating, “Because it is life, Mama!” (Hansberry 950) This quote supports Walters belief that life revolves around money; he believes that wealth and fame is life's purpose. His dream was self-driven and focused on his success, even though all of his family tried to warn him over and over he continued to only believe in himself and in wealth leading to happiness. He wants to become a man with his big dreams, but a man earns his money and works hard to pursue hopes and dreams. He used money from his dead father to pursue a selfish goal. What kind of a man does that make Walter Lee

Every day Walter worked as a chauffeur always working under people, never the one to give commands or have a say in decisions to be made. He did what he was asked of, and that was all. It was early in the morning and Walter was getting ready for work. He decided to speak to Ruth about what was on his mind, he stated, “This morning, I was lookin' in the mirror and thinking about it ... I'm thirty-five years old; I been married eleven years and I got a boy who sleeps in the living room and all I got to give him is stories about how rich white people live . . . ” (Hansberry 927). This really shows how much it bothered Walter that white people were privileged just by a shade of their skin. Tayebeh Nowrouzi claims, the play “A Raisin in the Sun” is meant to represent the blacks and equal rights. That the rights between whites and blacks were still not equal. Nowrouzi supports his claim, stating, “In 1950's society, Blacks and Whites were still separated; there usually existed no interaction between them apart from work. Lena and Ruth are maids who work for white women and, Walter is the chauffeur of a white man.” (Nowrouzi) This article is significant because it addresses the issue of racism that blacks dealt with in America even after gaining citizenship rights. It also elaborates on how much harder it was for a working man of color to