At the end of the work, the family defiantly chooses to move into a predominantly white neighborhood.
It appears they have conquered their loneliness by ultimately banding together to face whatever comes. Although none of them has truly seen their dreams realized, although they are about to enter a world where they will face much adversity, and although, as Fanon might argue, they are only persisting in their struggle in the hopes of perhaps one day abandoning it by becomeing integrated by white society... the end of the work is oddly comforting. Why, beyond everything else in the work, beyond the struggles, the unfulfilled dreams, and although it should be unsatisfactory, is it so comforting that at least they have each other...?

A Raisin in the Sun

In the play A Raisin in the Sun written by Lorraine Hansberry we read about a family trying to live out their dreams. Each family member has their own idea of happiness and fights for the money they receive from the insurance check. While Ruth and Mama want to put a downpayment on a house, Walter wants to use the money to open up a liquor store, and Beneatha wants to use the money for her education. Each character acts somewhat selfish especially Walter. After finally given some of the money for his liquor store, he still isnt satisfied and ends up taking the money mama gave him for Beneatha's education as well.
Even though each character has their own problem, we see Walter struggle the most. After losing all the money, he finds himself more upset and depressed than he originally was. He eventually finds a solution and finds a way to make the Youngers happy again. Throughout this play, we see Walter affected by the money the most. Not only does it ruin him, but it makes him a better person as well.

A Raisin In The Sun

In the play A raisin in the sun, each character has a dream of their own. Mama recieves a large sum of money after the passing of her husband and mut decide how she is going to spend it. Walter wants the money to invest in a liquor store, Bennie wants the money for college, and Mama would like to buy a house for the family. Walter is constantly asking for the money, but his Mama does not believe in investing in a liquor store. She finally gives him some of the money and the other partner ends up running away with the money. I think they all are trying to obtain their American dream, but in that time period there are many strifes against an African American. Mama finally decides to buy the house in a nice neighborhood. The man tries to persuade them not to move into this white neighborhood. They have had so many hardships, but continue to fight. They move into the house anyway despite the negativity they will recieve from the neighbors. This play is a very interesting story of the struggle the members of the family face between eachother and the outside community.

Fanon in A Raisin in the Sun

The characters in this play all seem to be embodying different reactions a person can have towards their “Colonizers.” Beneatha, and her friend Asagai seem to embody the ideal that Frantz Fanon argues against, and on page 1496 her brother tells her that she is so wrapped up in the “New Negroes” mentality and that she is “the first person in the history of the entire human race to successfully brainwash yourself.” However, Beneatha’s conversation with Asagai is a perfect mirror of the argument of Frantz Fanon. Here is the colonized intellectual (Asagai) arguing that revolution and martyrdom may very well be a good thing, that one must push ahead no matter what happens. It’s not really very subtle.

So much so in fact that the story, the main plot of which revolves around the family’s plight with the check and the way Walter deals with it, which in the end, is in successful rebellion against the colonizing power, as it were, and the need to push ahead no matter the consequences.

Fanon in A Raisin in the Sun

The characters in this play all seem to be embodying different reactions a person can have towards their “Colonizers.” Beneatha, and her friend Asagai seem to embody the ideal that Frantz Fanon argues against, and on page 1496 her brother tells her that she is so wrapped up in the “New Negroes” mentality and that she is “the first person in the history of the entire human race to successfully brainwash yourself.” However, Beneatha’s conversation with Asagai is a perfect mirror of the argument of Frantz Fanon. Here is the colonized intellectual (Asagai) arguing that revolution and martyrdom may very well be a good thing, that one must push ahead no matter what happens. It’s not really very subtle.

So much so in fact that the story, the main plot of which revolves around the family’s plight with the check and the way Walter deals with it, which in the end, is in successful rebellion against the colonizing power, as it were, and the need to push ahead no matter the consequences.

A Raisin in the Sun

A Raisin in the Sun demonstrates a clear difference in the struggle against racism between blacks who lived in the United States and African American. As Fanon points out in The Wretched of the Earth, African Americans and black Americans face the same problem; they share a common denominator of how they define themselves in relation to the whites. But, after this initial comparison, their objective problems are fundamentally different. As we see in this play, Walter is not concerned with analyzing his ancestor’s history of oppression in order to overcome it. In contrast Asagai, whom Fanon would label as a colonized intellectual, concentrates on his native culture to demonstrate meaning and valid existence of African ethnicity in order to overcome oppression.

A RAISIN IN THE SUN

A Raisin in the Sun is a dramatic play that really grasps the harsh reality of a lower class minority family struggling to get ahead. Each individual family member wants to get ahead in their own way. The father thinks big and wants to leap into the race of power and authority. Even though the sister thinks things through intellectually she is, at the end, unsure in which direction she should go. The wife wants the baby but at the same time wants to be more realistic and not have the baby. The only adult in the family that seems to know what she wants is the grandmother and that she does for the sake of the family.

A Raisin In the Sun

Walter definitely disgust me in the remainings of the play. His idea of putting an investment into his anticipated co-own liquors store fails. He is a typical loser to me who breaks down because his dream are crushed. As an African American I would have like to seen Walter bounce back, keep his head up, and push even harder to accomplish his dreams of owning a liquor store. Especially within the time setting of the play. During the 1950s an African American would not be able to survive without having a strong foundation for his/herself. Sidney Poitier plays the role of Walter in the video version of A Raisin in the Sun. His acting really drives me to dislike Walters character, because he completely displays Walter as a give up. Walter in my opinion is like a child who throws a fit because he doesn't get his way.