Lorraine Hansberry

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The Younger family is very poor until Mama inherits $10,000. Will the money make all of their dreams come true, or will it tear the family apart?

A Raisin in the Sun

Raisin in the Sun

Sabrina D. 

And you—ain't you bitter, man? Ain't you just about had it yet? Don't you see no stars gleaming that you can't reach out and grab? You happy?—You contented son-of-a-bitch—you happy? You got it made? Bitter? Man, I'm a volcano. Bitter? Here I am a giant— surrounded by ants! Ants who cant even understand what it is the giant is talking about.

Amelia

Madison Keiran

I’ve never stopped thinking about how this book begins with Harlem by Langston Hughes. What happens to a dream deferred?

A black family is united in love and pride as they struggle to overcome poverty and harsh living conditions, in the 1959 play about an embattled Chicago family.

Lauren Wightman

Alyssa 

Really good. Such great messages portrayed.

Jeff Brown 

I really have no idea how to express my feelings for this book. Like a lot of recent period pieces, I wish I had been there in 1959 to absorb it. Excellent character development and current topics of the time. A great read. And the American Playhouse version, with the previously deleted scenes, is on YouTube, so I will be catching that soon.

Lizzy Jensen

Loved loved loved this play. I read it and then watched the movie. It produces a beautiful narrative on race & gender in the 60’s. Poignant, honest, and powerful. I am so grateful that Lorraine Hansberry was willing to give us a glance into the experiences of a family like the Youngers.

A raisin in the sun

Madeleine Munroe

Daryl Houston

Although I've read a bit of 20th-century drama, I had managed never to read this pillar of the genre. It's quite good -- funny, joyful, solemn, and sorrowful -- and certainly remains relevant.

Rachel

I enjoyed Raisin in the Sun to an extent, the story was good and it had an okay ending, but the characters had the same dimensions, Hansberry could of took the story further and made the characters more complex. It was well written and makes good points about that time era and how blacks were treated and how they worked with it so it's worth reading.

A Raisin in the Sun

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