7/4/2023 0 Comments Author a raisin in the sun![]() ![]() ![]() Bennie hopes for tuition money, Walter hopes for the down payment on his liquor store, and Ruth just wants her family to be happy. Ten thousand dollars is coming in the mail, and Lena must decide what to do with it. ![]() The family is not affluent enough to provide for another life, so Ruth prepares to abort her child.īut the Youngers have a chance at a new beginning. Toward the beginning of the play, we learn that Ruth is pregnant, which only complicates the family situation. His wife Ruth draws no attention to her own desires, cleaning up after the rest of the family members as well as the houses where she works. ![]() Walter works as a chauffeur for a white man, but he dreams of opening a liquor store with his buddies and making more money for his family. For example, socially-progressive Beneatha (Bennie) studies to become a doctor, despite the financial strain it puts on the low-income family. Not only do these characters feel confined by their physical home space, they also feel restricted by the social roles they’ve been assigned. According to our count, that’s five people in a space built for three. Single mother (and grandmother) Lena Younger, her daughter Beneatha, and her son Walter (plus his wife Ruth and their son Travis) squeeze into a run-down two-bedroom apartment. America’s complicated history of racial tension between black Americans and white Americans is ingrained into the Youngers’ everyday lives. Set in the aftermath of World War II, the Younger family is facing its own war against racism in the Chicago slums. ![]()
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