The setting is very well defined by Hansberry. She begins by describing the apartment:

The Younger living room would be a comfortable and well-ordered room if it were not for a number of indestructible contradictions to this state of being. Its furnishings are typical and undistinguished and their primary feature now is that they have clearly had to accommod

Linder says, “Well—you see our community is made up of people who’ve worked hard as the dickens for years to build up that community. They’re not rich and fancy people; just hard-working, honest people who don’t really have much but those little homes and the dream of the kind of community they want to raise their children in. Now, I don’t say we are perfect and there is a lot wrong in some of the things they want. But you’ve got to admit that a man, right or wrong, has the right to want to have the neighborhood he lives in a certain kind of way. And at the moment the overwhelming majority of our people feel that people get along better, take more of a common interest in the life of the community, when they share a common background. I want you to believe me when I tell you that race prejudice simply doesn’t enter into it. It is a matter of the people of Clybourne Park believing that, for the happiness of all concerned, the Negro families are better off when they live in their own communities.”

The other part of this play is the Civil Rights aspect. Lena uses part of the check to put a down payment on a new home for the family. The catch is that this new home is located in the all white neighborhood of Clybourne Park. Enter Mr. Linder, who had been selected to be the spokesman for the residents of Clybourne Park, sent to dissuade the Youngers from moving into the neighborhood by offering to buy the house from them before they ever move in.

The plot of the play seems to be divided between two subjects: an insurance check for ten thousand dollars and racial prejudices that African Americans faced during that time period. It is made very apparent in the beginning that the check is the central focus when Travis states “Mama this is Friday. (Gleefully.) Check coming tomorrow, huh?” The play continues on with the Younger family eagerly awaiting the arrival of the check. When the check finally arrives reality hits ho

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