A Raisin in the Sun
In A Raisin In The Sun an interesting story of a family’s ups and downs unfolds in a small apartment. This book by Lorraine Hansberry illustrates how a family’s dreams can dry up just like a raisin in the sun. The family, the Youngers are a family of five living in a two-bedroom apartment. Their main conflict is that Lena is receiving a 10,000-dollar check from the insurance company for the death of her husband and they each have plans for the money. Berneatha, Lena’s daughter, wants to go to medical school. Walter, Lena’s son, wants to open a liquor store. Ruth, Walters’s wife, and Lena want to buy a house. Through this story you will uncover a world of differences in one family’s struggle to stay together. Scene One: In the beginning of this scene we are introduced to Ruth and Walter. Ruth is tired which has inadvertently caused her to be grumpy. Her attitude toward everything is negative. Walter on the other hand is in a good mood. Then Travis their son comes in asking for 50 cents. Ruth tells him they don’t have enough. Walter gives him two fifty-cent pieces. This of course causes an argument between the two of them. This is when Berneatha enters. Berneatha is Walter’s sister
Scene three: It is moving day at the Youngers small apartment and everyone is in a good mood. Ruth is telling Berneatha about how different Walter has been acting. They have been going out and holding hands. Things are starting to look up for them. Then Walter comes home and the two of them begin to dance. They are interrupted by a knock on the door. The man says he is with the Clybourne park improvement association. His name is Linder. He tells them that the people of Clybourne Park have raised money to get them to move somewhere else. You can only imagine how upset this makes Walter who makes the man leave. Scene Two: In scene two the Youngers are packing to move. In the beginning George and Berneatha are fighting and then decide to break up. Then Mrs. Arnold, the wife of the man Walter works for, calls. She informs Ruth that Walter has not gone to work in three days. This is news to Ruth who gets very mad. Walter tells her where he’s been going. After listening to him Mama decides to give Walter some of the money. She paid 35 hundred on the house so there was only 65 hundred left. She handed Walter all of it and told him to put 3 thousand in savings for Berneathas schooling and the rest was his.
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Approximate Word count = 954
Approximate Pages = 4 (250 words per page double spaced)
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