In every human life there is a need, a longing to be comfortable. By setting goals, planning success, and keeping a strong sense of pride, people strive to be content. The constant search for happiness invokes the lives of man, instigating them to take outrageous risks in order to be closer to achieving their goals, ... exuberantly tells Travis that "She went out and bought you a house! (91)- as she wants more than anything to see her family smiling and happy. Mama Lena is willing to risk prejudice in order to provide a comfortable, happy place for her family to live in, and pushes toward he...

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... in the Sun Author:Lorraine Hansberry Genre and Literary period After the Depression around 1959 Setting Thaction of the play takes place in the poor South side of Chicago, sometime after World War II, probably around 1959. Most of the action takes place in the apartment of the Youngers, especially in the living/dining room and near the bathroom that they share with ... , but strong, matriarch of the Younger family. Although she has always been poor, she exudes ignity and pride. Mama's strongest trait is the love that she shows for her family and her God. She constantly fusses over her ch...

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... of having something that they do not have or can not afford. I know that I can relate to that myself. 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 ... some time, a time probably no longer remembered by the family (except perhaps for Mama), the furnishings of this room were actually selected with care and love and even hope "and brought to this apartment and arranged ...

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