A Raisin in the Sun Character Analysis
A Raisin in the Sun Character Analysis: Renowned play writer Lorraine Hansberry is credited for many screenplays around the mid-ninetieth century such as, The Sign in Sidney Brustein’s Window, To Be Young, Gifted, and Black, Les Blancs, The Drinking Gourd, and What Use Are Flowers?. However, Hansberry’s most famous work, A Raisin in the Sun appeared in 1959 and went on to be the first play ever produced by a black woman on Broadway. The play is said to be based on her trials and tribulations in a predominantly white neighborhood in the 40s. A Raisin in the Sun did not see much initial success, due mostly to an all black cast (with the exception of one), but as time grew so did the popularity of Hansberry’s work which is now an American classic. First played by Sidney Poitier, Walter Younger, a dynamic character, (meaning he goes through a change throughout a piece of literature) plays an important role in the Younger family. Full of emotions and ideas, Walter, a complex character himself, truly makes this play come alive. Walter among others in the Younger family is a huge dreamer, and he sometimes exceeds the expectations of his social group. This also means that he has a hard time getting his ideas across, and Walter is often in conflict with the rest of the family.
As early as the first Act in the play, Walter has already expressed that he’s a big dreamer. Walter has come upon yet another investment with friends Willy Harris and Bobo. This time around it’s a liquor store he wants to get involved in. He feels as if he’s missed out on a previous investment which is a now successful dry cleaning business and that this could also have great success. “This ain’t no fly-by –night proposition, baby. I mean we figured it out, me and Willy and Bobo… you see, this little liquor store we got in mind cost seventy-five thousand and we figured the initial investment on the place be ‘bout thirty thousand, see.”(P.33 1ST paragraph Act I, Scene I). This quote shows how Walter
As early as the first Act in the play, Walter has already expressed that he’s a big dreamer. Walter has come upon yet another investment with friends Willy Harris and Bobo. This time around it’s a liquor store he wants to get involved in. He feels as if he’s missed out on a previous investment which is a now successful dry cleaning business and that this could also have great success. “This ain’t no fly-by –night proposition, baby. I mean we figured it out, me and Willy and Bobo… you see, this little liquor store we got in mind cost seventy-five thousand and we figured the initial investment on the place be ‘bout thirty thousand, see.”(P.33 1ST paragraph Act I, Scene I). This quote shows how Walter