A Raisin In The Sun Literary Analysis Essay

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A Raisin in the Sun - Lit Analysis In the play “A Raisin in the Sun”, there are clear variations between the ideals of Lena and her son, Walter. Due to Lena’s upbringing with liberation from slavery, and old-fashioned beliefs, her sons’ obsession with becoming wealthy is very disturbing to her and that causes friction between the two among other things. Throughout the play, there are many times where Lena and Walter do not see eye-to-eye, and the reason for this starts with the fact that Lena was born of a generation of slaves. Lena mentions time and time again how she lived a very different lifestyle. “Son-I come from five generations of people who was slaves and sharecroppers- but ain’t nobody pay ‘em no money that was a way of telling us we wasn’t fit to walk this earth. We ain’t never been that poor.” (Hansberry, 96) In the previous passage, Walter had upset Mama because he wanted to be bribed to move out of an entirely white neighborhood, however, Lena watched her family experience discrimination and now, post…show more content…
Her sturdy faith and deep religious convictions give her the psychological and physical determination she needs in order to rise to her life's challenges. At her lowest point, she asks God to fill her up with waning strength and is immediately controlled of a more compassionate perception of Walter Lee's foolishness. Her definition of his “foolishness” starts with how he finds importance in, being able to provide material necessities and even luxuries for his wife. Walter asks in desperation why shouldn't his wife wear pearls? Who decides, he wonders, which women should wear pearls in this world? Mama on the other spectrum, see’s Ruth as just being a loving and helpful wife as more than enough for Walter, and Walter returning her hard work with care and

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