A Raisin in the Sun

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Summary: I'd read it again!
Review: This is a very excellently written work. It shows deep rooted hardships which almost all families can relate with. I loved it, even though I am not black or poor. The book gave me some good insight on the misfortunes that some African-Americans have unfortunatelly faced. BRAVO Hansberry!

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Summary: It was great!! I couldn't put it down!!
Review: "A Raisin in the Sun" was a fabulous book that must have been inspirational on the stage. It was amusing as well as dramatic in representing the lifestyle of that particular family.

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Summary: I really enjoyed the book, A raisin in the Sun.
Review: I truly enjoyed this book that I read, A raisin in the Sun, by Lorainna Hansberry. I can see how people can relate to this book, it has so much truth in it and it showed great symbolism. I recommend it to anyone. Brooke McCargo([e-mail])Duluth, Georgia

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Summary: VERY GOOD!!!!!1
Review: BOOK ANALYSIS: A RAISIN IN THE SUN The main caracter of A Raisin in the Sun is Ruth Younger. She is the wife of Walter Lee Younger and mother of Travis Younger. She is a nice mother, but sometimes could get into a bad mood where she takes everything out on everyone, especially Travis. One of the reasons for her bad moods is because her and her families lack of money. She knew she had a responsible position in the family. That's why she cared so much and worked as hard as she could to earn the money they needed. She wished her husband would take work as seriously as she did instead of cutting work and not caring if he got there on time. Ruth was so worried about her family that when she became pregnant with her second child, she wanted to give up their baby because she felt that the child would grow up without enough food and they wouldn't have enough money to care for the baby. The resolution of this conflict makes her understand that a loving family was a lot more important than money. She now knew that you didn't need money to have a wonderful, caring, loving family. She was happy when she found out they were moving to a new house, but even though they decided not to in the end, she was happy with her and her families decision not to move and to stay in the cheerful house where they had been living for years.

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Summary: THE TYPICAL AMERICAN FAMILY HAS A NEW FACELIFT.
Review: A RAISIN IN THE SUN IS A BEAUTIFUL STORY OF FAMILY LOVE, COMMITMENT, STRENGTH, HOPE, SURVIVAL AND HONESTY. THIS FAMILY ENDURED THE GOOD AND BAD AND YET ALWAYS BELIEVED IN THEIR VALUE SYSTEM AND IN ONE ANOTHER. THE YOUNGER FAMILY EXEMPLIFY WHAT IT WAS TO LOVE AND TO ACTUALLY HAVE DREAMS COME TRUE. THE MOTHER WAS THE CORE AND PILLAR OF HER FAMILY AND HER SON WAS THE ICING ON THE CAKE WHO FALLS BUT REMEMBERS ENOUGH ABOUT INTEGRITY AND THE DEVOTION TO HIS SON, WIFE, MOTHER AND FATHER TO OVERCOME ALL OBSTACLES. FAMILY - THE TRUE REASON FOR BEING

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Summary: A Raisin in the Sun: A great work of literature
Review: A Raisin in the Sun is a great book/play. Lorraine Hansbury does a superb job of mixing drama with real life. The many symbolisms and lessons shown in the script are meaningful and interesting. I especially like the contrasts show between Benethea and Mama. All in all, a book that you should read

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Summary: A Rasin in the Sun
Review: The book "A Rasin in the Sun" deals with a lot of conflicts including money, racism, love, and trust. The story is about the Youngers, a black family living on the South Side of Chicago. It details the family's different views on what should be done with the ten thousand dollar check. The character Mama wants to buy a house. Her son Walter Lee wants to open a liquor store, and the daughter Beneatha wants to finish her schooling. In each scene, a character is faced with a different decision. The story is written as a play. I personally thought "A Rasin in the Sun" was on okay book, and I would tell anybody who loves to read plays to read this story.

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Summary: Good play about the lives of an African American family
Review: The play A Raisin in the Sun takes its title from a line from the classic poem by Langston Hughes that I is called "A Dream Deferred." Appropriately enough, the play focuses on the deferred dreams of the Younger family, an African American family living in Chicago sometime after World War II. The family consists of Mama, Walter Lee Younger, his wife Ruth, his son Travis, and his sister Berneath. The whole family lives together in a small apartment. It is long been Mama dream to move into a house and she could finally make this a reality with the aid of insurance money from her deceased husband's policy. Walter Lee, however, wants to use the money to open up a liquor store because he is tired of working as an unrespected chauffer. Berneath--a college student--dreams of becoming a doctor and believes that some of the money should go to her schooling. Thus, although each family member believes that the money will fullfill their dreams, it actually just causes more conflicts. The ultimate theme of the play is that money itself cannot make your dreams come true. Dreams must be worked on in order for them to come true. Eventhough some dreams may never be realized, they never truely "die." Instead, they allows remain in the back of your mind ever if they will never actually be realized.

I found this play an enjoyable and quick read. To me, it was more appealing than plays of August Wilson, who wrote plays of a similar theme (Fences, The Piano Lesson). One good thing about the play is that although the Youngers are a black family, the theme of the play seems appealing to any audience since many families have had money problems and even more families have had dreams about life that they have struggled to fulfill.

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Summary: Pure Genius
Review: This is truly a work of genius about a family in which each member has his/her own big dream of what he/she wants to do with his/her life. However, each of their dreams requires money, which this family is very short on. The way they deal with this is what makes this story so vital. This play is a definate must-have for your collection.

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Summary: Review of "A Raisin in the Sun"
Review: Hansberry's "A Raisin in the Sun" is a social realism drama depicting the inter-family and social struggles of an African American family living in Chicago during the early Civil Rights movement. It follows the life of Walter Younger, his family, and his mother who is forced to make a decision about what to do with the $10,000 she inherited from her late husband--a decision that will dramatically effect the lives of the entire family.