it shows how narrow-minded Walter is although he is aware that Beneatha is capable of success. One would expect that society would be impeding Beneatha from achieving her goals, but it is her brother, Walter in this case.
             Contrast is used in A Raisin In The Sun through Hansberry's depiction of the Southside slums of Chicago in which the family now resides, as opposed to the presumably picturesque life of Clybourne Park, in which the Younger family intends to reside. The playwright also tries to draw a contrast between Asagai and George. These two admirers of Beneatha symbolize conflicting identities from which blacks had to choose. Asagai's identity represents the fraction of blacks in society who rejected assimilation, whereas George's identity represents the masses of blacks that desired assimilation. George's name and his ideals express this as opposed to that of Asagai, who with his culturally rich name believes that although Europeans are inhabiting his homeland, he and his countrymen will survive their invasion and tyranny. George's small-mindedness towards Beneatha's identity search puts him at further odds with her, since he deems her interest in her African roots absurd.
             Sarcasm is a major dramatic technique in Lorraine Hansberry's A Raisin In The Sun. She makes sarcastic comments through Beneatha, Walter and Ruth. Hansberry tries to establish that although this family is extremely poor, suffering from "acute ghetto-itis", they maintain their humour, aware that all they have left in the end is family. Through Beneatha, Hansberry sarcastically dramatizes Lindner's visit. Beneatha makes Lindner aware that he is unwelcome in the family apartment bluntly, by completely refusing his offer, even before having heard it. Her comments toward Lindner are merely being expressed out of antagonism. Sarcasm, however, comes into play more significantly when Lindner has left,...