A Raisin in The Sun, by Lorraine Hansberry is a short novel set in Chicago in the 1960's. It revolves around particular events in the lives of the Younger family when they receive an insurance check for ten thousand dollars.
             The Younger family is immediately introduced and we immediately become familiar with their personalities and attitudes. Walter Lee and Ruth are married and have a child named Travis. Walter's mother Lena, and younger sister Beneatha also live there. Walter makes his living as a chauffeur for a wealthy white man and he despises his job. Ruth and Mama both do domestic work for a living and Beneatha is attending college to become a doctor. The apartment that they live in is nothing special and the family has dream of leaving someday and living in a house of their own. It has two bedrooms, one for Walter and Ruth and one for Mama and Beneatha. Travis sleeps on the couch in the living room. They are on the top floor and we hear Mama complain about the stairs more than once, they also share a bathroom with other people in the apartment building. Although it is nothing special it is the apartment that Mama has lived in for almost her entire life in Chicago. Life in Chicago was not !
             easy at that time for Africa Americans. The story takes place in the 1960's and signs of racism and prejudice exist all over. The family is well aware of these conditions that surround them.
             The personalities of the members of the Younger family vary and it's easy to understand why they sometimes conflict. Mama is the obvious head of the household although one would think it was Walter Lee. Mama is a strong willed woman who knows what it is like to work for a living. She is the child of a sharecropper and is familiar with living a hard life. Her and her husband Walter, who has passed away, worked hard to provide for their children and to live a satisfying life. Mama's faith in God and trust that he will provide for...