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"A Raisin In The Sun"
Ruth
Ruth Younger ironing, her job and takes up most of her time.
Raisin Set
A set from one of the plays of A Raisin In the Sun.
Ruth Younger ironing, her job and takes up most of her time.
A set from one of the plays of A Raisin In the Sun.
Housing
This apartment building symbolizes many of the problems the Younger family had. The fact that the Younger's had to live in such a small apartment shows that they don't have a lot of money. Ruth and Lena had to work extra hours just so they could make ends meet. Many African Americans at the time were living in small apartments just trying to get by. (www.venerableproperties.com) Click on the photo to learn about African Americans and the housing market.
Women in the 1950's
This picture shows a young African American woman walking to a once segregated school. Women wanted to further their education in the 1950's and wanted to become something important. For example, Beneatha wanted to become a doctor, which was unheard of at the time. (www.openorigins.edu) Click on the photo to learn about the Women's Rights Movement.
Racial Discrimmination in the 1950s
This sign shows the racial discrimmination of the 1950s in cities across America. White communities didn't want African American families moving into their neighborhoods as they believed problems would occur. (www.albany.edu) Click on the photo to learn more about the discrimmination of blacks in the 1950s and how they changed it.
African American Unemployment and Jobs in the 1950s
This graph shows the increase in unemployment in the African American community compared to the white community. As a result, many African Americans had low paying labor jobs. (occawlone.personed.com) Click on the photo to learn some of the jobs African Americans had in the 1950s.
Langston Hughes
Langston Hughes poem, "A Dream Deferred", was the inspiration for Hansberry to write "A Raisin In The Sun". (www.assumption.edu) click on the photo to read "A Dream Deferred".
3 comments:
Joe comes in to see the house in bitter disarray. Bennie is hysterical about her future and what she thinks is going to happen. Then Joseph asked her whose money it was. She replies to him by saying her grandmothers. Then he tells her how he thinks she is selfish and that the money did not even belong to her. He wants her to realize that even though it is a bad time it will be better for her to make it in life with the things that she earns herself rather than something just handed to her.
AJS
Joseph comes into the house, surprised at the news of the lost money, but seems almost happy. He talks to Beneatha and calms her down. He says that it is sad that everybody's hopes and dreams depended on the death of a family member. He also told Beneatha that the money wasn't hers to begin with, so she shouldn't even care. He knows that if the money is handed to her on a silver platter, it won’t mean anything to her. She needs to earn that money, on her own, in order to be proud of herself.
KDB
I agree with the comments previous to mine. Joseph comes to see the house a total disaster, everyone is upset especially Bennie and he doesn't understand why. George explains to her that her depending on a check that was based on a man's death isn't practical. Bennie soon then realizes that she must work for what she wants and not depend on others. [MCW]
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