A review by doughnuts1
A Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine Hansberry
3.0
From the beginning of the play I hated Walter. He was obviously a weak character, believing that women should only soothe a man's feelings and any ambitions, and complaining all the time about how he was degraded by his own family. So when Mama trusted him with the life insurance money I knew right off the back that Walter was going to fuck everything up for the Youngers. Though in the end he did go through tremendous character development, I still didn't like how he finally took on the role of being the "man" of the family.
It's interesting how the issue of racial segregation is also relative to today even though this book was written 50 years ago! Although people don't have "Welcoming Committees", to try to force certain people out, there still is segregation between neighborhoods, by the income of families and the prices of the houses.
It's interesting how the issue of racial segregation is also relative to today even though this book was written 50 years ago! Although people don't have "Welcoming Committees", to try to force certain people out, there still is segregation between neighborhoods, by the income of families and the prices of the houses.