"A Raisin in the Sun"

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This paper explains that Hansberry was one of the first African-American female authors to have a major dramatic work recognized as exceptional and that the play is important as a historical and social event signifying the beginning of diversification in American literature and drama. The author points out that the play is a blistering and brilliant portrayal of an African-American family, sweeping the entire range of emotions as they struggle with and go through their fight to better themselves and their children. The paper relates that Hansberry's play begins and ends with the concept of family and, while this produces the play's central conflict, it is also the locus of its ultimate resolution.

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"The story of the play itself revolves around simply themes, such as what to do with one's family and one's resources in order to ensure a better future for each family. In this case, the main issue in the play is that, upon his death, Walter Lee's father left a substantial amount of money in the form of inheritance. Walter Lee wants to use this money to open a liquor store that he thinks would be profitable and thus make more money in the long run in a manner that would ensure that his family would continue not only to endure, but to thrive. Nonetheless, there is a complicating concern here which centers around the fact that the money has not been left to Walter Lee, but to his mother, with whom he still occupies the same house."

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