the tale of an african family...trying to accomplish their goals....this book featuers sadnness, anger and betrayal, and this family also must deal with the racism they might soon come across!
read it..its a good book !

The book A Raisin in the Sun was a very interesting book. I liked how everyone had a dream and had a lot of optimism. The book had a lot of determination and hope towards their dreams. I would recommend this book to anyone who wants to follow their dreams and achieve them.

I came to this play for a school assignment and I didn't really know what to expect. I picked it by random and hoped for a good read. But I got sooo much more out of this book than I would have expected. It was like preparing yourself to get some skittles and ending up with a cheesecake. The profound impact of this play was one that made me consider my own life which in some form or another, all plays should. " An end to misery! To stupidity! don't you see there isn't any real progress,Asagai, there is only one large circle that we march in, around and around, each of us with our own little picture in front of us-our own little mirage that we think is the future." This was just one of the claims from this play that made me love it, it shows the complex thoughts of humans deeper than some fantasy book ever would.

Raisin is one of my favorite plays but I’d never read another word from this beautiful genius who died of cancer at an infuriating 34 (my age).

Sidney Brustein is an arrogant, sometimes pompous man with a troubled heart. Ultimately he cares, really “cares about it all” but, like many of us, finds it hard to show. It can be easier to hurt than to heal. He surrounds himself with a number of diverse characters, each troubled in their own way.

The play is complex and varied, a drama of ideas with a lot of funny lines. It is hard to stomach at times, but we know this is simply because it strikes too close to home: we see some of ourselves in all of these characters.

Hansberry does not go for sentimentality, nor did she believe that people are cut and dry. The most “square,” judgmental character here, Mavis, proves to be an incredibly nuanced character, and we have no choice but to sympathize with her life. Because ultimately, Hansberry believed, people are worth it. Despite all the betrayals and corruptions of our damaged lives and morals, humanity must be respected.

This is not an easy play, but nor was Raisin (especially beneath the surface). It is exceedingly rewarding, though, and absolutely fascinating. 4 stars.

“The WHY of why we are here is an intrigue for adolescents; the HOW is what must command the living.”

“In the ancient times, the good men among my ancestors, when they heard of evil, strapped a sword to their loins and strode into the desert; and when they found it, they cut it down—or were cut down and bloodied the earth with purifying death. But how does one confront these thousand nameless faceless vapors that are the evil of our time? Could a sword pierce it? Look at me... Wrath has become a poisoned gastric juice in the intestine. One does not SMITE evil any more: one holds one’s guts, thus—and takes a pill.”

I didn't like this book that much I was forced to read for my class

I finally read this for the first time last summer. While it is somewhat predictable, I enjoyed all the Chicago references and I was amazed at Hansberry's insight into the impact of colonialism.

Good. Sad.

An African-American family living on the South Side of Chicago in the 1950's. This money comes from the deceased Mr. Younger’s life insurance policy. Each of the adult members of the family has an idea as to what he or she would like to do with this money. The matriarch of the family, Mama, wants to buy a house to fulfill a dream she shared with her husband. Mama’s son, Walter Lee, would rather use the money to invest in a liquor store with his friends. He believes that the investment will solve the family’s financial problems forever. Walter’s wife, Ruth, agrees with Mama, however, and hopes that she and Walter can provide more space and opportunity for their son, Travis. Finally, Beneatha, Walter’s sister and Mama’s daughter, wants to use the money for her medical school tuition. She also wishes that her family members were not so interested in joining the white world. Beneatha instead tries to find her identity by looking back to the past and to Africa.

read in high school

This book is very interesting because this book is talking about raisin.

Very well written. The author manages to address timeless topics of faith, trans-generational ties, and family in a short play. Great quick read.

love love love
excellent
Plays to keep on a shelf nearby to reread