A_Raisin_In_The_Sun

A Raisin In The Sun A Raisin in the Sun Title - A Raisin in the Sun Author – Lorraine Hansberry Genre – Drama Copyright Date – 1958, 1986 by Robert Nemiroff, as an unpublished work 1959, 1966, 1987, 1988 by Robert Nemiroff Setting – The setting was after WWII and the present (1958), in the south side of Chicago. Effect of Setting on Characters and Plot – The Younger family is a low class African-American family, who plans to move into an all Caucasian neighborhood. In this time period, an African-American can hardly have any rights because of discrimination and prejudice. The family faces some decisions that change their lives and make conflicts between family members. Main Characters – The mother, Lena Younger, works as a maid for a Caucasian family. She is expecting to receive a $10,000 check from life insurance because of her husband’s death, Walter Lee. With the money that she receives, she hopes to retire. Lena’s son, Walter Lee Younger, also known as Junior, is a dreamer. He wants to open a liquor store, which was his father’s dream. He hopes to use the check that the family receives to open his own business. But, when he pursues this, his plan falls apart, and makes conflicts between walter, family, house, younger, about, move, neighborhood, money, make, business, beneatha, because, open, own, man, lena, become, go, decision, check, book, lindner, dream, conflicts, characters, between, being, younger’s, very, theme, store, setting, ruth, receives, mr