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A Raisin in the Sun
When it was first produced in 1959, A Raisin in the Sun was awarded the New York Drama Critics Circle Award for that season and hailed as a watershed in American drama. A pioneering work by an African-American playwright, the play was a radically new representation of black life. "A play that changed American theater forever."--The New York Times. more
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- Posted: Jul-30-2009
A story of reversion and redemption
This story was one of the most fascinating plays I have ever read. In particular, whenever I watch old re-runs of "Good Times" I always think of Walter, and and the Younger Family, living happily, albeit not necessarily comfortably in the "ghetto."I definitely recommend watching these old re-runs...
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- Posted: Jun-08-2009
Language is distracting, so maybe I missed the point.
"A Raisin in the Sun" tells how the Younger family lives in a cramped apartment. They are waiting for a check that could make all the difference in the world. We are introduced to Mama, who runs her family with a tight, but not overbearing, handle. Her son Walter wants to go into business with...
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- Posted: Nov-30-2008
A Play for our Times
Lorraine Hansberry's dramatic play, A Raisin in the Sun, is about the life of an African-American family living on the South Side of Chicago in the years following the Second World War. Lena Younger (Mama) is the head of the family that includes her married son Walter Lee, his wife, Ruth, their...
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- Posted: Oct-24-2008
Great Book!!
I loved this book! I saw the movie, but the book goes into much more detail. It's amazing how you don't recognize the littlest things but they make such a big difference.
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- Posted: Sep-14-2008
Raw, Realistic Drama
Lorraine Hansberry's famous play offers raw and realistic drama. The story examines conflicts and dreams within an African American family from Chicago's South Side in the 1950's, plus the effects of racism. The family includes Walter and Ruth Younger, his widowed mother Lena, son Travis, and...
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- Posted: Sep-03-2008
Better than I was Expecting
I had to read this book for my senior AP english class and I was quite stunned when I realized that I actually liked it. I like to read, but not usually the books the teachers assign, and the other two books she had assigned turned out to not be all that good. I liked a Raisin in the Sun because...
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- Posted: Feb-24-2008
Good book - better play
It is a nice book. The characters personalities made the book good. If the characters were changed the book wouldn't be as good. The story shows the life of a black family in Chicago and their struggles through the years they lived there.
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- Posted: Feb-15-2008
What Happens To A Dream Deferred?
Produced in 1959, A RAISIN IN THE SUN was the first Broadway play written by a black woman: Lorraine Hansberry (1930-1965), a memorable author who based the central story on an incident that occurred in her own family and which eventually evolved into a landmark Supreme Court ruling in 1940 as...
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- Posted: Dec-24-2007
Ho Hum Book - Good Play
I found this a pretty boring book to read. Not particularly well written, but the overall story isn't bad. I really would recommend that you don't buy this book (get it from the library if you have to), but instead watch the dvd/video of the play (Danny Glover is hilarious in the lead role).
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- Posted: Nov-29-2007
Realism at work
I found that this play was somewhat easy to read but definitely fits into the realism genre which I'm not really into so much. The story in mainly one about race relations but also has a large amount of insight on family dynamics. If someone is particularly interested in either topic they may...
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