A Raisin in the Sun
Lorraine Hansberry
Lorraine Hansberry does an excellent job of using the literary technique of distinguishing a theme in A Raisin in the Sun. One theme that I noticed throughout the story was the theme of money. To the Younger family, money brought them together and tore them apart at the same time. When Mama is conversing with Ruth, she says: " Somebody would of thought my children done all but starved to death the way they talk about money here late. Child, we got a great big old check coming tomorrow" (Hansberry, 451). Ever since the Younger family discovered that Mama would be receving a ten thousand dollar check on the account of her deceased husband, the family has been nohting but mad with money talk. Mama is saying that lately all of the Younger family talks about is money. Each member of the family has a different plan they would like to execute with the money that the Youngers are about to receive. I think that money is a theme because Hansberry wants to show that there are very few dreams that can be fulfilled without some kind of financial involvement. Not very many people can be truly happy and see their dreams come true without at least a little bit of money. Hansberry illustrates that money can build hope for the possibility of fulfilling one's dreams, but the abuse of money can just as easily lead to despondency.
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