Raisin Blog 3

A Raisin in the Sun
Lorraine Hansberry


Within each major character in A Raisin in the Sun, an internal conflict existed. Hansberry indicated that Mama's internal conflict was deciding how she wanted to use the money. She knew that she needed to help her family somehow, but she was unsure of how she could do so. Each character had their own dream that they had the intent of pursuing. I felt that out of all of the characters, Beneatha has the most trouble with her internal conflict. I feel as though throughout the story, she is trying to figure out who exactly she is as a person. After Mama accuses her of trying and quitting so many different activites, Beneatha says: " I don't flit! I- I experiment with different forms of expression-"(Hansberry, 454). I think that all of her different ways of expressing herself are efforts in finding out her identity. The fact that Beneatha is going to medical school proves that she is trying to make somthing of herself. She is trying so hard to break from the life that members of her own family have been living. Beneatha has dreams, but she needs to understand what it is she lives for and stands by to make these dreams a reality.