A Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine Hansberry, captures the story of an African-American family called the Youngers. The Youngers live in Chicago in a racist time where most colored, including them are living in poverty. The family receives an insurance check worth ten thousand dollars from from their deceased father, Big Walker, and the family struggles to divide up the money.
Those who oppose race as the most important word believe instead of Race, Money would be the most important word in A Raisin in the Sun. Money shows conflict throughout the play. Those who support money as the most important word would say that money in A Raisin in the Sun, shows conflict throughout the play. For example when walter loses the money he had gotten from the
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Beneatha originally conforms to the American society and has little sense of the African heritage. As seen from the beginning of the play, when Asagai brings Beneatha the dress from the Nigerian culture. Asagai then questions Beneatha's hair asking her why does she tamper with her hair in order to change her looks. Beneatha knows that it isn’t her natural hair. At the start Beneatha shows that she had been driven by the American society to change her hair, and conform to their society by changing her looks. When the Youngers are all together, Walter says, “Race, race, race!... Girl, I do believe that you are the first person in the history of the entire human race to successfully brainwash yourself” Race shows how Beneatha has changed throughout the book and assimilated to the society of Africans. As seen throughout the play, Beneatha is first recognized as a blended in African American, and throughout the play she changes piece by piece, and towards the end of the play she is seen more sided with the African race instead of the rest of the