Tough love in chicago In the play A raisin in the sun by Lorraine Hansberry, written in 1959, is a very interesting and very loving/caring story. A Raisin in the Sun is a play about a few weeks in the life of the an African-American family living on the South Side of Chicago in the 1950s. When the play opens, the Youngers are about to receive an insurance check for $10,000. This money comes from the deceased father’s life insurance policy. Each of the adult members of the family has an idea as to what he or she would like to do with this money. Ruth and mama shows love through their close relationship. Although Ruth wanted to have the baby, she had to sacrifice the baby and she morally said,“yes i would too, Walter. (pause). i gave her a five dollar payment.” This quote plays a very good example which portrays love and affection because Ruth had to make a very difficult decision in order to support her family. Ruth shows a lot of love towards most characters in this play. Ruth mainly shows lots of love to Mama. Mama is Walter’s mom and she is the head of the house. …show more content…
when mama said, “There is always something left to love. And if you ain’t learned that, you ain’t learned nothing.” She was showing love by saying this near the end of the play, as Beneatha expresses her disappointment in Walter for losing the money in the liquor store. Mama tells Beneatha that Walter needs her to be supportive. She also said,”instead of constantly crying about yourself,you should cry for Walter and everything that he has been through and try to understand how hard he has been trying to make everything better for his family. She tells Beneatha to love her brother,no matter what the circumstances