Examples Of Betrayal In A Raisin In The Sun By Mary Oliver

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Betrayal means an act of deliberate disloyalty and honesty; betrayal often involves destroying someone’s trust, possibly by lying or deceiving them. Mary Oliver tells a story in the prose A Raisin in the Sun, about the hardships and struggles African Americans in the 1950’s faced everyday. Some of these struggles included racial injustice and the struggle to maintain morals and loyalty to family during a time period of great struggle.
By investing his father’s insurance money Walter Lee creates conflict for his family which shows betrayal. Walter Lee, being the family man he is, takes a large gamble and tries to turn their living situation around. This gamble does not pay off as Willie Harris runs away with his families money leaving them with