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Raisin In The Sun Mama's Legacy

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A Raisin in the Sun depicts a couple of weeks in the life of the Youngers, an African-American family living on the South Side of Chicago in the 1950s. At the point when the play opens, the Youngers are going to get a protection check for $10,000. This cash originates from the perished Mr. More’s youthful life coverage approach. Each of the grown-up individuals from the family has a thought in the matter of what he or she might want to do with this cash. The female authority of the family, Mama, needs to purchase a house to satisfy a fantasy she imparted to her spouse. Mother's child, Walter Lee, would rather utilize the cash to put resources into an alcohol store with his companions. He trusts that the venture will take care of the family's …show more content…

Travis wins some cash via conveying staple packs and likes to play outside with other neighborhood kids, however he has no room and considers the lounge couch.
Joseph Asagai - A Nigerian understudy in adoration with Beneatha. Asagai, as he is regularly called, is extremely glad for his African legacy, and Beneatha would like to find out about her African legacy from him. He in the long run proposes marriage to Beneatha and trusts she will come back to Nigeria with him.
George Murchison - An affluent, African-American man who courts Beneatha. The Youngers favor of George, however Beneatha loathes his ability to submit to white culture and overlook his African legacy. He challenges the contemplations and sentiments of other dark individuals through his pomposity and pizazz for scholarly rivalry.
Mr. Karl Lindner - The main white character in the play. Mr. Lindner lands at the Youngers' loft from the Clybourne Park Improvement Association. He offers the Youngers an arrangement to reexamine moving into his (all-white) neighborhood.
Bobo - One of Walter's accomplices in the alcohol store arrangement. Bobo gives off an impression of being as rationally moderate as his name

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