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Raisin in the Sun (Cliffs Notes)

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I bought this for my granddaughter, who is in High School. She read the play and wanted more information about it so I got the Cliffs Notes. They helped her understanding of certain aspects of the play and characters. It was a good buy!

-which delves into the heart of an early 60's lower class African American family struggling to live together in a crowded Chicago apartment. A widowed mother tries to teach her son the real values of life and hold her family together at the same time while selflessly trying to make both of her childrens dreams live.

This book had alot to do with the "American Dream" Everyone was striving for their own thing. It was all based on money. But in the end they saw that money will not make you happy. We thought this thought was clearly shown.

I did not get it! Can you explain it

I truly enjoyed this book that I read, A raisin in the Sun, by Lorainna Hansberry. I can see how people can relate to this book, it has so much truth in it and it showed great symbolism. I recommend it to anyone. Brooke McCargo(bambam6@juno.com)Duluth, Georgia

BOOK ANALYSIS: A RAISIN IN THE SUN The main caracter of A Raisin in the Sun is Ruth Younger. She is the wife of Walter Lee Younger and mother of Travis Younger. She is a nice mother, but sometimes could get into a bad mood where she takes everything out on everyone, especially Travis. One of the reasons for her bad moods is because her and her families lack of money. She knew she had a responsible position in the family. That's why she cared so much and worked as hard as she could to earn the money they needed. She wished her husband would take work as seriously as she did instead of cutting work and not caring if he got there on time. Ruth was so worried about her family that when she became pregnant with her second child, she wanted to give up their baby because she felt that the child would grow up without enough food and they wouldn't have enough money to care for the baby. The resolution of this conflict makes her understand that a loving family was a lot more important than money. She now knew that you didn't need money to have a wonderful, caring, loving family. She was happy when she found out they were moving to a new house, but even though they decided not to in the end, she was happy with her and her families decision not to move and to stay in the cheerful house where they had been living for years.

A RAISIN IN THE SUN IS A BEAUTIFUL STORY OF FAMILY LOVE, COMMITMENT, STRENGTH, HOPE, SURVIVAL AND HONESTY. THIS FAMILY ENDURED THE GOOD AND BAD AND YET ALWAYS BELIEVED IN THEIR VALUE SYSTEM AND IN ONE ANOTHER. THE YOUNGER FAMILY EXEMPLIFY WHAT IT WAS TO LOVE AND TO ACTUALLY HAVE DREAMS COME TRUE. THE MOTHER WAS THE CORE AND PILLAR OF HER FAMILY AND HER SON WAS THE ICING ON THE CAKE WHO FALLS BUT REMEMBERS ENOUGH ABOUT INTEGRITY AND THE DEVOTION TO HIS SON, WIFE, MOTHER AND FATHER TO OVERCOME ALL OBSTACLES. FAMILY - THE TRUE REASON FOR BEING

I had to read this book for school and I also had to do a report for it, and I felt I was being tortured by having to read it. Nothing interesting ever seems to happen in this book, therefore, I do not recommend this book to anyone, especially to teachers looking to have there students read it. To the teachers, I got a 100 percent on the test, because nothing interesting happened in the book to ask a question about. In closing, if you are looking to read a book, i suggest you pick a different one, if there was a zero star option I would have picked that.

I found this book to be an utter waste of my time. You follow a black family in Chicago through a few days of their lives in which they attempt to buy a new home. Overall the plot was dull and there was no real excitement. The climax was subtle and made no major difference in the readers mind. If you are looking for a good book this is not one of them.