Your assignment is to prepare and submit a paper on family struggle in a raisin in the sun. A Raisin in the Sun shows the struggle of the family members because of poverty and society factors. This play mainly focuses on characters such as Walter his wife Ruth and his mother Mama in the initial stage. The play mainly focuses on the pressure of poverty on a black, lower-middle class family.
First of all the play shows the competition to become head of the family within these three characters and later on it shows the amount of struggle the family goes through because of social un-acceptance. The play explains the real fact of a lower-middle class in the society. The problems encountered every day by the family members without any support shows the miserable life of poor black people in the period. There was a total discomfort in the family starting from a problem with neighbors, within members of the family and monetary issues. There are several simple and common examples shown in the play that depicts the modern lifestyle as well (Zacher 512).
The reason behind the success of this play was because of its theme. In the entire play, there was no violence shown. It just depicted the misery of a poor family. The most common tragedy that possessed the living of this family was a misconception of power and control of their living. There was an excellence in each and every part of the play. There were many contrasts between the play and the movie released A Raisin in the Sun. The movie included music in certain places which were not there in the act. Comparing Act One from the play with the movie there were huge differences including certain changes in the scene. The dialogues were different compared to the play.