Question

Select and discuss one character from the play A Raisin in the Sun in the following context utilizing one of the schools of literary criticism (Links to an external site.).

• What does “The American Dream" means to this character?
• Is the play using this character to make a statement (about gender roles, culture, and society, Marxism, etc)

Characters:

Mama

Walter Lee Younger

Ruth Younger

Beneatha Younger

Joseph Asagai (from Nigeria)

Travis Younger (young son)

Lena Younger (Mama)

George Murchinson (man Beneatha dates)

Answer 1