Lorraine Hansberry

Her first drama, a raisin in the sun, was based on her childhood classification of the white community. I won the New York Drama Critics Circle Award and it was the best drama this year. She is the youngest American, the fifth woman, and the first black who receives this honor. Her success opens the door to the generation of contemporary black actors and writers. Hansberry born in 1930 is the smallest child among the four children Carl and Nannie Hansberry and is a respected and successful black family in Chicago, Illinois.

In my research paper I will discuss the theme of "American Dream" and the selection and possibilities in the book "Raisins under the Sun" by Lorraine Hansberry. I will talk about the author. Acting writer Lorraine Hansberry wrote "Raisins" in the sun, the first black playwright, and the youngest American who received the New York Critic Circle Award. Lorraine Hansberry was born in Chicago, Illinois on May 19, 1930. Through her life, she actively participated in civil rights. She died of pancreatic cancer at the age of 34.

When Lorraine Hansberry was a child, her family personally experienced a government that does not care about the departure of the black government. After Hansberrys moved to the white community, their neighbors filed a lawsuit to expel them. The local Chicago government is willing to withdraw Hansberrys from their new home, but Lorraine's father, Carl Hansberry, filed their case. He ultimately acquired the right to stay, with the help of the National Association for the promotion of the people, but never recovered from the emotional pressure of the legal struggle ("Lorraine Hansberry"; Hansberry 21 )

The entire script has a strong theme center theme. Unlike her many black contemporaries, Lorraine Hansberry knew her African tradition and grew up in a family that accepted that roots. Lorraine's uncle, Leo Hansberry, is a professor of African history at Howard University, a famous black college in Washington, and actually teaches a revolutionary, Kwame · Car, who contested the independence of the Gold Coast under British rule. Hansberry 's human - centricism is expressed mainly through the love of Asneai by Beneatha. Asagai is a Nigerian who is looking for Beneatha when looking for his identity. She wants to know about African culture, language, music and costumes. The playwright far exceeds her time by creating these letters. Hans Berry can eliminate many myths about Africa, especially the parallel struggle that Africans and African Americans must face.