Hansberry was herself the daughter of a successful real estate agent who fought the practices that were responsible for the sufferings of the African Americans, and her family had moved into a white neighborhood primarily for the reason that her father wanted Hansberry to get away from the adverse influences of the environment prevailing in the ghettos (Goetz 687).

In this regard, Conrad has aptly explained the happenings during the time by saying, “The conquest of the earth, which mostly means the taking it away from those who have a different complexion or slightly flatter noses than ourselves, is not a pretty thing when you look into it” (Conrad 103). Her considerate methods in examining racial discrimination in A Raisin in the Sun have helped a great deal in the examination of racialism in a very succinct and thought-inducing manner. Lorraine Hansberry has attempted to examine the issue of subjective racism and the practices of insensitive racist attitudes that prevailed during the 20 th century in a manner that her opinion seems to give the impression that she was writing about something prevalent much before her times. It is also evident that individuals make efforts in the context of their ability to realize the two different dreams. A Raisin in the Sun is mostly about the second kind of dream, whereby an examination of the influences of being black is made in considering a community that is discriminated against.

The types of dreams may not be necessarily exclusive to each other but it is evident that the material aspect of the dream is likely to hamper and obstruct the realizing of the spiritual dream which is certainly more important. The second perspective is about the vision of a quality life which entails a spiritual bend of mind by way of living a life of integrity, decency, and dignity. The paper will analyze the character roles from two perspectives the first is about the American dream regarding material prosperity and upward mobility.

This paper will study the important characters in the play A Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine Hansberry in the context of the substance of the dreams that they have.

The play a raisin in the sun is about