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A Raisin in the Sun

Lorraine Hansberry

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Jun 21, 2016 Tania rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

A Raisin In the Sun was certainly a commentary on race relations, but it's relevant to society on so many levels that go beyond just race. In this case an African-American family is fighting social injustice that plagues them because of their color. The family has their own internal disputes, and yet they band together to fight the world that would keep them down. As we meet each of the characters, we understand their position and what they plan to do to change it. It's painful to watch as dream ...more

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Oct 06, 2018 Erin rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: read-harder-2018

A Raisin in the Sun is one of those books/plays that I was forced to read in high school.

15 years later and I couldn't really even tell you what it was about or if I had thought it was any good.

Thanks to a reading challenge I decided to pick it up and read it again.

A Raisin in the Sun is a great story and definitely keeps you engaged throughout. It's not long and is relatively fast paced as well. I think it's one of those books/plays that everyone should read as an adult. In high school, I pro ...more

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Dec 21, 2021 Kim rated it it was amazing

Shelves: housing, 5-star, classics, historical-fiction

5.0/5.0 - Wonderful play by young playwright Lorraine Hansberry, who died five years later. The play takes place in the southside of Chicago, set between World War II and 1959. It was ground breaking, written by an African American writer about an African American family, at a time when both of these things were almost unheard of. Sadly, sixty-some years later, the storyline is as fresh today, as when it was written.
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