Quarter 4

Unchanging Values
in a
Changing World
Lesson 1 Holding on
To a Dream in a
Changing World
 What is your dream
in life?
What issues can
possibly affect the fulfill-
ment of your dream/s?
 A Raisin
in the Sun

by
Lorraine
Hansberry
A Raisin in the Sun is a play by Lorraine
Hansberry that debuted on Broadway in 1959.
The title comes from the poem "Harlem"
(also known as "A Dream Deferred"[2])by
Langston Hughes. The story tells of a black
family's experiences in the Washington Park
Subdivision of Chicago's Woodlawn
neighborhood as they attempt to "better“
Themselves with an insurance payout following
the death of the father. The New York Drama
Critics' Circle named it the best play of 1959.
VOCABULARY
WORDS
1. DEJECTION
N. sadness;
misery
2. ENTHUSIASM
N. eagerness;
interest
3. SUSPICIOUS
adj. doubtful;
distrustful
4. HYSTERIA
N. panic;
madness
 5. HOVER
V. float; drift;
fly
6. SUPPRESS
V. ; hold back;
restrain
7. MENACINGLY
ADV.
threateningly
8. REVELATION
N. disclosure
9. DESPERATION
N. worry;
anxiety
10. DECISIVE
ADJ. crucial;
important
CHARACTERS
•Walter Younger
•Ruth Younger
•Beneatha Younger
•Travis Younger
•Lena Younger (Mama)
•George Murchison
•Joseph Asagai
•Karl Lindner
•Mrs. Johnson
Original Language
ENGLISH
Genre
DOMESTIC TRAGEDY
Setting
South Side, Chicago
Walter and Ruth Younger, their
son Travis, along with Walter's
mother Lena (Mama) and Walter's
sister Beneatha, live in poverty
in a dilapidated two-bedroom
apartment on Chicago's south side.
Walter is barely making a living
as a limousine driver.
Though Ruth is content with
their lot, Walter is not and
desperately wishes to become
wealthy. His plan is to invest in
a liquor store in partnership with
Willy and Bobo, street-smart
acquaintances of Walter's.
At the beginning of the play, Walter
and Beneatha's father has recently
died, and Mama is waiting for a life
insurance check for $10,000. Walter
has a sense of entitlement to the
money, but Mama has religious
objections to alcohol and Beneatha
has to remind him it is Mama's call
how to spend it.
Eventually Mama puts some
of the money down on a new
house, choosing an all-white
neighborhood over a black
one for the practical reason
that it happens to be much
cheaper.
Later she relents and gives the rest of the
money to Walter to invest with the
provision that he reserve $3,000 for
Beneatha‘s education. Walter passes the
money on to Willy's naive sidekick Bobo,
who gives it to Willy, who absconds
with it, depriving Walter and Beneatha of
their dreams, though not the Youngers of
their new home.
 Task 5: Grasp It!
1. What is Mama’s
greatest dream for her family?
3pts.
2. How does the dream of
every member of the Younger
family differ and agree with
one another?
 Task 5: Grasp It!
Accomplish the bubble map.
5 pts.
3. What does Walter want to
do with the insurance check?
Discuss his motive. Why do
you think Mama Lena
disapprove of it.3 pts.
 Task 5: Grasp It!
4. Does any of the characters
in the play remind you
of someone? How does that
someone plan his course
of action to realize his dream?
2 pts.
 Task 5: Grasp It!
5. Would you have
dreamt of the same thing
for your family? Why?
2pts.
 QUIZ
1. - 3. Give the three
main characters and their
dreams.
4. Author
5. How much was the insurance money
6. Setting
7.-8. Who absconded the money of the male character in the
story?
9. Problem of the mother
10. Symbol of Hope