Topic > Screenplay, Plot and Characters: 'A Raisin in the Sun'

A Raisin in the Sun is the true story of an African-American family who fights over who gets the money. Mom is the one who has the money, she wants to use the money to buy a house but Walter wants the money to invest in a liquor store, and Beneatha needs the money for college to become a doctor. In the end the mother decides to give the money to Walter but then Walter loses the money, the boy he gave the money to runs away with the money. When the family buys the house, Mr. Linder visits them and tells them not to do it and tries to dissuade them. The reason he doesn't want them to move is because the neighborhood is full of white people and if they move in more African Americans will try to move in too. The characters are believable, an example would be when Walter finds out he lost the money he got really angry (page 854-855.), if someone had lost their money they would be really angry and frustrated. Walter does not follow the stereotype of an African American as being from the ghetto and being a bully. white people think it's a stereotype of an African American...