An analysis of the themes, characters, literary devices, and plot.

 Lorraine Hansberry Lorraine Hansberry was born in Chicago on May 19, A Raisin in the Sun was her first play. It was also the first Broadway production written by an African- American Woman. Lorraine was the first African- American to win the New York Drama Critics Circle Award in Lorraine was not a persistent writer. The only other play she ever completed is the Sign in Sidney Burstein's Window in 1964.

Dreams Hold fast to dreams For if dreams die Life is a broken-winged bird That cannot fly. Hold fast to dreams For when dreams go Life is a barren field Frozen with snow. By Langston Hughes The poem, Dreams, was written, like Lorraine Hansberry’s work, during the Harlem Renaissance. Though some scholars disagree on the dates of the movement, this time period took place between 1910 and This time period was characterized by an explosion of social and cultural art forms in highly populated areas like Chicago and New York, by African-Americans who, in an effort to gain their rights, founded what they referred to as the “New Negro”. Scholars say this began in Harlem, New York. This cultural movement led to organizations that helped ban Jim Crow laws and fight discrimination.

Stereotyping and prejudice Dreams and dreams deferred The conflict between expectations The strength of family

Lena’s plant Sunlight and contrasting darkens Money George Murchison’s white shoes and Asagai’s Nigerian robes

Ruth Walter Travis Lena Asagai Beneatha Lena Linder