Question

How does this excerpt contribute to the theme of A Raisin in the Sun? What aesthetic impact did the author intend to have on the reader?

Answer 1

There are many themes in A Raisin in the Sun, one being pride, which is the most prominent theme in this excerpt. The main theme in this excerpt is pride due to the many times it is stated. For example, the quote “we come from people who had a lot of pride” with pride in italics to emphasize the importance of it. This is also shown in the quote “he earned it for us brick by brick”. Pride is so important to these people because they have little to identify with due to their situation, making it seem as if pride is all they have. The final piece of evidence from this excerpt is that they choose to keep the house as opposed to selling it, as they choose pride over money.

Answer 2

The theme of pride is a clear manifest in the ending part of Lorraine's excerpt.

We canidentify that the play is depicting characters who have little to identifywith.

We see that neighborhood representative shows up and offers to buy outtheirhouse.

The play depicts this decision as pride overmoney, and although money doeswin out for a little bit, the Walter family maintains itspride in the end.

We see how Walter blatant about this pride that he claims that the housewasearned through their late father's sweat.

The author intends to bring out the blatant idea of pride in the Younger familythrough thecharacter of Walter in the excerpt.

He portrays Walter as aggressively boastful to fit thisfamily trait.