How Does Hansberry Create Tension In A Raisin In The Sun

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Similarly, Hansberry’s A Raisin in the Sun also explores the idea background, family, and home explores what one wouldn’t do in order to become or be considered successful in a number of ways. The idea of family and home seen through the fact that the Younger’s are an African American family, just as Mama’s family is in Everyday Use; the family of five sticks together and lives in a over crowed one bed room apartment. To make matters worse, the fact that they have to go outside their unit to use the restroom creates more tension. A good illustration of this is seen through Hansberry’s illustration These factors contribute to the fact of Beneatha and Walter risking all odds set against them to make their family successful. For Walter, this is

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