A Raisin In The Sun A Raisin In the Sun, is a drama play that takes place sometime between World War II. The family lived in Chicago’s southside, where the town was very dusky and as each day passed the nights got colder. The Younger family lived in a small old apartment with only two small rooms. In this play, Lorraine Hansberry paints an impressive portrait of the Youngers, a family composed of powerful …showed first 75 words of 225 total…

…showed last 75 words of 225 total…and racism, and because of the color of their skin they had no self-respect of dignity. In my opinion, I think that Mama was the one who had the most pride and held the family together. Mama was a widowed mother left alone to care for her family after the death of her husband “Big” Walter. Mama was in her early sixties, and worked very hard to try to help her family have the best.