A Raisin in the Sun has an optimistic
ending. All seems to go well, and despite their struggles, the Youngers are
finally getting a new start to life. Even though Walter has squandered Mama’s
insurance money on a ploy to open a liquor store, the family will still be able
to make the rent for a more expensive home. This should be manageable with four
working adults in the house. This life is not ideal but the Youngers will do
anything to get out of that old apartment.
Unfortunately,
the problems that will face the family are not internal. It is clearly seen at
the end of the play that a healthy family balance has been restored, but will
the family be able to sustain the inevitable attacks by their white neighbors. The
audience learns about the bombing of black families who dared to move into
white neighborhoods in the first act. We hope that the Youngers will not have
that fate, yet the danger of a bomb is always looming in the distance.
I am very
curious to know what happens to the family once they move in. Do they
successfully integrate into the white community? Are they tormented ruthlessly
by their neighbors? Are they able to pay the rent and continue living in the
house?
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