Assignment #4; A Raisin in the Sun

-The play that I’m going to talk about is the one and only, A Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine Hansberry. This play tells the story of the Youngers, an African American family trying to get by in a time where racism was a bigger deal than it is today. There was one specific scene in the play that caught my attention as I was reading it. In Act II, scene iii, the Youngers are in their house, looking over at the things they got for their new house and having a good time joking around. Suddenly they get a visit from Karl Linder as they're getting all excited with their plans for the new house. Linder, who's the representative for the Clybourne Park community, tells them that they "shouldn't" move there, seeing as how they would disturb the balance of the community and potentially destroy it. He also offers to buy the house back, and even return them their money if they don't move to the new area. Later on they tell Mama what had happened, and they all end up agreeing that they shouldn’t take up Linder’s offer. They end up giving Mama a gardening set, and just when it seems like it’s going to be a good day, disaster strikes and comes crashing down on their parade. Walter finds out that he’s been scammed by one of his “friends”, and all the money they had saved up was gone. After Walter getting beaten up by Mama, the scene ends with her thinking about the money her husband left and what they were going to do now.  To me, this scene is important, or significant, because it shows how people were scared, or rather frightened of something new coming in contact or "interfering" with their already set up system. It clearly shows prejudice and racism, and that's a major part of the whole play. Although they have money to afford the house, showing that they are not poor in a sense and can have a decent living to reside in the Clybourne Park area, the community chooses to look past that and still hold their prejudice views. The dialogue that's shared among the characters is very good, showing how Ruth and Walter kept their cool but were not going to back down just because the whole community wanted them out of their land. Then all the other things happened, such as them finding out that all their money’s gone. All that went through the scene just made it seem more important and it caught my attention more than the other scenes.