AP Literature Assignment #4

         I think a scene in the play, A Raisin in the Sun, that is significant, is when Mr. Lindner, a member of the neighborhood's committee, comes back to negoitate with the Younger family on selling their new home in an all white neighborhood. The man of the household, Walter Lee Younger, finally makes his transition from a boy to a man. It reveals that this character, although he is grown, still acted like a child before this situation. It also reveals that everyone in that household, finally gets to see Walter Lee become something that he was suppose to be over ten years before all of this happened. The author shows a transition from childhood to manhood and uses his mother to confirm it. But first Hansberry, the author, gave him an unpromising start "...and say, "All right, Mr. Linder...that's your neighborhood out there! You got the right to keep it like you want!...Just write the check and ------ the house is yours." (pg. 144, 4th person's lines, sent. 2-5). Walter Lee Younger describes how he's going to act when Lindner goes to their house. Next, Hansberry gives Walter the transition. "...we have all thought about your offer ------ ...And we have decided to move into house because my father ------ my father ------- he earned it for us brick by brick." (pg. 148, 3rd and 5th character lines). Walter blocks out his initial thoughts concerning the new house and doesn't take Mr. Lindner's negoitation offer. They decide to move to the neighborhood. Lastly, Hansberry chooses his mother, Lena, to confirm his transition into becoming a man. "...He finally come into his manhood today, didn't he? Kind of like a rainbow after the rain..." (pg. 151, 1st character). This was his mother's confirmation. Walter had an extremely rough start but changed it and cleaned it up at the end.