Summary

A Raisin In The Sun:

A Summary About The Review Of  The Play

Pine Point School

Ninth Grade English

October 19, 2011

By Schyler Davis

           

In the review, by Brooks Atkinson, she writes about how Lorraine Hansberry’s play, A Raisin In The Sun, is honest. The play is about a black family in Chicago that wants “to preserve their family pride,” but they also wants to get out of poverty because of that Lorraine Hansberry as lots of topics to cover. Some of the topics are funny and some are painful. She is honest about these topics by not having the play “prove one thing or another.” Also, Brooks Atkinson writes about how all the characters have a dream. The son is dreaming of having his own business, and the daughter has a dream to be a doctor, so she can heal people. For their dreams, both of them are counting on the 10,000 dollars from their father’s death. Brook Atkinson sum up the review by writing the theme of the play is that honesty is the hardest thing in the worlds, and the most illuminating. 

Sentences that I really like in Brooks Atkinson’s review:

 “He is as eloquent when he has nothing to say as when he has a pungent line to speak.” I this is a well written line because I like how she uses the word eloquent and pungent. It really makes this sentence stand out.

 “And also the most illuminating.” I like how she makes this sentence fragment the last sentence. The fragment flows with the writing, making the writing elegant, and It really makes you think about honesty.