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A Raisin in the Sun
（阳光下的葡萄干）

A Raisin in the Sun
(Drama/Classic) ( 1960)
?2000 by Raymond Weschler
Major Characters


Walter Lee Younger................Sidney Poitier





A frustrated 35 year old chauffeur (driver) who lives with his poor





African-American family in a small apartment in Chicago, who is always





dreaming of ways to make money and improve their lives.


Ruth

(





Walter Lee
’s mom, a very loving, religious and hard working






woman who is always struggling to keep her family together.

Lena Younger.......................Claudia McNeil





Walter Lee’s very sweet wife, who works as a






cleaner and does her very best to raise their child.

Beneatha (Bennie) Younger...........Diana Sands





Walter Lee’s younger sister, a spirited young woman who is






determined to explore her African-American identity, and who





is going to school so that she can one day be a doctor.

Travis Younger......................Stephen Perry





Walter Lee and Ruth’s eight year old son.


Mark Lindner........................John Fiedler





A representative from the





a group that tries to convince the Youngers that it would be better





if blacks did not movie into their white neighborhood.



Asagai...............................Ivan Dixon





A very friendly and educated young man from the African





country of Nigeria who is romantically interested in Beneatha.


George Murchison......................Luis Gossett Jr.





A college student who is the son of a wealthy






businessman, and who is casually dating Beneatha.

Bobo..................................Joel Fluellen





A friend
of

Walter Lee’s who decides to go into business with him.




Willie Harris.........................Roy Glenn





A businessman who Bobo and Walter Lee know, who convinces





them that they can make lots of money by investing in a liquor store.


Plot Summary


This film is the story of the Youngers, a poor African-American family who live
in a small and dark Chicago apartment in the late 1950s. Mr. Younger had died several
months earlier, but in theory, things should be getting better since Mama is about
to receive a life insurance check for $$10,000 (which at that time was a huge amount
of money, perhaps enough to buy a small house). Unfortunately, the money arrives,
but things soon get worse.

Walter Lee is determined to use the insurance money to invest in a liquor store,
in part because he is convinced that black people must own businesses in order to
improve their lives. Mama, however, does not want that money to be involved with
alcohol, and regardless, wants to save a big share of it so that she can help pay
for Beneatha’s studies at medical school. Ruth simply dreams of living in a nicer

home, where her and her family can enjoy the sunlight, and where Travis can even
have his own bedroom, instead of

sleeping on the living room couch.

Eventually, Mama seems to find the perfect compromise, by deciding to use a third
of the money for Beneatha’s schooling, a third for a first payment on a new house,

and the rest for whatever Walter Lee thinks is the best way to invest it. Unfortunately
though, Walter Lee has his own plans, and soon most of the money looks as if it has
been lost forever. Even worse, the Youngers must face the realities of racism in America,
and decide whether they will move to a neighborhood where black people are still not wanted.

A Raisin in the Sun is based on a Broadway play by Lorraine Hansberry.

It takes place in 1959, during the first years of the American Civil Rights Movement,
when African-Americans began to fight for equal rights under the law. That is the
historical background for this film, which is ultimately

a moving look into the strength
of the human spirit as it faces the challenges of poverty, corruption and racial intolerance.

A Brief Note on the Use of Non-Standard English Used in this Film:

Poor African-Americans and some others in the United States often speak with a

and vocabulary. Still, you should be able to understand the Youngers with just a little
extra effort. The following examples are things you should be aware of, but which you
should generally try to avoid using:



he out yet?





A common word among many people. Instead, you should







use the conjugated form of



Better get out of here, before you be late.





Another example where standard English conjugates

Golly grandma, you rich.





Note that in this case,

I
don’t want nothing
from you.





This film is filled with double (and even triple) negatives.

He sure tries,
don’t
he?





Another non-standard (although arguably more logical!) conjugation.


What’s done got into you, girl?






Note that both auxiliary verbs and past participles are





often changed (


Some Words and Expressions that You May not Know













Walter Lee tells Ruth and Beneatha that there is a better












life for the family, if they are willing to take a risk.



Come on, get up!





The most versatile phrasal verb in English, meaning everything






from be serious to stop! Here, meaning hurry up!



You’ll be
fussing and cussing like a madman, and be late.












dirty words, like shit or fuck. A

I can’t
afford to be late for work on account of messing around in there.





If a person






consequences, such as being fired.











the time for no particular reason.

It’s not his fault; He’s got a bunch of
good-for-nothing clowns

running their mouths in what is supposed to be his bedroom.












useless. People that are









though this is an old-fashioned

expression that is rarely used.

You are all some
evil
creatures at eight in the morning.












A






negative way. This is Walter’s way of saying women can be very mean.


Ah, mama!

:: Hush!





One way of saying be quiet. Commonly used with children.

I wouldn’t kiss that woman goodbye this

morning, not for nothing in this world.





A poetic way of saying

Oh golly, mama.





A very old-fashioned and innocent word for expressing





emotion such as surprise or perhaps frustration.


Let him go; It’s good for him to be
business-minded.





One way of saying to be interested in business or making money.

Willis Horton is a good-for-nothing loud mouth.





A person who is always speaking or never shuts up.

He was a good-for- nothing loud mouth when he wanted me to go into
the dry cleaning business. Now his dry cleaners gross $$100,000 a year.











A business that





(After expenses, the money made is called the net).


You’re tired of me, the boy, the way we live in this
beat up hole.





Le
na’s way of referring to their apartment, because it’s small and ugly.


Moaning and screaming all the time.







A man needs a woman to back him up.







Tell her you’re interested in this
deal
that
Walter Lee is so interested in, about the store.





An important word for a business agreement.

Sip
away at your coffee like what you’re saying ain’t that important to you.












When I come home, I’ll
fill in the details.








This ain’t no
fly-by-night operation. We got this figured out, me, Willie and Bobo.





A





is new or unknown and likely to be go out of business in a short time.





out

We figure the initial investment to be about $$30,000. That’s $$10,000
apiece.





An





the beginning to start up a business. $$100

O
f course, we’ve got to
spread around a few hundred so you

don’t spend your life waiting for your license to be approved.






In this case, to






have power, so that they can quickly get the liquor license they want.

You mean graft.





An official word for bribes, payoffs or general corruption.


Nothing happens for you in this world unless somebody gets paid off.











It often has a connotation of bribery or corruption.

That ain’t our money and I ain’t going to be
harassing your mama about it.







Damn these eggs!





A common word for expressing anger or frustration.

So you’d rather be
Mr. Arnold than be his chauffeur.

So, I’d rather be living in
Buckingham Palace.





The Palace in London where the British Royal Family lives.

That’s what’s wrong with the
colored women in this world today.






Note that until the 1960s, black people were called colored or Negro.

You don’t understand about
building your man up, making

them feel like they’re somebody and they can do something.






In this case,





about themselves by praising and encouraging them.



I’m going to start
timing those people.







How is school? :: Lovely.





A British word meaning pretty, or here, fine or Ok.

Biology is the greatest. I dissected something that looks just like you yesterday.







Don’t be so
nasty!





A powerful little adjective meaning abusive or mean.







You got your mother’s interest
at heart
, ain’t y
ou?





To have another person’s






concerned about how some action you take will effect them.

I don’t want nothing from you except for you to stop acting
holy around here.





To act





person, like a saint, rather than for yourself. A more common way of saying





this is to act self-righteous, or

Don’t be
dragging me in it!











(

Thank you, Travis,

for wearing the same

pair of shoes for the last two semesters.





The period of time in which a school year is divided.






There are usually two semesters per year.

Who the hell told you that you had to be a doctor?





A common addition to WH questions which is used





in order to show emotion such as anger or frustration.

If you’re so interested in
messing around with the sick,

go on out and be a nurse, like other women.





In this case,






Note that Walter Lee can be as sexist as others are racist!

Give up
and leave me alone.





An important phrasal verb meaning to surrender, or stop trying.

Picking on me
isn’t gonna make her give



money to you to invest in any liquor stores.







God bless mama for that.





A common expression in which God is asked to treat a person well.

Nobody in this house is ever going to understand me. :: Because you’re a
nut
.





A fun and common word for a person who is crazy or very strange.

Thee is mad, boy.





In this case,






(Thee means
in the English of Shakespeare’s day).



The world’s most
backward nation of women. :: Then there are all those
prophets who would lead us out of the wilderness and into the swamps!





If a nation is





A





of nature outside cities, and





with mud and water (This is Beneatha’s way of making fun of Walter Lee).














Mama returns home to find that her son is dreaming of liquor












stores and her daughter has values that are far from her own.



Who in the world is that slamming doors at this hour?











to show surprise, frustration or other emotion.





it forcefully or angrily so that it causes a lot of noise.

He and Bennie was at it again. :: My children and their
tempers
.





If two people are going





emotion. A person’s


Lord have mercy.







A favorite expression among religious people in which





they ask God to forgive a person who has behaved badly.

It’s too
drafty to be sitting around here half dressed.





If a room is





the outside. A person who is





that they should be (perhaps a T-shirt, but not a sweater).

Now that you’re gonna be home, that boy is going to be
spoiled.







A child who is





being given anything they want. Note that

Big Walter always hated the idea of being a servant.





A person whose job it is to help a rich person take care of their house.

Man’s hands weren’t meant to carry nobody’s
slop jars.











glass containers. A way of saying men should not be slaves to others.


No, no, I can manage.





To be able

I bet you got a touch of that virus going around.





A





diseases as well as the common cold and the flu.

She’d
have a fit
if I don’t
show up
.











of one’s emotions and even start to yell and scream.






is a common way of saying to arrive there.

They know the flu. Otherwise, they think you been

cut up
or something if you tell them you’re sick.






In this case, to be





perhaps by a knife. This is Mama’s way of
saying that white people





think that blacks are always involved in some kind of violence.

It’s
awful hot to be cooped up there with a pile of books.





Note that





is to be in a place that does not have enough room to move around and be a comfortable.


I ain’t
meddling.











advice about their personal life, when they prefer that you don’t.


His eyes been looking sort of strained lately.





If a person’s eyes are


I don’t believe this plant’s had a
speck of sunlight all day.





A



That’s your money; It ain’t got nothing to do with me.






This is Lena’s way of telling Mama that the insurance money is








hers (Mama’s), and she should spend the money how she wants.



Have yourself a ball for once in your life.







What would I look like wandering all over Europe by myself?











particular aim or destination where you want to end up.

These white
women do it all the time…pack up on

those big steam ships, and swoosh
, they’re gone.






An interesting little word that is the sound of a car or ball rushing by





extremely quickly, and thus a good colloquial way to imply great speed.

I was thinking?we could maybe meet the notes on a little old two story somewhere.





In this case,





make the monthly loan payments or mortgage on a (two-story) house.

If we used some of the insurance money for a
down payment
and everybody pitched in.





A





and usually for a house or car,

before monthly payments begin.





on the cost of something is to contribute money for it.

Lord knows we put enough rent into this

here rat trap to pay for four houses by now.











true and pretty obvious (in this case that they’ve wasteda lot of money on rent).






A






condition (and indeed, may have rats),

We even picked out the house. Looks right dumpy today.











If a house is


Big Walter would come in, and he’d
slump down there on that big couch.





If a person






often into a couch, and sometimes with very bad physical posture.


I knew he was
down
then, really down.





A person who is

That man grieved himself so.









God knows there was plenty wrong with

Walter Younger. Mean, hardheaded.





If a person is


I guess that’s where brother gets all them
notions from.





A

He said
ldren to make all them dreams worthwhile.





If something is


I don’t
flit. I experiment with different forms of expression.







means to move lightly from one place to another like a butterfly,





but it’s rarely used. This is Beneatha’s way of explaining why she moves from






photography to music to other forms of art.


I like him enough to go out with him and stuff.





In this case,





and unclear as to what kind of romantic relationship she has with George.





In general,


What does
Mind your own business
.





A common and important way of telling a person





to stop asking so many personal questions.

He’s too
shallow.





This literally means not deep.

If a person is





not very intellectual, or do not think very deeply about emotions.


Honey, you
mustn’t
disli
ke folks cause they’re
well off
.





Note the contraction of







If a person is

Don’t worry; She’ll
get over

this. That’s her youth talking.














recover from it, or to get better over a period over time.

Does he pay tuition?





The money a student needs to pay to go to a university.

You about to get your fresh little jaw slapped.





If a person is





(such as their parents).



I get so tired of him getting the credit for things the



human race achieves through its own stubborn effort.












did something good or appreciated.





This is Beneatha talking about God.

There’s only man, and it’s he who makes
miracles
.





An amazing event that seems to be a violation of physical law, and the





result of an act by God (such as a person suddenly curing themselves from





an incurable disease, or a weaker team beating a stronger one).


You got good children; They just a little off sometimes.





If a person is a little





bit strange or think in a very strange or odd way.

There’s something
come down between them and me.





If something






a change in the relationship, usually for the worse.

You got some strong-willed children and it takes a

strong woman like you to keep them in hand.





If a person is





person





do what they are supposed to.


They’re
spirited, all right, my children.





A good word for a person who has a lot of energy and determination.

I’m getting too close to the time fo
r me to be

meeting my maker
, and I don’t want that on my
ledger.











afterward. A





has been paid, or more colloquially as in this case, a way for God to see





what a person has done that is good and bad in their life.

Besides, we ain’t no business people, Ruth. We’re just
plain working folks.





A sweet expression for simple and perhaps poor workers.

Walter Le
e says colored people ain’t never start
getting ahead,

until they start taking chances on different things

in this world.





In this context, to






save, or even to invest it in a business, in order to become wealthy.


Investments
and things? What’s done got into you, girl?






An







the stock market in hopes that it will make more money.

There ain’t nothing as
dreary as the view from

this window on a dreary evening, is there?





An interesting little adjective meaning dark and depressing.

That always lifts me up so.





Here, to













Walter Lee prepares to take a big gamble as Beneatha and









Asagai discuss Africa, black identity and women’s liberation.



People will be drinking themselves some booze
when they can’t even make the rent.













of saying people always drink, even if they have little or no money.

Man, I’m straight.






In this case, Walter Lee’s way of saying he’ll have the money to be






part of the deal.


Bobo has
come up
with his part of the money.







We got a date to see this guy in Springfield about the license Friday.





Springfield is the Capital of the state of

Illinois, where Chicago is





located. State capitals are where business licenses are obtained.


If you can get off of your glute, we got this thing made.











or butt. Of course,





to stop being so lazy and get some work done.

Everything is gonna be
cool
. All I need is another day to swing the situation at home.












he needs more time to convince his mother to give him the money.

I got these three women at the barricades.





A quickly built wall, often made of bricks or trees, to prevent people





or soldiers from passing. Walter’s way of saying it may be hard to c
onvince





Mama, Beebie and Ruth that he should invest in the stores.

Man
, if there is anybody you can’t
persuade


to take a larger view of life, it’s a woman.












or
other emotion.






way of saying women don’t think of






too conservative and don’t take risks.


That’s why I say

it’s time to
break out.





In this case,

It’s a deal
.





A good way of saying that a business agreement has been made.

Howdy-do to you, too.








What the heck; You just come right over.






A softer and more old-fashioned version of








but still used to mean more or less

You ain’t got the
pride
you were born with.





An important word meaning integrity, self-respect, or






satisfaction with yourself as a person and what you can do.

If you think we’re so
ignorant
, maybe you shouldn’t invite him here.






A key word for a person who does not know very much.

All anyone seems to know about Africa is Tarzan.





A famous fictional character who lives in Africa and is





famous for swinging from tree to tree on branches or vines.

Why do you give money to the church to do the missionary work?





Projects that are done by churches to both help poor people






and to try and convince them to become Christians.

That’s to help save folks. :: You mean save them from
heathenism.





A





of the major religions such as Judaism, Christianity or Islam.

They need more salvation from the foreigners on their land.





The act of being saved (In this case, from sin or Godlessness,






which means to be perusaded to become a Chrisitan).

You seem disturbed too.





A useful alternative for upset, angry

or emotionally distressed.



Is there something wrong? :: Yeah, we all got acute ghettoitis.





A very clever exchange of words! In medicine, if a disease is





it very serious. A






a syllable that ends many words that describe a disease, and thus this





is Beneatha’s way of saying that they’re suffering from being poor.


I shall have to teach you how to drape it properly.











so that the

bottom of the cloth falls toward the ground.

Tuck it here.







You wear it well, very well.





An old but nice way of saying

You said





In this case, ethnic or national identity (which is to say some blacks in the





US may feel more African than American, and others the reverse).


Assimilationism is so popular in your country. I am not an assimilationist.











(Those against assimilating prefer to keep their previous identity).

They’re from my sister’s personal
wardrobe.





A collection of clothes, or the closet where the clothes are stored.

I have that feeling for you, right now. :: I know,

and by itself,
it won’t do
; I can find that any place.












enough. This is Beneatha talking about Asagai’s romantic feeli
ngs.

I’m not interested in being someone’s little
episode in America.





An






this case, a short sexual or romantic relationship.

The world’s most
liberated women are not

liberated at all---you all talk about it too much.





A





has a life that shows this by doing such things as having their own career.

Please forgive me for coming at such an
outrageous
hour on a Saturday.





A useful adjective that means ridiculous, shameful or unacceptable.



I think it’s so sad the way our American
Negroes
don’t

know nothing about Africa except Tarzan and all.





Until the 1960s, the word used for black Americans.

They ought to be helping you folks drive

out them foreigners that took away your land.







Alaiyo, I hope you
don’t mind
. It’s what you would call a nickname.






A person who
ing is not bothered by it.





A

For all I know
, you might be calling me a little
idiot
.











about the facts of a particular situation. An





way of referring to a very stupid person.

The sense of the thing is quite different

when it changes languages.

:: You’re
evading.





The





something is to avoid it, often by talking about something else.

You
cracked up
?

:: You shut up!





If a person


He’ll be ringing that bell soon, just like he’s

been doing everyday for the last umpteen years.





An interesting slang word that means very many.


Where did Bennie go? :: Far as I could make out, to Egypt.





In this case,






and thus this is a way of saying












The $$10,000 check arrives, but Mama soon learns that Lena is










pregnant with an unwanted baby as Walter Lee grows angrier,



You reckon
it’s done come already.






An old-fashioned and rarely used word meaning to think.

We never been a peopl
e to act silly about money. ::

We ain’t never had none before!






This is one of the funnier exchange of words in the movie.



Golly grandma, you rich.





A very old-fashioned and gentle word that





expresses emotion such as surprise or amazement.


Old Doctor Jones is peculiar in his way, but nothing

to make nobody slip and call him







That’s just what happened;
My tongue slipped.





If a person has a






that might be embarrassing, or that shows what they’re really thinking.


I made Willie Harris put everything on paper; The lawyer looked it over.







I don’t allow no
yelling
in this house...and they’ll be no investing in liquor stores.








I don’t
aim to speak on it again.











Mama used it to mean intend. This usage is rare but still used.

You tell it to me?when you sneak out

of here and go to work in somebody’s kitchen.







You’re in my house and my pres
ence, and as long

as you are, you’ll
talk to your wife civil. Now sit down!







You make me sick to my stomach. :: Well, you turn mine, baby!





A person who is





or completely disgusted by what they have seen.








is to make a person sick.


There’s something that’s
eating you up like a crazy man!





If there is something that is






making them extremely upset, angry or even crazy.

I don’t need your
nagging
at me today! :: How’s that?








It seems like you always tied up in some kind of knot or something.