Raisins Are Even Drier in the Sun

The title A Raisin in the Sun is mysterious when looked at one-dimensionally. When really pondered over, the title could mean a lot of things. The reasoning that I have best come to identify with is that the characters in the play are like the raisin and their bad circumstances are the sun. While the characters are left to squirm under the harsh rays of the sun, they shrivel up and become unappetizing to those wanting to eat a raisin. Similarly, as the characters are in their bad situation for longer and longer, they become angry and they turn on eachother, making themselves unappealing to eachother. The void it causes takes an extreme toll on the family unit as a whole when they each begin to snap at eachother more and more frequently. When the family moves into the house, they are symbolically removing themselves from the rays of the sun.