In Lorraine Hansberry’s play, “Raisin in the Sun,” there is a haunting passage concerning what real love requires. In the play, an African- American family inherits $10,000 from their father’s life insurance policy. The mother of the household sees in this legacy the chance to escape the ghetto life of Harlem and move into a little house with flower boxes out in the countryside. The brilliant daughter of this family sees in the money the chance to live out her dream and go to medical school. But the older brother has a plea that is difficult to ignore. He begs for the money so that he and his “friend” can go into business together. He tells the family that with the money he can make something of himself and make things good for the rest of them. He promises that if he can just have the money, he can give back to the family all the blessings that their hard lives have denied them. Against…
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