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The Differences and Similarities between Maya Angelou 's and Lorraine Hansberry 's characters

Written works usually reflect themes and events through the author 's consciousness and the writer 's perception of things shows very well in the personalities of the main characters . Maya Angelou 's novel I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings ' depicts the events from her own life and shows many obstacles which she had to go through on the way of the happiness which she was dreaming about . Lorraine Hansberry 's play Raisin in the Sun ' has a different

genre but deals with the same problems as the ones depicted in Maya Angelou 's novel- poverty sufferings and humiliation because of racism but it introduces to the reader a completely opposite type of the heroine- a strong black woman with high self-esteem who knows what she wants in life and is going to fight for her rights without subterfuges , and this creates basis for detailed simile

Maya Angelou represents her outlook through the consciousness of a particular girl (herself ) who suffers from race and gender inferiority and who has to overcome those complexes to get peace on her mind Lorraine Hansberry gives a complex image of 3 female characters in the play who represent youth , middle age and older age and who all together provide an image of the major heroine who is a struggler and has always been proud of her race , gender and culture

Lorraine Hansberry captures all the features of a black female fighter in her characters

Even though the situation of characters in both works is the same , they regard life in different ways and this shapes their future . In Lorraine Hansberry 's play all 3 female characters are described as strong black women free from any kinds of complexes and able to struggle against any sort of racial discrimination . Lena is described as .a woman who has adjusted to many things in life and overcome many more , her face is full of strength . She has , we can see , wit and faith of a kind that keep her eyes lit and full of interest and expectancy . She is , in a word , a beautiful woman (6 , pg . 22

Lena has suffered very much during her whole life but she didn 't give up since her early years . She has always been proud of her race and she has learned to overcome all the obstacles life was putting in front of her When she sees her son Walter has turned out a very selfish person , she cries out "Something has changed . You something new , boy . In my time we was worried about not being lynched and getting to the North if we could and how to stay alive and still have a pinch of dignity too . You ain 't satisfied or proud of nothing we done (6 , pg .62 . All of this woman 's life was a struggle and she expects everybody to take her as an example . The family she has is very poor...