Personification. Raisin in the Sun. 1

Personification does not occur abundantly in the play, A Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine Hansberry; however, when it is brought up, the effect is significant.   The house itself is dreary, dull, and a painful reminder of their failed dreams.  We see this early on when the environment was being described. "...-and they are tired"(Hansberry, 24).  Much of this story is derived from that one quote. As we read, much of what the characters do throughout there daily doings is focused on the escape from they place they all live in. Mama wants the best for her family and we see this when she buys a new house.  Walter is focused on his escape from poverty and filth; relating to the escape from the house.  As Mama describes the original purpose of the apartment as a beginning step to her and her husband's dream.  They did not want to live in that shack for a long period of time.  The life literally left that place, as we see, making it tired.