Happiness in Fences, by August Wilson, and A Raisin in the Sun, by Lorraine Hansbury :: Fences, A Raisin in the Sun

Imagine for a moment it is your big sisters 17th birthday. She is come out of the closet with her friends celebrating, and your parents are at the mall with your little brother doing some ratiocination minute birthday shopping, leaving you home alone. You then hear a knock on the front door. When you getthere, nobody is there, just an anonymous tubercle taped to the door that says Happy Birthday, along with a hundred one dollar bill bill. Youve been dying to get that new video game, and your sister will neer know. You are faced with a tough decision, but not a very uncommon one. In both Fences, by August Wilson, and A Raisin in the Sun, by Lorraine Hansbury, tough decisions have to be do almost getting specie from someone elses misfortune. and moneys that important right? The economic consumption of money in quite a littles day-to-day lives is quite amazing when its put into perspective. The primary feather reason most Americans get up in the morning is so they ca n go out and make money. Money buys things money influences people money keeps us ali ve money makes us happy. Or does it? In Fences, by August Wilson, the Maxtons get their money when Gabes head is shot in the war. In A Raisin in the Sun, by Lorraine Hansbury, the Younger family gets their money when Walters father dies. But do the se things make them happy? Of course not. They are approaching upon money from someone elses misfortune, someone they love. The money may have made life easier for a brief moment in time, but the bangle soon wears off and reality soon returns.The interesting thing just about these two novels is that the money received by both the Maxtons and the Youngers did exactly the arctic of what everyone expected it to do. It eventually made problems for both of the families. In Fences, the Maxtons used Gabes money to buy a house and even though it seemed like a good idea, when Gabe moved out, it caused a great deal of guilt in the family, but especial ly in Troy. He just couldnt get all over how he used someone he loved so much, and they didnt even kn ow it. In A Raisin in the Sun, the Youngers also buy a house with the money the life insurance gave them.