Black's representation in Lorraine Hansberry's raisin in the sun

This research aims to know how black people represent their life in Americans society in 1950s and what the ideology implied from the prominent characters in drama Raisin in the Sun, by analyzing the evidences from the dialogues in the drama. In this research the writer uses Descriptive-Qualitative analysis as the method to analyze the correlation between representation and ideology theory with the prominent characters in the drama. In this research the writer finds out that black people in 1950�s represents a lower class and victim of discrimination but also a person who has a vision and became a struggle person to get it. There are many intimidations experienced by black people, not only from white but also from black people itself. The ideology of the drama is black power, it can see from three prominent characters of raisin in the sun. Beneatha as young black woman has big interest in education. She wants to be a doctor and she belief that she can achieve it in spite of people around her doubt of her vision because, at that time, there is no female doctor particularly, black female doctor. Walter wants to open a liquor store, although he gets a failure but his big desire represent his struggle as black people. Mama as old generation from black woman became head of family after the death of her husband. Everything in her house is under her controlled, her characters represent her power in her community