In the movie “A Raisin in the Sun” Lena is portrayed as very caring and loving, compared to her character in the book as a soft-spoken, but hot-tempered woman. Lorraine Hansberry shows that Lena is a full-bodied woman who speaks softly, but at the same time has a very short temper. Lena’s role as mother of two children and grandmother is, however, differently portrayed in the movie. She is a demanding, loud-speaking woman and …showed first 75 words of 423 total…

…showed last 75 words of 423 total…s character is changed from being a hot-headed woman to a soft, more forgiving woman in the movie. Her loudness in the movie is also a change from the book, where Hansberry describes her as the type of soft-speaking woman who slurs her words. Even though Lena is portrayed differently in the movie than she is in the book, she still is a very strong person, thinking all people should believe in the American dream.