Answer:
The generational gap is seen in the Younger children's approach to life and money as compared to the matriarch Mama's opinions.
Explanation:
Lorraine Hansberry's play A Raisin In The Sun deals with the lives of an African American family during the racist discrimination in South Chicago. The play also shows how all the different generations have different concepts of their situation and life in general.
The generational gap can be seen in various aspects, first of which can be the religious fact. Mama places a great deal of faith in her faith while her daughter Beneatha did not believe in God.
Second, Walter's approach towards money also differs from Mama's approach. Walter wants it to start a liquor store, to make something by himself while Mama wants it to buy a better house for the family. This factor has been rightly said by Mama- "Once upon a time freedom used to be life-now it's money. I guess the world really do change". The priorities of the two generations differ in their wants and needs.
Again, Beneatha wants to become a doctor, an occupation unlike her other family members. Mama is a maid while Walter is a chauffeur. This wants to become something greater than merely someone's 'servant' shows she wants to achieve big, which at the same time, also involves a lot of money. And the Younger family are poor, implying that Bennie did not share the financial worries of her family and wants to do whatever she wants and gets her way.
