Linder’s character is the only white character throughout the play meaning that this particular character represents the vast majority or white people during this period. Mr. Linder tries his best to make a logical argument as to why the Youngers should not move into the new house, but his reasoning is not taken well by the family. You do not need to do a full write up - just a simple answer for me to see what you think. answer! The association members were willing to pay the Youngers not to move in.

Beneatha’s preoccupation with her race drives her character throughout the play. Post your answer. Another way to prevent getting this page in the future is to use Privacy Pass. Unable to keep the Youngers out of the neighborhood through legal restrictions, Karl Lindner, a representative of the neighborhood association, has been sent to buy the Youngers out.

Performance & security by Cloudflare, Please complete the security check to access. The looming presence of the family in the neighborhood made the white residents uncomfortable. Linder attempts to begin a smooth conversation and have them on his side, stating that “most of the troubles exist because people just don’t sit down and talk to each other” (Hansberry 116).

Unfortunately, Lindner's committee doesn't plan to "welcome" the Youngers at all. Lindner is really polite at first and implies that if people of different races would just sit down and talk to each other a lot of problems could be resolved. In life, the devil tries to tempt individuals in order to prevent success or productive change. Mr. Linder is looking for Mrs. Lena Younger.

He was calling to ask the Youngers not to move into their white neighborhood. Post your answer.

Lindner stated "Our association is prepared to, through the collective effort of our people, to buy the house from you at a financial gain to your family" (Hansberry 118).

Mr. Karl Lindner is presented by the author as the manor character of the play.

This is a test of sorts to see if the family would give up their home and in a way back down from the white people already living in the neighborhood. While their mother is not home Walter decides to take care of the business. Lorraine Hansberry in, “A Raisin in the Sun,” introduces the character Karl Lindner who moderately resembles the devil. This comment has been removed by the author. The Linders were a kind family who kept to themselves and didn't cause commotion or problems among people; they had their own money to use on their own house, not having a problem with the race in the community. I think Karl Lindner represents the impediment that the white people in that neighborhood have put up to keep African Americans out. He says he represents a kind of "welcoming committee" from Clybourne Park, the predominately white neighborhood where the Youngers are planning to move. There is a clear reference to the racism some white people had toward African American families during the time in American history. He clearly represents all of the whites that are against a black family moving into their neighborhood. Linder offers the financially unstable family money in order to persuade them to the sell the house, satisfying the desires and interests of the white community. Karl Lindner in "A Raisin in the Sun" by Lorraine Hansberry represents the white majority in that time period. Karl Linder offered to buy the house back from the Youngers for more than they originally payed for it. The white people still hold prejudices against them even though they are not necessarily bad people, but solely because of their skin color.

For example, when Mr. Lindner arrives at the Younger household, he is extremely shy and timid, not threatening or abrasive or loud.

However, he has come to try and bribe the family into not moving into the white neighborhood.

Mama is making a painful observation to her kids: The only houses that are available to most African Americans are expensive and yet inconveniently located far away from the important areas of town. Lorraine Hansberry in, “A Raisin in the Sun,” introduces the character Karl Lindner who moderately resembles the devil. The play shows the Karl Lindner, the man who tried to bribe the Youngers, attempting to persuade the white family who is selling their house to the Youngers not to. Mr. Lindner seems like a nice enough dude at first.

His last statement is essentially a warning, that “people can get awful worked up when they feel that their whole way of life and everything they’ve ever worked for is threatened” (119). Other than the devil, what does he symbolize? I believe Carl Linder symbolizes the racial barrier that continues to impede social and civil progress for African Americans, including the Youngers. He spoke for both the black and whites, but it was only what would make the whites happy, considering this black family only wanted to live out their dream of owning their own home. His committee wants their neighborhood to remain segregated. Much as the Devil tries to do, Linder tries to lure the Youngers in with deceit.