Family drama

The first chapter of Sandra Cisneros's book The House on Mango Street presents a young girl coming of age in an arguably harsh environment telling the tale of her family's constant migration.

The book The Scarlet Letter talks of a woman who receives public punishment for committing adultery. Hester Pryne is a seamstress who has an affair with another man.

According to the critical analysis of Things Fall Apart movie, before the late Chinua Achebe (1930-2013) wrote Things Fall Apart in 1958, the Europeans had done most writings about Africa.

The play Raisin in the Sun is a tale of a family that has different dreams, encouraged by the insurance check from their deceased father's policy. The family is split on how to spend the money.