The American Dream In A Raisin In The Sun
The drama A Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine Hansberry depicts a story of a poor black family’s struggle to escape poverty and fulfill their individual dreams, while residing on the Southside of Chicago. Each member of the Younger family have inspirations, however are deprived of achieving them due to their African-American race. Mama, whom is the matriarch of the family dreams of buying a house for her family in a more decent and refined neighborhood. She believes that living in a new house creates an open door of positivity and opportunity for her family to achieve success and their own dreams. Despite having the motivation and desire to live in a better neighborhood, Mama and her family are faced with the obstacle of being accepted by white
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He compares himself to other men and says, “Mama sometimes when I’m downtown and I pass them cool-quiet looking restaurants where them white boys are sitting back and talking about things… Sitting there talking deals worth millions of dollars… Sometimes I see guys don’t look much older than me” (Hansberry74). Walter envies the sense of comfort and enjoyment of wealth that white people have as they live their lives. He notices that the same white men making deals are the same as him (even around the same age), only different because of their skin color. Walter questions why the white men are employed, living well and are not going through the same struggling and suffering he experiences when they are both men and the same age. This emphasizes the fact that white men are privileged and have a greater opportunity of achieving the American Dream or their own personal desires simply because of their race. Walter later realizes the disadvantage he is at in fulfilling his dreams, being classified as a black man. The drama A Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine Hansberry was inspired by the Langston Hughes poem “Dream Deferred” as it rhetorically asks the reader if a dream “dries up like a raisin in the sun or fester like a sore and then run.” In this case, the Younger family’s dreams dried up like a raisin in the sun as they were unable to fulfill their dreams because
He compares himself to other men and says, “Mama sometimes when I’m downtown and I pass them cool-quiet looking restaurants where them white boys are sitting back and talking about things… Sitting there talking deals worth millions of dollars… Sometimes I see guys don’t look much older than me” (Hansberry74). Walter envies the sense of comfort and enjoyment of wealth that white people have as they live their lives. He notices that the same white men making deals are the same as him (even around the same age), only different because of their skin color. Walter questions why the white men are employed, living well and are not going through the same struggling and suffering he experiences when they are both men and the same age. This emphasizes the fact that white men are privileged and have a greater opportunity of achieving the American Dream or their own personal desires simply because of their race. Walter later realizes the disadvantage he is at in fulfilling his dreams, being classified as a black man. The drama A Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine Hansberry was inspired by the Langston Hughes poem “Dream Deferred” as it rhetorically asks the reader if a dream “dries up like a raisin in the sun or fester like a sore and then run.” In this case, the Younger family’s dreams dried up like a raisin in the sun as they were unable to fulfill their dreams because