What Is The American Dream In A Raisin In The Sun
A Raisin in the Sun portrays the life of the African American working class in the 1950s. The Younger family worked endlessly to achieve the American dream; they thrived off the 10,000 dollars that their father worked to death for. Each character has a big dream of buying a new house, investing in a liquor store, or going to medical school along with the Caucasian society. Money is the source of all the Youngers family dreams; however will they, will able to handle the wealth? Between Ruth, Walter Lee, Mama, and Beneatha not everyone can have the perfect dream without a few flaws. The head of the household is an individual that is strong willed a religious woman, and holds the family together that is Lena Younger, commonly known as mama. Mama
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Walter grew up watching his father working endlessly to support his mom, him, and his sister with what little they had. He is obsessed with the life of luxury and the idea of wealth in the business field and investments. Walter is trusted with over half of the insurance money, some for himself and the other half for his sister, in the end Walter Lee gets disowned from the family for losing the money his father earned. Walter’s dream is to invest in a liquor store with close friends, however fails because one friend takes the money and leaves town. Throughout the story Walter realized "Sometimes you just got to know when to give up some things...and hold on to what you got." in order to get his family back together (130). The Younger family was asked to not move into the white neighbor because of the issues it would create, however when a bribe was put on the table Walter “finally come into his manhood [that] today. . . [k]ind of like a rainbow after the rain. . ." because he turned it down for the future of his growing family (138). Although Walters dreamed didn’t work out he strengthened his family for the better and learned valuable
Walter grew up watching his father working endlessly to support his mom, him, and his sister with what little they had. He is obsessed with the life of luxury and the idea of wealth in the business field and investments. Walter is trusted with over half of the insurance money, some for himself and the other half for his sister, in the end Walter Lee gets disowned from the family for losing the money his father earned. Walter’s dream is to invest in a liquor store with close friends, however fails because one friend takes the money and leaves town. Throughout the story Walter realized "Sometimes you just got to know when to give up some things...and hold on to what you got." in order to get his family back together (130). The Younger family was asked to not move into the white neighbor because of the issues it would create, however when a bribe was put on the table Walter “finally come into his manhood [that] today. . . [k]ind of like a rainbow after the rain. . ." because he turned it down for the future of his growing family (138). Although Walters dreamed didn’t work out he strengthened his family for the better and learned valuable