Lorraine Hansberry's A Raisin In The Sun

People have dreams and pursue them to give them a reason to give them a reason to go forward in their lives. In the play of A Raisin in the Sun, written by Lorraine Hansberry, the main characters in the play are the Youngers’. Their environment was on the south side of Chicago and lived in a small apartment during the 1950’s. The apartment consisted of Lena Younger, but in the play she is mostly called Mama because she is the oldest in the family and everyone looks up to her. Walter Lee her son, Beneatha her daughter, Ruth her daughter in law, and Travis her grandson. Every main character has their own dream, but by the end of the story only one of the characters gets a chance to make their dream a reality. Mama has the most deserving dream because, she was persistent, her dream not only contributes to her, but her entire family, and she is the only person who has the most adequate dream.

Most of the characters in the Youngers’ family has their own individual version of an

“Them houses they put up for colored in them areas way out all seem to cost twice as much as other houses, I did the best I could” (2.i). She wanted a better home because she thought that the small apartment did not allow them to grow as a family. She dreams about having a home where she has enough space to do her gardening, everyone has their own room, and people can happy and proud about where they live. They could grow physically but not emotionally because their conditions were so uncomfortable. She wanted a place with a better living environment because she thought it would make everything better for her entire family. She wanted to find the place she could, but she also thought it would not be fair to her family if she used all the money on a house. She gave six thousand dollars to her two kids so they could split it to accomplish their dreams. Even it did not workout at the end she still felt like it was the good thing to