In the story A Raisin in the Sun, the Youngers all have dreams, but during the story, their dreams fade away. Lorraine Hansberry must have chosen A Raisin in the Sun as the title of the play because of their dreams and how they are drying up like a raisin in the sun. Hansberry gained inspiration from Langston Hughes’ poem “A Dream Deferred” to title her play. The Youngers are unable to achieve their dreams because of their current situation. Walters's dream is to be a successful businessman and own a liquor store. In Scene 2, Walter says to Travis “You wouldn’t understand, son. But your daddy is gonna make a transaction, a business transaction that’s going to change our lives.” His dream is important to him because he doesn’t want his family …show more content…
I don’t know. I waited six hours. I called his house. and I waited. six hours. I waited in that train station six hours (Breaking into tears) That was all the extra money I had in the world. (Looking up at WALTER with the tears running down his face) Man, Willy is gone.” This explains what happened and how careless Walter was being at the moment. This quote also shows how Walter can’t follow his dreams at all. Beneatha's dream is to be a doctor. Act 3 states “That that was what one person could do for another, fix him up—sew up the problem, make him all right again. That was the most marvelous thing in the world.I wanted to do that. I always thought it was the one concrete thing in the world that a human being could do. Fix up the sick, you know—and make them whole again. This was truly being God.” Her dream is important to her because as a child, she had witnessed a traumatic event, which made her want to help people. This dream of hers isn’t able to come true because the younger family is poor, so they can’t afford her medical school, especially when Walter loses all the money. This is proven in Act 3. Mama states, “You mean. your sister’s school …show more content…
Ruth's dream is to move out of the Kitchenette Apartment and live in a house with separate rooms for everyone, so basically, Ruth and Walter share a room, Travis has a room, Beneatha has a room, the baby on the way has a room, and Mama has a room. This is shown in Act 2, when Ruth says “RUTH (Raising both arms classically) PRAISE GOD! Looks at Walter for a moment, who says nothing. She crosses rapidly to her husband. “Please, honey—let me be glad. you be glad too.” This shows her excitement since they have the new house. This dream might not come true because of how Walter lost the money so they might not be able to pay any of the money for the new house, also Mama tells someone to call the moving people and tell them not to come. This is shown in Act 3, when Mama says “One of you all better call the moving people and tell ’em not to come.” Then Ruth says, “Tell ’em not to come?” When Mama says this, Ruth realizes that her dream might not come true at all, especially with them losing the money. Lorraine Hansberry did a good job choosing A Raisin in the Sun as the title of the play since their dreams are drying up like a raisin in the
Everyone wants their dreams to become a reality; however, the unfortunate reality is that more often than not, dreams are not achieved and become deferred. Langston Hughes let this theme ring throughout his poetic masterpiece “Harlem,” in which he posed many questions about what happens to these dreams. In “A Raisin In the Sun,” Lorraine Hansberry draws so many indisputable parallels from “Harlem.” Hansberry consistently uses the dreams of Mama Younger, Big Walter, and Walter Lee to allude to Hughes poem. The intensity of the dreams coupled with the selfishness of some characters eventually adds an abundant amount of emotional strain to the family, once again demonstrating Hansberry’s dedication to Hughes poem.
Lena, Walter, Ruth, and Beneatha Younger all lived under the same roof, but their dreams were all different. Being the head of the household, Lena dreamed the dreams of her children and would do whatever it took to make those dreams come true. Walter, Lena's oldest son, set his dream on the liquor store that he planned to invest with the money of his mother. Beneatha, in the other hand, wanted to become a doctor when she got out of college and Ruth, Walter's wife, wanted to be wealthy. "A Raisin in the Sun" was a book about "dreams deferred", and in this book that Lorraine Hansberry had fluently described the dreams of the Younger family and how those dreams became "dreams deferred."
In Hansberry’s play, A Raisin in the Sun,” she uses the Younger family to show that as individuals strive to reach their dreams they often ignore the aspirations of others but they may eventually learn to support each other in an attempt to better their lives. Hansberry uses each character to express the different views people may have about the American Dream. Each family member has their own pursuit of happiness, which is accompanied by their American Dream. From Momma’s dream of having a better life for her family, Beneatha’s dream of becoming a doctor, and Walter’s dreams of being rich, the Younger family show’s typical dreams of an African American family in the 1950’s.
The play shows how a family had to overcome and learn life’s lessons the hard way. Through Walter, the play showed that sometimes dreams have to be let go and through Mama itshowed that sometimes dreams have to be held on to. Through Beneatha, it was shown that things aren’t always how they seem. The family was able to overcome a major obstacle once they united.
Does it dry up like a raisin in the sun? Or fester like a sore– And then run?" (Langston Hughes). It is important to never lose sight of one’s dream. Dreams are what keep people moving in life, but if they are ignored, they may morph and lose their prevailing form. This is evident in Lorraine Hansberry’s "A Raisin in the Sun", as Walter’s, Beneatha’s, and Mama’s dreams become delayed, distorted, and blurred.
A Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine Hansberry is a play about the Younger family, a black family trying to achieve their goals, and help their family financially. Walter’s dream is to open a liquor store, Mama’s dream is to buy a house, and Beneatha’s dream is to become a doctor. While some may argue that Walter’s dream may provide an immediate and steady income, statistics say that 60% of local businesses fail within the first 18 months (Engel n.p.). Some may also argue that Mama’s dream is more important; however, if they buy a house, and don’t have enough money to pay the bills, the Younger family would be back to where they were before. Beneatha's dream of becoming a doctor would benefit her family in the long run, promote the idea of women becoming doctors, and help to end racial differences.
Where money is but an illusion and all it brings are nothing but dreams, one family struggles to discover that wealth can be found in other forms. In the play "A Raisin in the Sun," Lorraine Hansberry uses the indirect characterization of the Younger family through their acquaintances to reveal that money and materialism alone are worthless.
A Raisin in the Sun, by Lorraine Hansberry is realistic fictional drama in which the play 's title and the character represent the play 's theme. The play focused on Black America 's Struggle to reach the American Dream of life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness during the 1950s and the 1960s. The idea of everyone having the chance to achieve a better life should exist for all. Hansberry conceives her title using a line from Langston Hughes poem “A dream deferred”. The original poem was written in 1951 about Harlem. Hughes’ line from the poem state that when dreams are deferred “Does it dry up like a Raisin in the Sun”. This meant that they describe them as being small and already pretty withered. Hughes poem further suggested that when
Walter and Beneatha’s relationship is very complex. The spiraling tension between the two siblings causes confrontation to form and creep into the Younger household. Walter needs his family to respect him as the man of the family, but his sister is constantly belittling him in front of his mother, wife, and son. This denigrating treatment taints Walter’s view of himself as a man, which carries into his decisions and actions. Beneatha also subconsciously deals with the dysfunctional relationship with her brother. She desires to have her brother’s support for her dream of becoming a doctor, yet Walter tends to taunt her aspiration and condemns her for having such a selfish dream. Mama as the head of the family is heartbroken by the juvenile hostility of her adult children, so in hopes to keep her family together she makes the brave move of purchasing a house. Mama’s reasoning for the bold purchase was,“ I—I just seen my family falling apart….just falling to pieces in front of my eyes…We couldn’t have gone on like we was today. We was going backwards ‘stead of forw...
A Raisin in the Sun is basically about dreams, as the main characters struggle to deal with the oppressive circumstances that rule their lives. The Youngers struggle to attain these dreams throughout the play, and much of their happiness and depression is directly related to their attainment of, or failure to attain, these dreams. By the end of the play, they learn that the dream of a house is the most important dream because it unites the family.
In ‘A Raisin in the Sun’, Lorraine Hansberry describes each of the family’s dreams and how they are deferred. In the beginning of the play Lorraine Hansberry chose Langston Hughes’s poem to try describe what the play is about and how, in life, dreams can sometimes be deferred.
The title of A Raisin in the Sun relates to the dreams of each main character in a powerful and poignant way. Just like a raisin left out in the sun loses its moisture and shrivels up, each of the main characters in the play face obstacles and challenges that threaten to diminish their hopes and aspirations. Walter dreams of owning a successful business and providing a better life for his family, but finds his dreams being slowly crushed under the weight of financial insecurity and societal expectations. Beneatha dreams of becoming a doctor and defying the gender and racial expectations of her time, but faces discrimination and doubt at every turn. Each character's dreams, like raisins exposed to the harsh rays of reality, are at risk of withering away.
In the book, A Raisin in the Sun, written by Lorraine Hansberry, there are a lot of themes but there is one theme that stands out. The major theme is to have a dream, each character has a dream in their own way but has different obstacles keeping them from accomplishing it. Walter and his whole family simply want to create a better life for their family. In the play A Raisin in
Lorraine Hansberry's A Raisin in the Sun is a play about segregation, triumph, and coping with personal tragedy. Set in Southside Chicago, A Raisin in the Sun focuses on the individual dreams of the Younger family and their personal achievement. The Younger's are an African American family besieged by poverty, personal desires, and the ultimate struggle against the hateful ugliness of racism. Lena Younger, Mama, is the protagonist of the story and the eldest Younger. She dreams of many freedoms, freedom to garden, freedom to raise a societal-viewed equal family, and freedom to live liberated of segregation. Next in succession is Beneatha Younger, Mama's daughter, assimilationist, and one who dreams of aiding people by breaking down barriers to become an African American female doctor. Lastly, is Walter Lee Younger, son of Mama and husband of Ruth. Walter dreams of economic prosperity and desires to become a flourishing businessman. Over the course of Walter's life many things contributed to his desire to become a businessman. First and foremost, Walter's father had a philosophy that no man should have to do labor for another man. Being that Walter Lee was a chauffeur, Big Walter?s philosophy is completely contradicted. Also, in Walter?s past, he had the opportunity to go into the Laundromat business which he chose against. In the long run, he saw this choice was fiscally irresponsible this choice was. In Lorraine Hansberry's A Raisin in the Sun, Walter Lee's dreams, which are his sole focus, lead to impaired judgement and a means to mend his shattered life.
Globally, scholars are in great in harmony that the Atlantic Slave Trade is one of the most inhumane and brutal historical event, that the world has ever imagined. As millions of black men, women and children were subjected to gruesome conditions, as they were separated from their original homes and forced to perform gruelling labour. However, albeit, men and women in particular were subject to the horrific experiences. It should be borne in mind that the experiences and circumstances of enslavement for black men and women, were different in various ways. This paper argues that the gendered character of Atlantic slave trade registered conditions of unequal power relations between men and women (i.e. gendered division of labour), in which women’s