Lorraine Hansberry's A Raisin In The Sun

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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

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