Raisin In The Sun American Dream

The playwright ‘A Raisin in the sun’ was written by Lorraine Hansberry. This plays describe the condition of lower class black African American family lived in Southside of Chicago named “The Youngers”. After the death of Mr., Younger his insurance provides the opportunity to his family to escape the poverty by giving them S10, 000 check by which they can change their life. As they have many dreams and expectations to change. In Younger’s family, there is Mama (Lena) Mr. Younger wife, Walther Lee her son and Benetha her daughter. Ruth and his sons Jr. Younger is the family of Walter Lee. Everybody has their dreams and faith in God. Walter Lee, Mama, and Benetha are the main characters by which the story moving around. Walter Lee wants to invest this check money to open the liquor store but her mother totally against him because she want to spend this money to buy the new house for her family and to save some for her daughter’s education because Breathe wants to be a doctor and she is so confident about that to make her dreams come true. The dreams of Walter Lee, Mama (Lena), and Beantha shows that, despite great obstacles, the American Dream is still possible.

One of the characters with a dream is Walter Lee the son of Mr. Younger. He works

in the hotel as the servant but he doesn’t like his job. His dream is to own the liquor store and invests in it to get the maximum profit and to become rich in short time. "Weariness has, in fact, won in this room. Everything has been polished, washed, sat on, used, and scrubbed too often. All pretenses but living itself have long since vanished from the very atmosphere of this room"(pg. 3). He thinks that all the black are different from the white people because all the white people treat black as their silvery. He wants to change lifestyle for his family. As wants to invest to insurance money into liquor store but her mother don’t allow him that makes him angry and more aggressive toward his family. "Now - whose little old angry man are you? “(pg. 11). Due to Walter Lee dreams and plans, everybody in his household was disturbed because he is so crazy about his dreams to come true anyway. But, when he loses all the money he realized that he destroy everyone dreams and expectations. After all the money gone he wants to take to the big decision for his family by deciding to move into a new house instead of selling it. However, Walter Lee will never be fully self-actualized useless he finds a new dream to take the place of his failed liquor store dream. But by the end of play Walter has not reached self-actualization.
Mama (Lena) is the head of Younger’s family after Mr. Younger. She believed in God and she has the hope to change in her family live by the insurance money. She bonded her family so good after her husband. She works in people houses to earn some money that fulfills their family needs. "Check coming today?”(pg. 6). She was so excited about check because that check represents her husband hard work. She had many dreams that can be easily come true by that check money. “Big Walter used to say, he’d get right wet in the eyes sometimes, lean his head back with the water standing in his eyes and say, "Seem like God didn’t see fit to give the black man nothing but dreams – but He did give us children to make them dreams seem worthwhile” (pg.87). Mama (Lena) is so positive about her dream and have a strong faith in her God. But, she changes when she saw that her family is getting aggressive and disrespect to each other. Then, she decides to give the money to Walter and gave him the full potential to do with that money but, she warns him to save money for his sister medical school. In the end of play, Lena get very happy with her family and she got her dreams fulfilled by the good decisions of Walter Lee and she got her dream house with a back yard in which she can do gardening.
Next, the most important and active character in this plays the Breaneatha because She is so active and open minded about her dreams. She wants to be a doctor but, due to her family finical conditions she faces many difficulties and barriers to make her come true. “I don’t believe in God, it’s just an idea that I don’t accept” (pg.77). Beaneathe is the young lady with many dreams and targets to achieved so, always believed practical life not in God by that she always get a fight with her mother. As the time changes, she got a sunshine in her life her father insurance money that can help her to achieved her goals but, due to Walther Lee and Mama (Lena) arguments, she always neglected. “He talked Brotherhood. He said everybody ought to learn how to sit down and hate each other with good Christian fellowship."(pg. 107). She loves her family so much but, when she heard that her brother loses all the insurance money she hates her. "There is always something left to love. And if you ain't learned that, you ain't learned nothing."(pg.102). When the time comes to move into new house Walter Lee takes a good decision for her family, So, she realized that he wasn’t wrong it was an accident that he loses all the money. By the end of play, Breathan tries to prove herself by her own. She was so happy when they moved into new house. Because she got the new opportunity or a new starting to thinking about her future again.
In conclusion, Walter Lee, Mama (Lena), and Breanta are the characters with powerful dreams, who shows that, despite difficulties and obstacles, the American Dream is still possible.

‘A Raisin in the Sun’ is the play that has many ups and down that explores the hard work and tough decisions of Younger’s family. "Sometimes you just got to know when to give up some things...and hold on to what you got."(pg.108) Believing in God and hoping for changing is the key to success in life that what they believed and they proved that. Every character in this play has it’s own strategies to do something. That also gives the readers a message to never lose hope no matter what how complicated the situations is just trying to do

best.