Summary Of Martha Graham Viator's A Raisin In The Sun

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Dreams The American dream is a continuing battle within this society that people have a very hard time attempting to accomplish. The American dream is the idea that every single person in the United States can successfully obtain prosperity. The process of attempting to accomplish this goal is extremely hard and ever fleeting, which means that just because they can accomplish it does not mean that they will continue to have the American dream for the rest of their lives. A Raisin in the Sun is a story of a family trying to achieve the American dream, but the family members are all trying to reach the goal in different ways. In the end, they all find a way to reach the goal, but they do this through coming together with a universal way. Trying to achieve the American dream depends on how hard the family is willing to work because money, job status, and where you …show more content…

In Martha Graham Viator article is the American dream of Homeownerships and Equal Opportunity Goal? She says “ The United States has long been viewed as a land of opportunity but not all groups have found equal access to opportunity” (Viator Pg.75). The thing is that is definitely not the case the American dream was not equal in the past and still has its flaws today. In A Raisin in the sun Hansberry does a great job expressing Walter feelings of the inequality of the American dream with job status. She expresses how Walter is tired for working for the man and just gives up. When Mama Younger says “Mr. Arnold has had to take a cab for three days . . . Walter, you ain't been to work for three days!” (Shows Act 2, scene 2). This was the revelation that Walter had given up on the system and lost all faith. Jobs are hard for todays Americans because they feel there is no hope within in an economy. If there is any hope is small due to the pay given and the hours put in so this thought of American dream is false to the common

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