When people come to America they dream of the American Dream. The American Dream is having a better live in America than they did in their other country, Many people think that the American Dream can happen for their children, However; it may take generations for that dream to finally feel real. The Younger finally feel like that American Dream is coming alive when Mama receives a check from her husband death. Younger feel that with these money they can provide a better life for their family. However; each of the family members have different ideas for the money. Each family member has a different dream on how the money should be spent. Walter dream is to open a liquor store with two of his friends. Walter dream is also to have wealth with this liquor store, but at the same time provide …show more content…
for his family. Mama dream on the other hand is to buy a house for the whole family to live in. Mama wants a house so Travis her grandson can play in a yard instead of playing in a dirty street. Ruth dream is just for her family to be happy. However with the money the Mama just acquired, Ruth wants Mama to take a trip with that money. While Beneatha dream is to become a doctor. Beneatha believes she can achieve that dream even though she is a women of color. However, when Mama receives the money Beneatha just wants Mama to be happy on what she decides to spend the money on. Most of the Younger families dreams are similar in a way because they all want to do what is best for the family. Walter wants to open the liquor store because he wants to provide for his family. Walter feels as a chauffeur he feels like slave and cannot provide for his family doing that ob. Mama wants to move from the apartment so that Travis can have a better upbringing than living in an apartment. Ruth dream is just to have her family happy. Ruth wants to have a house that they can call their own. Beneatha dream is to become a doctor. In a way Beneatha becoming a doctor can also help the family in providing a better life. The most admirable characters has to be Mama because she wants a better life for her family.
She could have spent the money on herself, however; she wants to buy a house where the family can call it their own. Mama wants to give a better life to her family that she never had. Mama unselfishness shows that she would do anything for her family. Mama would rather spend the money on the family than spending it on herself. When Mama was younger her and husband did not have the money for the American dream that they believed in. Now Mama has the money to achieve her dream. The Youngers just like many families in America have a dream. Even though each of the members of the family may be different dreams, they each all want a better life for the family. For most people dreams are what make people go through life everyday. If people did not dream they would not want to work hard in life. The Younger’s dream show that the American Dream is still alive even though for some of the family their dreams did not become reality. However; at the end of the day the family is living in a house that they may have thought that they would have never lived in without the money Mama
received.
Mama wanted to use the insurance money to buy a house. She finally had the chance to fulfill the dream that her and Mr. Younger always had. Mama wanted to buy a house in a predominantly white neighborhood b...
Everyone would like to support their family financially and achieve financial success in their lives. Walter Younger is a thirty-five year old, married man who, is a limousine driver and has dreams like each one of us. Walter represents a 1950’s African-American male, who struggles, but tries to secure economic prosperity. Walter Younger has a dream to open a liquor store and he believes that this store will lead his family to The American Dream. A dream is a hope or a wish and Walter Younger, who is the hero and the villain of the play, wants to use Mama’s 10,000 to open up the liquor store. Walter Younger’s family is an African-American family that is struggling in poverty, but Walter’s idea of financial stability could lead the family to
A Raisin in the Sun is a play written by Lorraine Hansberry. The primary focus of the play is the American Dream. The American Dream is one’s conception of a better life. Each of the main characters in the play has their own idea of what they consider to be a better life. A Raisin in the Sun emphasizes the importance of dreams regardless of the various oppressive struggles of life.
Meritocracy, which transcends to upward mobility, can help achieve the Black American Dream only when money and support are present. Walter Younger is an example of meritocracy, a middle-aged man living with his mother and family and works hard as a chauffeur. He wants upward mobility, which is why he enters into the liquor store business with two of his business partners. After receiving his father’s insurance money from his mother, he invested everything towards the business. However, the downfall occurs when one of his partners, Bobo, showed up to his house without Willy Harris, his other partner, present. “When I got to the train station…Willy didn’t never showed up...When a cat take off with your money he don’t leave you no road maps”
Beneatha 's American dream was to become a doctor. She was going to achieve this dream by going to a medical school. Her dream was deferred because of the money Walter lost. Mama said, “You mean your sister’s school money… You used that too… Walter?...” (129). This show that there 's no more money for Beneatha 's education. Beneatha 's American Dream of women 's rights was also deferred because Beneatha lives in a time when society expects women to build homes rather than careers. Walter said, “Who the hell told you you had to be a doctor? If you so crazy about messing around with sick people, then go be a nurse like other women or just get married and be quiet…” (38). This shows how people think during those times that women just get married and stay home cleaning. Beneatha 's American dream is that she wants a good man was also deferred, because she wants someone to love her for who she is. Beneatha 's said, “Mama George is a fool honest” (97). This demonstrate, that she wants no fool. She wants someone that is serious with her. Overall, through her character, Beneatha Younger, Hansberry created a real example of a black American dream. All her dreams are deferred of becoming a doctor, her women’s rights, and a good
In the United States there is an idea many pursue called the American dream, which differs from person to person. The American dream according to americanradioworks.publicradio.org is “a revolutionary notion: each person has the right to pursue happiness, and the freedom to strive for a better life through hard work and fair ambition”. Yet it has been said there is no real definition of American dream, instead it merely proves that it has an unconscious influence in American mentality (Ştiuliuc 1). The American dream is different for each person because everyone yearns for things that will they hope will in return make them happy. Whatever that may be, each person goes through different struggles to obtain what they want. According to Frederic Carpenter, the American dream “has never been defined exactly, and probably never can be. It is both too various and too vague” (3). The Madonnas of Echo Park by Brando Skyhorse depicts the different interpretations on what the American dream actually is through the opinions and actions of Hector Esperanza, Efren Mendoza and Mrs. Calhoun.
A commonly held tenet among people from all generations is that hard work will ultimately lead to wealth and prosperity. This concept, illustrated in F. Scott Fitzgerald’s novel, The Great Gatsby, is known as the American Dream. Although many have this dream today, it is a one in a million chance to attain it, regardless of whether or not a person is tremendously deserving of such success. James Gatz, later known as Jay Gatsby, is a character who experiences this minute probability of the American Dream coming true. Through the character of Gatsby, Fitzgerald suggests that the American Dream is so difficult to achieve that it is unattainable.
The two most common American dreams that the Youngers family want to achieve is to be
There dream was to finally move up in the world and be more successful as a certain group of people. After trying relentlessly to accomplish this they found out that to reach the dream they were aspiring for they must work as a family not as individuals. Mama arguably the main protagonist in this story is bring home a ten thousand dollar check for life insurance from her husband. This money drives the family crazy and with their mind set still individualized people start getting selfish. Walter, Mama’s son has the idea of investing the money into a liquor store and looses a lot of money. Mama eventually buys Travis a house for the family to live in, Travis being Mama’s grandson, this sparked the family to start thinking less of themselves but for the family as a whole. After a few days a man from the communities welcoming center came to offer them a deal to sell the house and make a profit. This symbolizes their dream trying to be bought with money. The family now had the choice whether to follow their dreams or abandon them. Obviously they had not given up on their dreams and thanks to Mama the family started looking out for each other which was the most important thing for the
The first mention of Walter’s dream ,which is one of the biggest parts of the plot, is on page 33 when he starts arguing with his wife Ruth about buying a liquor store. As more members of the Younger family find out about Walter’s plan it soon become obvious they think that his dream is outrageous. Mama makes it clear to Ruth she doesn’t think Walter’s idea is good, “We ain’t no business people, Ruth. We just plain working folks.”(pg. 42) After it becomes clear to Walter that Mama most likely won’t help him with his dream he becomes depressed and acts out. He starts heavily drinking and becomes aggressive with Mama and the rest of his family because he feels they ruined his future.”...So you butchered up a dream of mine-you-who always talking ‘bout your children’s dreams…” (pg. 95) Mama feels bad for him but she doesn’t want to stop her daughter from achieving her dream. Mama ends up giving Walter 6,500 dollars and says put 3,000 dollars of it into an account for his sister. Walter ends up using all 6,500 dollars to spend on the liquor store believing his dream is more important than giving his sister 3,000 dollars and that he will eventually be able to put Beneatha through medical school with the money he earns from the store. One of his friends end up running with the money and all of the money that Mama gave Walter and Beneatha is gone. His selfishness and hope for his
First, Hensberry uses mama to show the negative consequences that occur when you defer your dreams. Mama is hardworking. She is always doing everything she can to help their family and to have a better life. She lives with her daughter, her son
Even with Big Walter and Mama’s joint efforts, they are not able to save their children from a life similar to their own. Here the concept of the American Dream is rejected because even with hard work, the Youngers aren’t able to reach economic prosperity due to the low status jobs limited to African-Americans. Big Walter and Mama’s dreams only become possible after the death of Big Walter; the insurance money that the Younger’s receive has the power to change their lives. But what does this say about the American Dream? In the play, Asagai states, “Then isn’t there something wrong in a house-- in a world--where all dreams, good or bad, must depend on the death” (Hansberry 135; Act 3, Sc. 1). Even now, the American Dream is still largely determined by race, and while the Youngers have the determination to fight and to prosper economically, they aren’t able to do so because of the strict limitations that are set in the form of racism and discrimination in order to keep African-Americans in a lower socioeconomic
It’s safe to say that his dream is miles away, but he insists that if the family invests the insurance money in the liquor store this dream could come to fruition. To the family’s devastation, Walter’s investment goes South and his “partner” runs away with the money. The loss of the money is the entire family’s burden to bear. Each of their dreams revolved around the money; Walter, Ruth, Mama, and Beneatha’s dreams depended on the outcome of the investment. Initially, setback made all of the characters feel resigned toward their dreams, but they were all able to bounce back. Losing the money allowed the characters to gain a new perspective, each of them were affected differently, but the effect was decidedly positive. Walter resolves to have the family move into the new house anyways, and Beneatha, empowered by Asagai’s speech/proposal, chooses to revise her dream. The course and conclusion of these events prove the family’s growing passion for their dreams under difficult
What is the american dream? The play Raisin in the Sun, by Lorraine Hansberry takes place in a Chicago ghetto, the american dream being deffered here then compared to a white household. Being the early 1950’s, africans and caucasians still lived mostly segregated lives from themselves. Separate washrooms, eateries, etc. The Youngers live in a described as run down apartment, sharing one washroom with everyone on their floor. 5 people inhabit their apartment. His mother Lena, himself Walter, his wife Ruth, his sister Beneatha, and his son Travis. Walter does not want to live in that current situation anymore. He wants a life for his son and family.
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.