“What happens to a dream deferred?”(Hughes, line 1). Hughes’ poem asks the question of what unknown ways a dream will decay. The title of the book A Raisin in the Sun was named after one of Hughes questions. He asks if a dream will dry up like a raisin in the sun. The book A Raisin in the Sun features many distinct characters with their own ideologies and ambitious dreams. These characters would be Walter Lee Younger, Beneatha Younger, and Ruth Younger. A raisin drying up in the sun describes the many dreams that these three characters had. Because of the dilemma of money, they had put off their dream to a later date unknowing of what will happen to it.
Walter had always wanted to own a liquor store and to be his own boss. With that store, he thought he can be the man of the house, support his family, and not work for anyone but himself. “She went and bought you a house! You glad about the house?”(Hansberry 91). Mama tells Walter’s son Travis about the new house she bought which devastates Walter. Without the …show more content…
The living space was too cramped and worn down, so she dreamed about living in a spacious new house. Because she was going to have a baby momentarily, she dreamed even more about living in a house. Ever since Walter lost the rest of the insurance money Mama started to have second thoughts on the house. Consequently, Mama finally says that the family will stay in the apartment. “I’ll strap my baby on my back if I have to and scrub all the floors in America and wash all the sheets in America—but we got to MOVE!”(Hansberry, 140). This shows how desperate Ruth was to move out of the apartment. Their living situation was too small to add another person to the family. Before Mama announced that she bought a house, Ruth thought about having an abortion. The house in Clybourne Park was a chance for a fresh start in a cleaner, less condensed environment. That dream was shattered due to the loss of
Walter had always wanted to own a liquor store and to be his own boss. With that store, he thought he can be the man of the house, support his family, and not work for anyone but himself. “She went and bought you a house! You glad about the house?”(Hansberry 91). Mama tells Walter’s son Travis about the new house she bought which devastates Walter. Without the …show more content…
The living space was too cramped and worn down, so she dreamed about living in a spacious new house. Because she was going to have a baby momentarily, she dreamed even more about living in a house. Ever since Walter lost the rest of the insurance money Mama started to have second thoughts on the house. Consequently, Mama finally says that the family will stay in the apartment. “I’ll strap my baby on my back if I have to and scrub all the floors in America and wash all the sheets in America—but we got to MOVE!”(Hansberry, 140). This shows how desperate Ruth was to move out of the apartment. Their living situation was too small to add another person to the family. Before Mama announced that she bought a house, Ruth thought about having an abortion. The house in Clybourne Park was a chance for a fresh start in a cleaner, less condensed environment. That dream was shattered due to the loss of