In the play, A Raisin in the Sun, written by Lorraine Hansberry, the Youngers struggle with their dreams because of their physical appearance and where they started off in life. They all have the same dream of growing up to be successful and happy, but is hard because of the racial discrimination going on at that time. In the beginning of A Raisin in the Sun, Langston Hughes wrote a poem about people's dreams drying up like a raisin in the sun. The poem explains A Raisin in the Sun and Clybourne Park completely because both show how the dreams of an African American family are hard to fulfill, making their dreams dry up like a raisin in the sun. For the characters in A Raisin in the Sun, they all have their own little goals in life, but in
