Introduction
Although many changes happened in the American society, the American dream is still as important as ever. It is the pillar that society was built around. Thus, learning about the origin of the topic will help enrich our understanding, and enlarge our perspective of the American culture.
-The topic will study the American Dream which is an idea that conquered all American mind in the period after the end of the Second World War 1945. Both plays A Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine Hansberry and Death of a Salesman by Arthur Miller discuss the subject of the American dream with characters who were hypnotized by the idea of success. Both plays give different perspectives, one from an African American family and the other …show more content…
But first, we will have a short introduction of the plays related to the topic and the authors.
-This chapter consists of three major points. The first one will be a thorough study of the American dream in the play Death of a Salesman by Arthur Miller, where we will be looking into all the aspect that have relation with the theme American dream, and ask many questions about the cause of the appearance of the American dream, its effect on both individual mind and family field and both sides of its impact, either positive or negative.
-The second major point is the same as the first, but with different authors and plays. A Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine Hansberry will give us a new perspective of how the theme of the American dream is viewed, how it manifests itself in various shapes, and how it impacts differently based on characters with a diverse culture in a country ruled by whites.
-After analyzing the theme of the American dream in both plays, we will proceed to the inevitable third major point, which is a comparative study of both analyses. The comparative study will display and discuss both of the similarities and differences of the topic at