Filter's Life: A Raisin In The Sun

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My dream is to further pursue my burning passion for music and using the struggles and pain to live to connect over later others emotions so they do not have to feel as if they are alone. some people do not understand music such as my family specifically my parents and because they do not see the importance of music they have viewed me in a negative way but in order to achieve a dream sacrifices must be made including sacrifices that not only affect a dreamer but their family as well

In a raisin in the Sun Walters dream of becoming the owner of the liquor store sacrifices his family’s emotions specifically their joy and happiness. Walters family‘s happiness is sacrificed because Walter spends a lot of his time and money con the store causing

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