Each of the characters in the Younger family has a different individual dream. One wants to move to a bigger home, one wants to attend medical school, and one wants to rise above his conditions. Each person’s dream serves an important function for the character. However, the dreams also divide the characters, creating conflict among them throughout the play. The play focuses on the different dreams of each member of the Younger family as they discuss what they can do with a $10,000 life insurance payment. Hansberry expresses her different views on the American Dream through the characters and she portrays the daily struggles of a 1950’s black family throughout the play. She is able to effectively show the big impact that even small decisions
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The American Dream consists that everyone deserves something in life and how you can find the means to strive to achieve it. Americans want to have some kind of financial success in their lives. The American Dream is said that everyone have the opportunity to pursue happiness and strive to succeed. Throughout “A Raisin in the Sun” Lorraine Hansberry shows the Youngers family an African American family struggling to stay above the poverty line, which prevents them from achieving financial stability or the American Dream during this time period. The main focus is on Walter Lee and his effort to make it and become somebody. Hansberry shows how race and ecumenic problems effect a black mans role in his family along with his identity. The Youngers family had a hard time achieving their dreams due to their status in life. The American dreams that the Youngers family want to achieve are to be accepted by the white society and to become financially stable. When the Younger family receives an insurance check in the mail Mama went out and decided to buy a house for the whole family to live in, in an all white neighborhood. After the purchase of the house in the neighborhood called Cleburne Park. Once the neighborhood found out they sent over a gentlemen of the name of Karl Linder who was part of the New Neighbors Orientation Committee and welcomed the new family to the area. Unfortunately, since the Youngers were …show more content…
If a family is financially stable they will be able to live in better conditions because there is no financial stress. For example a family will not have to worry about what they are going to eat or where they will find food. They do not have to worry about paying bills and have the chance to open up their own business if they choose to do so. This last part relates back to the play “A Raisin in the Sun” because of the fact that Walter want to take the money Mama received from his fathers passing and use it to open a liquor
The American Dream consists that everyone deserves something in life and how you can find the means to strive to achieve it. Americans want to have some kind of financial success in their lives. The American Dream is said that everyone have the opportunity to pursue happiness and strive to succeed. Throughout “A Raisin in the Sun” Lorraine Hansberry shows the Youngers family an African American family struggling to stay above the poverty line, which prevents them from achieving financial stability or the American Dream during this time period. The main focus is on Walter Lee and his effort to make it and become somebody. Hansberry shows how race and ecumenic problems effect a black mans role in his family along with his identity. The Youngers family had a hard time achieving their dreams due to their status in life. The American dreams that the Youngers family want to achieve are to be accepted by the white society and to become financially stable. When the Younger family receives an insurance check in the mail Mama went out and decided to buy a house for the whole family to live in, in an all white neighborhood. After the purchase of the house in the neighborhood called Cleburne Park. Once the neighborhood found out they sent over a gentlemen of the name of Karl Linder who was part of the New Neighbors Orientation Committee and welcomed the new family to the area. Unfortunately, since the Youngers were …show more content…
If a family is financially stable they will be able to live in better conditions because there is no financial stress. For example a family will not have to worry about what they are going to eat or where they will find food. They do not have to worry about paying bills and have the chance to open up their own business if they choose to do so. This last part relates back to the play “A Raisin in the Sun” because of the fact that Walter want to take the money Mama received from his fathers passing and use it to open a liquor