Rough Draft In the play, A Raisin in the Sun, by Lorain Hansberry shows an issue that was not only prevalent at the time, but is still an issue in todays society. The American Dream is almost unattainable for some people, and even with the hardest of work, some people will never get to live their dream. In this play, an African American family struggles to decide what to do with insurance money. The portrayed family struggles to accomplish the American Dream due to their race, money and social status. Race plays a role in keeping the Younger family from living their dream. They were a black family, in a racist America. In this society, the African Americans do not have much say, and are looked down upon. Kodat sums it up perfectly in her
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A poor man has issues moving up social classes. The first issue that the family experienced was when the family was arguing about what to do with the money, and how to split it up. The Younger family had additional issues, when Walter Lee’s liquor store investment is stolen. “Man, not with that money” (Hansberry 430). Walter Lee is dumbfounded when Bobo tells him that his friend Willy has run off with the money. Class struggles were another issue that made it hard for people to move up in society. Not only were there whites that didn't like the blacks, but the rich blacks and the poor blacks did not get along. The wealthy African Americans were looked at as snobby, and worse than …show more content…
This is an issue that is still present today. In society, everyone wants to live the American Dream, to do the best that they possibly can. A very small portion of the population succeed in living their dream. We see it over and over with people who are discriminated against, and households that cannot afford their kids to go to college, so they stay in the same social class. In my opinion, the American Dream is nearly unattainable, and is more luck than hard work, as it is defined. And certainly, it is not possible for “anyone” to life the American
A poor man has issues moving up social classes. The first issue that the family experienced was when the family was arguing about what to do with the money, and how to split it up. The Younger family had additional issues, when Walter Lee’s liquor store investment is stolen. “Man, not with that money” (Hansberry 430). Walter Lee is dumbfounded when Bobo tells him that his friend Willy has run off with the money. Class struggles were another issue that made it hard for people to move up in society. Not only were there whites that didn't like the blacks, but the rich blacks and the poor blacks did not get along. The wealthy African Americans were looked at as snobby, and worse than …show more content…
This is an issue that is still present today. In society, everyone wants to live the American Dream, to do the best that they possibly can. A very small portion of the population succeed in living their dream. We see it over and over with people who are discriminated against, and households that cannot afford their kids to go to college, so they stay in the same social class. In my opinion, the American Dream is nearly unattainable, and is more luck than hard work, as it is defined. And certainly, it is not possible for “anyone” to life the American