Lorraine Hansberry's A Raisin In The Sun

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A Raisin in the sun by Lorraine Hansberry. In this essay I’m going to talked about their characters and their American dreams. Do their dreams coming true?
This play about the younger, a poor African American family living in south side of Chicago. They all have dreams.
In this Novel, Mama Beneatha and walter are dreaming about a happy and lived better life in future. This whole family struggling against racism they are living in small apartment where they have two bedroom and one bathroom.
Now I’m going to introduce the raisin in the sun Characters. Mama (Lena younger). Mama she is very humble very hardworking women and the head of younger family. Mama she is the mother of Beneatha and Walter Lee, Mother-in-law of Ruth, and Grandmother of
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Mama he gave 65 Hundred dollars to walter and said i want to take this money and take three thousand dollars and put it in savings account for beneatha medical schooling. And the rest with your name on it. Mama she giving responsibility to walter for money.
Bad Situation came: Walter he spent all the money Sixth-five hundred dollars. Mam said what about the beneatha money ? Pg.129 Walter said : Yesss All of it .. It’s all gone…
Mama said walter what u did you give it all away in a day. Mama has nothing to say mama heart is broken. Everyone dream was dead. Unfortunately Beneatha dream was not come true. She never forget that what his brother did to her. Beneatha said he is not longer my brother. There is nothing left to love.
In the last scene show up that Linder the man he is coming again to mama house to take their house back But on that point Walter he finally become a man and he give him answer that we are moving out and we are keeping new home. And it’s very important to having and or achieving one’s American Dream.Finally For success means keeping the family together and saving a safe place to live. OF Course mama American dream come true and she is taking her plant to new

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