Lorraine Hansberry's A Raisin In The Sun And Langston Hughes Harlem

Lorraine Hansberry’s A Raisin in the Sun and Langston Hughes “Harlem” share a theme by how many of the ideas and symbols in the writings have a deeper meanings. In the play there is many ways that some characters and actions relate to each other. Walter has many dreams and wants to help the family but many of his dreams are deferred as it is stated in the poem harlem. The Youngers dreams “explode” in each of their own ways in the story. They fight over what to do with the life insurance money they receive after the death of Walter Senor. The family gets furious with one another. Bennie’s dream of becoming a doctor and finding herself how it “sags like a heavy load” on herself and her family. As more people countie to attack her with the idea of having a women doctor it begins to weigh down on her. Nothing in the play can be overlooked with actions or quotes itself.
Walter Lee Younger is a dreamer. He dreams of having his own business. When that dream falls apart, Walter's dream can be compared to Langston Hughes's poem "A Dream Deferred." In Hughes poem, he compares a broken dream to various concepts.. It is as a raisin that dries up in the sun. Walter loses all of Mama Younger's insurance money and Walter is left with a dried up dream. His deferred dream is like a sore that festers and runs from the …show more content…
She is always fighting with Walter and many others about breaking the stereotypes and becoming a female doctor. She fights back emotions and hatred and truly wants to prove her family wrong. She is bothered by people laughing at her when she says she wants to be doctor and is starts to weigh her down mentally. As more time goes on and she realizes that there is no money for her she finally lets the weight get to her. She is very persistent and by the end of the play she states she is going to be a doctor no matter how much other people bother