Lorraine Hansberry’s A Raisin in the Sun is able to bring to light various issues occurring in Chicago’s Southside during the 1960s,the time at which the play takes place. Many of theses issues stem from racial tensions,terrible education and poor housing systems among other things for blacks at the time. Money, however is the main focus in the play because it interrelates with many of the conflicts that occur between family members in A Raisin in the Sun. The Younger family’s perception of themselves and the world around them are impacted by money because they believe money gives them power in society and their homelife, allow them to pursue or refute the American Dream, and controls their ability to be happy.
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An example of this would of this is Beneatha’s dream. Mama explains to Ruth where some of the money will go. She says, “Some of it got t be put away for Beneatha and her scholin’- and ain 't nothing going to touch that part of it.Nothing” (Hansberry 502). Beneatha wants to be a doctor and despite her dream about something she is passionate about, helping people, it cannot happen without Mama’s check. Part of her dream of being a doctor includes being an independent woman which means not living off of a significant other’s money. Mama also planned to use some of the check to invest in her own desires. Mama’s dream is the same as it was when Walter senior was alive and they were a young couple, to own a house with a garden, however Mr.Linder from the Clybourne Park Welcoming Committee 's dream conflicts with her’s. Linder tries to explain the dream of the people in Clybourne Park by saying, “..our community is made up of people who 've worked hard as the dickens for years to build up that little community...who don 't really have much but those little homes and a dream of the kind of community they want to raise their children in..our association is prepared to buy the house from you at a financial gain to your family” (553-554 Hansberry). Mr.Linder is willing to pay the Younger family to not move into the house in clybourne park. He believes that money can be used to stop the progress of racial diversity in Clybourne Park. Mama however, want to preserve her family dynamic by making a purchase that will benefit the everyone in the family. These situations show how the characters in A Raisin in the Sun not only pursue,but also oppose the American Dream. The American dream is built off the standards and moral of white people in America. The American Dream for a black woman only reaches to the extent of finding a rich man to marry and have kids with,but Beneatha does not want this for
Walter’s perception of how power …show more content…
An example of this would of this is Beneatha’s dream. Mama explains to Ruth where some of the money will go. She says, “Some of it got t be put away for Beneatha and her scholin’- and ain 't nothing going to touch that part of it.Nothing” (Hansberry 502). Beneatha wants to be a doctor and despite her dream about something she is passionate about, helping people, it cannot happen without Mama’s check. Part of her dream of being a doctor includes being an independent woman which means not living off of a significant other’s money. Mama also planned to use some of the check to invest in her own desires. Mama’s dream is the same as it was when Walter senior was alive and they were a young couple, to own a house with a garden, however Mr.Linder from the Clybourne Park Welcoming Committee 's dream conflicts with her’s. Linder tries to explain the dream of the people in Clybourne Park by saying, “..our community is made up of people who 've worked hard as the dickens for years to build up that little community...who don 't really have much but those little homes and a dream of the kind of community they want to raise their children in..our association is prepared to buy the house from you at a financial gain to your family” (553-554 Hansberry). Mr.Linder is willing to pay the Younger family to not move into the house in clybourne park. He believes that money can be used to stop the progress of racial diversity in Clybourne Park. Mama however, want to preserve her family dynamic by making a purchase that will benefit the everyone in the family. These situations show how the characters in A Raisin in the Sun not only pursue,but also oppose the American Dream. The American dream is built off the standards and moral of white people in America. The American Dream for a black woman only reaches to the extent of finding a rich man to marry and have kids with,but Beneatha does not want this for