Throughout A Raisin in the Sun, Lorraine Hansberry uses the theme of dreams in order to illustrate the ways a dream being deferred can affect one’s life. The main concept of this play is the American dream, which includes every person, regardless of race, ethnicity, and religion should have an equal opportunity to live a successful life. The play emphasizes the importance of someone having a dream even when there are obstacles that may stand in his or way. Each character has a dream that they want to live out; however, throughout this easy, I will be focusing on Walter Lee. In the play, Walter is an African American man who has a dream; Lorraine allows her readers to witness his journey of having a deferred dream through his character. In the story A Raisin in the Sun, the author depicts the existence of a
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The poem was written in 1951 in order to bring attention to bring attention to the limitation African Americans had when trying to live the American Dream. It represented the dream that all Americans, except for African Americans, were able to experience. For someone to want something so bad but cannot reach it because of the oppression that surrounds them is wrong yet it existed. “What happens to a dream deferred” (7). This poem related to Walter because it is evident that his dream is deferred. “Does it dry up / Like a raisin in the sun? (7). Walter loses all of his mother’s insurance money and he is left with a dried up dream. “Or fester like a sore— / And then run / Does it stink like rotten meat / Or crust and sugar over— / Like a syrupy sweet? / Maybe it just sags / Like a heavy load. / Or does it explode?” (7). Walter is a resentful man and he no longer had any hope. His dreams are like a sore for which can spread to the surrounding skin and affect his relationship with his family. The imagery in this shows the connection between the Walter and the
The poem was written in 1951 in order to bring attention to bring attention to the limitation African Americans had when trying to live the American Dream. It represented the dream that all Americans, except for African Americans, were able to experience. For someone to want something so bad but cannot reach it because of the oppression that surrounds them is wrong yet it existed. “What happens to a dream deferred” (7). This poem related to Walter because it is evident that his dream is deferred. “Does it dry up / Like a raisin in the sun? (7). Walter loses all of his mother’s insurance money and he is left with a dried up dream. “Or fester like a sore— / And then run / Does it stink like rotten meat / Or crust and sugar over— / Like a syrupy sweet? / Maybe it just sags / Like a heavy load. / Or does it explode?” (7). Walter is a resentful man and he no longer had any hope. His dreams are like a sore for which can spread to the surrounding skin and affect his relationship with his family. The imagery in this shows the connection between the Walter and the