An Analysis Of Lorraine Hansberry's A Raisin In The Sun
Do Dreams Survive and Come Alive? Since the foundation of the United States of America it has always be portrayed as the land of endless opportunities in which its people can do freely what they desire. This is also known as the American Dream, which is set of ideals in which freedom includes the opportunity for prosperity and success, achieved through hard work. However, can prosperity and success be achieved by everyone or do certain ethnic groups have discriminatory barriers limiting their success? In the play A Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine Hansberry it becomes painfully clear that African Americans have to deal with racial prejudices complicating the completion of their desired dreams of a better prosperous future. Even though, the diverse
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He is typical man a “lean, intense young man,” which listens badly to others and does not seem to pay any attention to the concerns of his family members. He is only focused on accomplishing his goal of economic prosperity by using the insurance money to invest in a liquor store with his friends. When, his mother tells him that she has put a down payment on the new house, he furiously replies, “you butchered up a dream of mine - you - who always talking ‘bout your children’s dreams.” After this huge disappointment for him, he refuses to go to work as a chauffeur and goes on a 3 day drinking binge. This defines his selfish characters until the end. The controversial dream of Walter is met with much resistance of especially Mama . Mama sees selling liquor as something sinful, which a devout christian shouldn’t do. She conservatively adds to that, “We aint’ no business people . . . just plain woking folks.” This disagreement about the destination of the insurance money creates the first conflict, because Mama from deep inside believes that investing in a liquor store is comparable as investing in the devil. Whereas Walter deeply believes in the power of money and to provide his own family wealth. Therefore, he sinks into the depths of despair, when his mother gave away his golden ticket of becoming
He is typical man a “lean, intense young man,” which listens badly to others and does not seem to pay any attention to the concerns of his family members. He is only focused on accomplishing his goal of economic prosperity by using the insurance money to invest in a liquor store with his friends. When, his mother tells him that she has put a down payment on the new house, he furiously replies, “you butchered up a dream of mine - you - who always talking ‘bout your children’s dreams.” After this huge disappointment for him, he refuses to go to work as a chauffeur and goes on a 3 day drinking binge. This defines his selfish characters until the end. The controversial dream of Walter is met with much resistance of especially Mama . Mama sees selling liquor as something sinful, which a devout christian shouldn’t do. She conservatively adds to that, “We aint’ no business people . . . just plain woking folks.” This disagreement about the destination of the insurance money creates the first conflict, because Mama from deep inside believes that investing in a liquor store is comparable as investing in the devil. Whereas Walter deeply believes in the power of money and to provide his own family wealth. Therefore, he sinks into the depths of despair, when his mother gave away his golden ticket of becoming