Raisin In The Sun Failure

You are a family of 5 living in the same household, you have just received ten grand from an insurance check from a deceased parent. "A Raisin in the Sun" by Lorraine Hansberry is a story about a poor family who is living in the southside of Chicago and has just been given an insurance check from their father and Mrs.Younger's (aka Mama) husband. The check was for $10,000 which they have been trying to figure out what they are going to be doing with it. Mama, Beneatha, and Walter all have a dream of what they want to spend the money on but they can't come to a compromise. I would side with Walter's decision because over time it would help the family make money and get the family above the poverty line. While Beneatha wants to become a doctor which she is going to need to go to school for and get a degree. Which at the moment is what she wants to do but could always change
at any moment, say if she was to change while she was mid-semester that would be the money used for her education down the drain. Mama wants to spend her money on a new house to fulfill a dream she shared with her husband.

Beneatha has a dream that all started with a incident her friend and herself had as a child which involved her friend getting hurt and having to call an ambulance which they then brought him to the hospital. Beneatha thought he was going to die until he came back all sewed up by the doctors and that is when she found out she wanted to become a doctor. Also in this century of the story not many females become doctors. She wants to use the money for school which is a good reason to use ten thousand dollars but what if she started school and all of a sudden lost interest or started failing her classes and got kicked out. That would be money that could be used for anything else instead of going down the drain. That is why I am all for Walter’s dream because it will make a profit over

The dream Mama has is also a good dream that could be wonderful for this family. This dream has been something her husband and herself have wanted to do for a while now which is buy a new house that has a yard so the kids can play in it and a garden so Mama can tend to her flowers. But the only problem is where would they get the money to pay for bills and other supplies they will need for the house. Of course they could get jobs but why get a new house when you already have a house that works. Plus there would be no profit in any of this, that would help them get the ten grand back or even come close to that amount. If Walter was to be given the money for his liquor store he would be able to get money for the family and later on maybe after a couple of months buy the house his mom always wanted.

Finally for my man Walter, giving him the ten thousand dollars would be the best bet because he would be the one to start making profit for the family and get them above the poverty line as of now they are pretty low.
Walter would be able to get this family back into shape if the business is a success. His dream is to become as rich as the people he drives around in his valet job by owning a liquor store. This will let Walter buy his wife expensive stuff such as pearls. With the purchase of this liquor store he can finally show the real man he is and that he can support his family.

Even though everybody has their mind set on a specific dream, I believe Walter’s is the best decision to make because overtime he will make money for this family. While Mama would just be wasting money for buying a new house and Beneatha for going to school to becoming a doctor never knowing if she will stay in school or lose interest. After all the work Walter puts into the liquor store he will be supporting his family in no time. Like I said before what would you do if you received ten grand from an insurance
check?