Lorraine Hansberry's A Raisin In The Sun

Walter spoke to Mama, “I want so many things that they are driving me kind of crazy . . . Mama – look at me” (Hansberry 1497, 1.2). It shows that his mother disapproves his idea about setting up a liquor store, because she thinks selling liquor is wrong. His obsession leads to a financial loss; thereby impacting the family’s financial funds. His poor listening skills and greed collapse the family dream as well as his own. His emotions are somewhat aggressive, talking too much about his dream. According to Hughes’s poem, the quotation, “… fester like a sore—,” and “crust and sugar over—,” illustrates the familial argument about money faced by family members who must secure their future funds (Hughes 4, 7). This frustration of the family’s financial struggle is effectively killing the family unit. It also describes as the stench of a dead corpse. Walter’s dream appears to be without honor and collapses upon its selfish

As Walter's dreams become bigger and bigger, he seems to neglect the 'smaller' things such as his family. "Here I am a giant surrounded by ants! Ants who can't even understand what the giant is

All in all Mama and Walters dreams both involve money. Mama shows us her longing for the acceptance of society when she immediately buys a house in a white neighborhood, to provide for her family. Walter shows us his desperation to be a valuable human being when he steals money in hopes of starting his liquor business. Walter wants to be respected and live a happy lifestyle for this family. He longs to be the head of the household. Walter see’s himself with a liquor store as having power. It isn’t till the end until he rethinks the values of himself and his family’s future about how there is more to living than just having material riches. Mama only yearns for her family to be respected and live up to what society perceives.

Walter does not keep his hopes up for his dream long though they are again crushed. The money Mama gives Walter he gives to Willy Harris. Willy runs away with the money and Walter is back to the way he was the first two times his dream is deferred. Walter makes the decision to call Carl Lindner. Walter is going to sell the house Mama just payed for because he feels like money is what will make his dream come true. Walter talks a big game but, when Mr. Lindner shows up to the apartment Walter is unable to sell the house due to his son being present. Walter finally realizes that his dream may not come true this very moment but, by selling the house it would take away from the rest of the family’s dreams.

In the drama, we learn that Beneatha dreams of being a doctor and Walter thinks she is crazy. In this quote, Beneatha it seems as if Beneatha is apologizing to her brother Walter but if the reader or viewer of the drama reads between the lines or sees the actors in dialogue, they would see that she is actually being sarcastic. For Beneatha, she is determined to prove to herself, her brother and others that her dream is not impossible and that she is going to follow her

First, Hansberry uses Walter in her play, Raisin in the Sun to show the negative consequences that occur when you put off your dream. Walter is the man of the house since his father passed. He is married and has a son, Travis. Him and his family live in a small house with his mother and younger sister. His dream is to own a liquor store with a few of his friends. As he and his mother are talking about what she plans to do with the money from the insurance claim they are receiving from his father's death

First, Hansberry uses Mama to show the negative consequences that occur when you put off your dream. Mama, also known as Lena Younger, is the mother of Walter and Ruth and the wife of Big Walter. She is a proud woman who is a devoted Christian and walks with dignity. Her children are her life and all her dreams are motivated by them. Mama’s dream was to buy a two story house with Big Walter, her husband. She wanted to move out of the apartment within a year of when Big Walter and she moved into there. She dreamed of getting a house and having her own little garden in the back. Mama says, “We was going to set aways little by little, don’t you know, and buy a little place out in Morgan Park. We had even picked out the house… all the dreams I had ‘bout

Until, Asagai helps Beneatha realize that she is allowing the money from a “death of a man,”(Hansberry) to guide her living dream, Beneatha fails to acknowledge this loss. She fails to understand that “those who see the changes—who dream, who will not give up—are called idealists ... and those who see only the circle we call them the “realists!”(Hansberry) as mentioned by Asagai, who hence highlights that it is only the realist who accepts money as a disturbance to the ideal dream, for that they choose to give life to money, that submits them to worship its concepts, rather than their

In the book “A Raisin in the Sun” by Lorraine Hansberry, there were characters whose dreams were stated, some of which were shattered by greed and misfortune and others which would eventually come to be true. The first dream that came about was Walter’s dream of one day owning and maintaining a liquor store. He would do anything to attempt to get his dream to come true, but his mama wanted anything but that to happen. His mama had a dream of her own though, she dreamed of one day owning her own house, where her whole family could stay comfortably. She dreamed this because in the apartment that she resided in was too small, and dumpy, as Ruth called it. Her grandson Travis had to sleep on the couch, and all

Mama concerns herself only with the fact that she and her family will own the house, and not have to dwell in the tired, old apartment on Chicago's Southside. In a sense, Mama's dream has "crust[ed] and sugar[ed] over like a sugary sweet" (Hughes Lines 7-8). Her dream has changed to fit the circumstances she must cope with. The character of Mama represents those who do not shrivel up and die just because their dream does.

What happens to a dream deferred? In the play The Raisin In The Sun, Author Lorraine Hansberry attempts to answer this question through her characters, characteristics: one of these characters is Walter Lee. Walter goes through a rollercoaster of emotions throughout the play which shows the audience that several things can happen when a dream is deferred. When examining Walter’s characteristics a viewer is able to see his role in the family, what he wants, his personality, and from these three a clear metaphor emerges.

Hughes was one the main engagements for the world of jazz and the influence it had in his writing. Unlike other poets, Hughes wanted to tell the story of the people’s actual culture and wanted to reflect them. Other poets told the story of there personal experiences. In the play, A Raisin In the Sun, Hansberry uses Walter, Mama, and Beneatha to show and answer the question of what happens to, “A Dream Deferred,” and the negative consequences that show. First Hansberry uses Walter to answer the question, what happens to, “A Dream Deferred.”

Where is Home? Question: What are Mama’s reasons for wanting a new house? There is a common expression which says, “Home is where the heart is”.

Showing his frustration to his mother, Walter does not feel like he will ever acquire his dream because he feels like he never got the chance or opportunity to. The inability of not able to provide a better life for his household is causing him to stress, act out of character and clouding his decision making. With nowhere else to turn he thought he could use his father’s life insurance money to invest into a liquor store which turned into a scam. Walter feeling trapped from making advancements in life, he makes a huge mistake and learns from this error. In the play Walter is talking to mother describing his anger,

     Beneatha is an intellectual. Twenty years old, she attends college and is better educated than the rest of the Younger family. Some of her personal beliefs and views have distanced her from conservative Mama. She dreams of being a doctor and struggles to determine her identity as a well-educated black woman. She realizes her brother, Walter, dislikes the idea of spending the insurance money on the college tuition but is determined to be successful in her life: “BENEATHA: What are you talking about Ruth? Listen, I’m going to be a doctor … first I’m going to be a doctor! (I.i pg. 50)” Beneatha builds her frustration upon the doubts of her brother. When Walter