“I have a dream one day this nation will rise up and live up to its creed, we hold these truths to be self evident that all men are created equal. I have a dream” (Martin Luther King Jr). Martin Luther King had a dream to end racism while that dream is pretty much been accomplished but can be better. A Raisin In the Sun is about achieving dreams but the dreams trying to be achieved by Walter Lee Younger and his family. In A Raisin In The Sun, Lorraine Hansberry shows that Walter's Dreams can be achieved in a positive way throughout the book these actions are shown through his interactions with his mom, wife,son, and his whole family.
First of all, Walter is talking to Lena Younger (Mama) about his dreams that he wants to achieve and how he is very stressed. Walter states to Mama what money can do for them, “Do you know what this money means to me? Do you know what this money can do for us”?(73). When Walter is talking about the money to Mama and Mama doesn't want to spend the money on anything big she just wants to save
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“Honey…life don’t have to be like this. I mean sometimes people can do things so that things are better…You remember how we used to talk when Travis was born…about the way we were going to live…the kind of house… Well, it’s all starting to slip away from us…(89). Ruth is talking to walter about how if they don't act fast things will slip away and they won't be able to obtain their dreams and she is scared about that. Ruth will be talking to Mama about Walter “Mama, something is happening between Walter and me. I don’t know what it is but he needs something something I can’t give him anymore. He needs this chance, Mama”(44). Ruth is talking to Mama about Walter about how Walter is incredibly dissatisfied with his life now and she doesn't know what to do about it. In conclusion to this paragraph Ruth is very worried about Walter and she doesn't know what to do