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Beneatha's Dream In Langston Hughes A Raisin In The Sun

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In Langston Hughes “Harlem” is a poem about what happens to a lost dream, which fits the theme of A Raisin in the Sun. In the poem he says, “Does it dry up/ Like a raisin in the sun?” This quote relates to Beneatha and her dream of becoming a doctor. Beneatha has overcome an incredible challenge. She is enrolled in college from a poor black family. Her dream of becoming a doctor was unheard of in this time. This dream has kept her going through all the hard times because she can see a future of bringing her family out of suffering and changing the course of their life. For some time Beneatha has been relying on the health care money to put her through college; when Walter loses it we can see her dream wither in her eyes, much like a raisin in the sun. …show more content…

/ ‘Cause you finds it’s kinder hard. / Don’t you fall now / For I’se still goin’, honey” The quote nearly identically matches everything Lena says to Walter to keep him going in tough times. When Walter is in his low valley’s, Lena always gave him speeches to get him back going again. She reminds him of the 5 generations of his family before him that had worked in fields all their lives, that he still has a family to care for, and that he still has opportunities in the world and should not let one negative thing get him down so much. She also mentions how much she and his father have suffered to get them where they stood, and that she was still

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A person’s dreams and how they reach them can affect the path of their life. Beneatha Younger’s dreams, in Lorraine Hansberry’s A Raisin in the Sun, are no different. We can see how Beneatha’s dreams change throughout the play. In the beginning, Beneatha is confident, although she wants to understand who she is.

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Ben Carson once said “Ambition, like a torrent, never looks back.” Beneatha Younger is a hopeful, ambitious young woman who hopes to achieve her goals despite the stereotypes of the time. She is a main character in Lorraine Hansberry's award winning play, “A Raisin In The Sun”. “A Raisin In The Sun” is a play about the Youngers, an African American family of five living in Chicago in the 1950’s. They live in a very cramped apartment, which is shared with another family.

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Occasionally, Beneatha can be perceived for the genuine person she is. The motive behind Beneatha’s dream of becoming a doctor is driven from a time her childhood friend was injured by splitting their head open due to sledding. Observing the face of her childhood friend after recovering from the accident which had “a little line down the middle of his face”, Beneatha thought it was “The most marvelous thing in the world”. It is a vision for Beneatha to “… fix people up, sew up the problem, and to make them whole

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“Well we are dead now. All the talk about dreams and sunlight that goes on in this house. It's all dead now” (143). This illustrates that Beneatha has given up on her dreams, saying that they are dead because she can't become a doctor. The reason she can't go to medical school is because Walter gave away Big Walters insurance money to Willy Harris, who then stole it.

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The title of the play “A Raisin in the Sun” comes from the poem “Harlem” written by Langston Hughes. The poem is asking what happen to dreams that are not accomplished, What happens to a dream deferred?/ Does it dry up/ Like a raisin in the sun (Hughes) in the play many character have unaccomplished or deferred dreams. Mama dreams is moving her family out of their small apartment and into a house in a nice area with a yard for Travis and a garden for herself. She has had this dream for a long time but has never been able to accomplish it financially. After the death of her husband, the family receives a $10,000 life insurance check this money gives mama of the opportunity to buy the house she has always dreamed for her family.

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As Walter talks to his wife about his dreams, it quickly escalates into an argument where he describes how he feels trapped in his day to day routine, stating, “Man say; I got to change my life, I’m choking to death, baby! His woman say … Your eggs is getting cold!” (Hansberry, 33-34). He uses the exaggeration of choking to explain how he feels suffocated and dehumanized by his job that never seems to go anywhere.

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ot materialize. Then goes on “Does it dry up/like a raisin in the sun”, drawing the line that a dream loses its vitality after it is deferred for so long just as a grape drying after sitting in the sun. The next symbol is the dream as a wound that is not healing. Since he then asks “or [does the dream] fester like a sore-/and then run?” This is more grotesque to picture than a drying raisin.

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Beneatha’s Dream People have dreams to do or be what makes them happy by setting goals to reach their dream. Dreams are almost like goals that people create in their mind to try to motivate them self to achieve their dream. The American Dream is the idea that everyone who is a U.S. citizen should have an equal opportunity to be successful and benefit through their hard-work, determination, and initiative. In the play A Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine Hansberry, Beneatha Younger’s dream is to become a doctor and build a career/life for herself without anyone providing for her which connects to the American Dream through her independence, hard-work, and determination.

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Beneatha also faced a hardship in her life, but herr 's was different from the rest. She face problems with education. Her family did not fully support her decision of wanting to become a doctor. Beneatha wants to become a doctor but her family is not that wealthy.

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In life, people struggle to fit in no matter the circumstances; often, it is impossible to change people's perspectives. The playwright and civil rights activist, Lorraine Hansberry, was best known for her play A Raisin in the Sun, which explores the lives of an African American family living on the South Side of Chicago during the 1950s. All of the members of the family have dreams, but a character named Beneatha and her dreams are certainly reflected in the poem “Harlem” by Langston Hughes. Moreover, Hansberry's dreams are also reflected through Beneatha, as shown in her background/biography. Lorraine Hansberry uses the character of Beneatha to represent her own struggles: Beneatha’s intersecting identities of being black and a woman, along

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Wanting to become a doctor, Beneatha is going through med school with the financial help of her family. Similar to how Walter wanted a sum of his father’s insurance check to invest in a liquor store, she wanted money from the check to pay for her success. Unlike the rest of her family, Beneatha wants money to benefit

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Beneatha's dreams had always revolved around helping people in need. But most of all she wanted to be a doctor and she gained the opportunity to achieve her dream when Walter sr’s life insurance came, but she would not receive it due to Walter jr losing all of the life insurance. Now, with almost no means of getting she is left in shock “ He gave away the money Asagai… The insurance money.

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She defies the ideal life for a woman and expresses her opinion loud and clear. Beneatha throughout the play finds herself and her African American roots. Walter does not approve of Beneatha’s hopes to become a doctor he tells her, “If you so crazy ‘bout messing ‘round with sick people---then go be a nurse like other women---or just get married and be quiet. . .” (1.1.125) These social issues that the characters faced in their lives made them out to be the people that they were meant to be.

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This is depicted by the Beneatha’s sarcastic retort to Walter: “Forgive me for ever wanting anything at all!” (Hansberry 21), when they quarrel about Beneatha’s high ambitions and unruly independence she gained through education. This illustrates her

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The family starts to tear apart as Walter decides to sell the house to Mr. Lindner and take the check. Mama and Beneatha try to explain to Walter that their family, through generations, would have never thought about taking money in hard times. Beneatha then begins saying that their dream of moving to a new house is now dead, which Walter replies, “What’s the matter with you all! I didn’t make this world. It was give to me this way!

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