Comparison Of Babylon And A Raisin In The Sun

In the story of “By the Waters of Babylon” and “A Raisin in the Sun” the characters have an American Dream. By the Waters of Babylon, John is soon to be a priest and goes on a journey to the east. While on the trip, John begins to realize the knowledge that he gained over the years were lies. John notices the truths and facts about “the place of the gods” and “the great burning”. In the A Raisin in the Sun multiple characters have big dreams, and goals they want to achieve. They receive $10,000 and they all want to use it for their future and present time things. There were decisions that weren’t really thought about deeply that allowed them to lose all the money. When John goes on the god roads to explore and find the truths of “the Great Burning”, he sees a vision that resembles what happened to the city. John saw that things changed, everything burned down from the war, and got to see how New York City was with street lights, cars, lamps, elevators, etc. His American Dream is to create that city again, all they have is fire to light things, he wants to restore those items that were burnt. It seems like he wants something different than what was in his village, to improve and make things better and more productive. John has contributed to the village and worked to become a priest and follow his father's footsteps.

Mama gains $10,000 from the death of her husband, the whole family wants to use it. In the beginning Mama doesn’t even wants to think about the money, or think how she wants to use it. She makes a decision, without anyone knowing by, buying a house in a white neighborhood. Mamas American Dream was to see her family move and grow places that they’ve never been. Mama loved gardening, because Mama compared it to her family, this got her set on moving to another house, to show that her family is