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Lorraine Hansberry's A Raisin In The Sun

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“I got me a dream.” page 33 Walter says this. It’s a theme that comes up frequently in the play. A Raisin in the Sun is a play by Lorraine Hansberry about the struggles, dreams, and views of a black family in the 1950s. The Younger’s get a large check, which changes everyone. It fuels their greed, dreams, and actions. Beneatha wants to be a doctor and wants to marry a man who will respect her, Walter wants to run a liquor store, and Mama wants everyone to get along. They have their own ambitions but share a common goal; happiness. Although the Younger’s are all different people, they still have similar dreams, dreams much like the hopes of almost every American, if not every person. Beneatha Younger, the sister of Walter and daughter of Mama. She’s strong willed and against discrimination based on gender. Many times throughout the play, Beneatha mentions that she is going to be a doctor. It’s her goal in life, it’s more important to her than anything, even finding a husband can wait. “Listen, I’m going to be a doctor. I’m not worried about who I’m going to marry yet – if I ever get married.” Page 50. Not everyone in America wants to be a …show more content…

She doesn’t have a lust for money, there’s not a career she desperately desires. She just wants her family to be happy, healthy, and civil to each other. She wants her children to be satisfied with what they have and appreciate their privileges. “Now here come you and Beneatha – talking ‘bout things we ain’t never even thought about hardly, me and your daddy. You ain’t satisfied or proud of nothing we done. I mean that you had a home; that we kept you out of trouble till you was grown; that you don’t have to ride to work on the back of nobody’s streetcar – You my children – but how different we done become.” Page 74. Mama’s dream is the dream of many Americans. They all want to be happy, healthy, and satisfied, and they want this for their families and friends

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