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Elijah Torbenson Ms. Morris English Honors When One Deserves Their Wish “Hell, yes, I want me some yachts someday!” (Act 3 Scene 1). All the characters in Lorraine Hansberry’s Raisin in the Sun play have dreams, and obviously some are more valid than others. The main characters in this book are Ruth, Travis, Beneatha, Lena, and Walter. So, the only dreams that can be selected as being most worthy are these. Lena, whose dream is for her family to be realistically happy in their lives, is the most deserving of her dream because it is realistic, non-self-centered, non-genreric, and Lena is the most deserving herself. Lena Younger’s dream is the most deserving because it is the most realistic …show more content…

Her worthiness for her dream shows up in her personality. For example, she has a very persevering personality. When Walter foolishly lost all the money, Lena took in the situation and made the best she could out of it by being cheerful and trying to mend the demoralized family back together. On the other hand, when Beneatha was in the same situation, she completely gave up and became bitter. Beneatha and Lena were both suffered from the same tragedy. The difference was what they made out of it- Beneatha gave up, Lena persevered. Dreams shouldn’t be magically handed to somebody like the lottery, people should have to preserver and work up to them. And because Lena had the most persevering personality out of the main characters, she deserves to get her dream. Another reason why Lena Younger is the most deserving is because she has kept her dignity for herself and her family the entire novel. For example. when Walter lost the money, he fell unto a pathetic heap on the floor, willing to sacrifice all that their family had stood for for just a little bit of money. People who stoop down as low as Walter did and who esteem money as higher than their own selves generally aren’t very virtuous or deserving. However Lena kept her dignity, “Son—I come from five generations of people who was slaves and sharecroppers —but ain 't nobody in my family never let …show more content…

Throughout the play, characters in A Raisin in the Sun have strived passionately for achieving their dreams. Lena Younger’s dream was for her family to live safely and happily. Easily crossing out all the other possibilities of dreams that could be chosen, Lena Younger’s dream was the most deserving because it was very virtuous. It was realistic, selfless, distinguishable, and Lena was the most qualified

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