Throughout The Raisin in the Sun, what was thought of ‘The American Dream’ to one person may not have rested at the top of the stairs that another was climbing. One’s possibilities seemed to be impossibilities to the next. There was tension that made you feel as if the family felt that there was only room for one person to be successful, or to actually be happy behind a positive outcome. Selfishness caused the family into a depressing mood of conflict, because of the lack of care towards what was really the best thing to do with the money they were given off their father’s death. Things were done, and things were said, but once mistakes were made, what could’ve been done before the mistakes were put into action was then thought of and carried …show more content…
Lena Younger, is the man that is on his way of truly becoming the man whom his father set out to be for his family. Although his wants takes away from what he should want, it makes the readers understand his reasoning for certain things. It would make sense for Walter to have a nice paying job, and be able to provide for his family and for that to be enough, but he wants a great paying job so that he can give his family picturesque moments of the good life somewhat of a rich white man. Throughout the play, Walter can seem sexist and racist at the same time, but it’s only because he’s disgusted at his life. He beats himself up on the inside, but throws his anger at everyone around him. He talks to his wife as if he doesn’t even know her enough to consider her feelings; he’s rude and continuously picks fights with his younger sister, which eventually evolves Mama’s input. Once he’s satisfied that everyone is against him, he throws their situation in their face, assures how his job can be sickening to a man’s pride, and then states what should be done with the insurance money. Walter wants to invest in a liquor store with some of his friends. His wife, Ruth, doesn’t trust any of Walter’s friends as she stated in a line of the play that they are “good-for-nothing loudmouths”. Friends and business doesn’t always mix, because no matter the relationship, money always has a way of pulling someone away, which is exactly what happened when Mama gave the …show more content…
If there weren’t dreams, there would be no steps taken towards new beginnings just as Ruth wished for. Once dreams are put into action, anything can happen; whether the results come back positive, or disapproving, you can learn from it. The American Dream isn’t one certain dream, it isn’t one type of dream, and it isn’t just based on one person’s dream. It’s a dream composed of a thoughts about what a dream could be. That was exactly what I learned from reading this play, and it even made me think more about what I dreamed to do with my life and what I should do along the way to make it all happen. Dreams are what you make of them, even if you are