A Raisin in the Sun What’s Up With the Epigraph? Essay

What happens to a dream deferred? Does it dry up like a raisin in the sun? Or get on like a sore and then run? Does it stink like rotten meat? Or crust and sugar over like a syrupy sweet? Maybe it just sags like a heavy load. Or does it explode? Harlem by Langston Hughes. Lorraine Hansberry, playwright, author, and activist seemed to have gotten inspired by Hughes metrical composition as well as her own life experiences and decided to write A Raisin in the Sun. A Raisin in the Sun is a play roughly an African American family living on the South Side of Chicago during the 1950s. In the play, Lorraine essentially focuses on the dreams of the characters and the obstacles in their life they try to overcome to do them.Each member of the Youngsters family has a dream he or her wants to accomplish. Lena Younger (Mama) has always dreamt of moving her family into a nice neighborhood with a big backyard so her children can play and she can attend to her garden. Mama is a strongly religiou s woman who takes care of her family like a set about should. She wants the best for them, Mamas dream was not a dream she wanted for her family it was also what she and hate husband Big Walter always wanted. Big Walter worked passing hard to provide and support for his family. So hard it resulted in his death as Mama says he finally worked his self to death. Since Big Walters passing Mama has received a life insurance escort for ten thousand dollars. Taking to opportunity so that she can fulfill both her and Big Walters dream Mama decides to use that money to buy a house in an all-white neighborhood.Big Walters life insurance check cause a conflict within the familyRuth Younger dream is quite similar to Mamas. She wants to build a happy family for herself and believes getting away from their fasten apartment will do so. Ruth works very hard to take care of her family but with being overworked, financial problems, a downfall in her relationship with her husband, and an unexpecte d pregnancy Ruth cant seem to find any sort of happiness in her life. Thats why she feels a new beginning will change all that.Beneatha Younger dream is to go to medical school to become a doctor. Beneatha is a better meliorate than the rest of her family and is determined to use her knowledge to make a difference. Throughout the play, it seems as though Beneatha is struggling to find herself. With the changes in hobbies much(prenominal) as ahorse riding and playing the guitar also shes struck an interest in learning more about her African heritage. She is determined to be more than the others around her. Living in a time where women jobs are mostly cooking, cleaning.Walter Lee Jr. the dream is to invest in a liquor store so that hes able to provide for his family. Walter is not so happy with his dead-end job as a chauffeur and feels this investment will helper him make his own money so he can become his own man. Everyone tries to warn Walter that investing into a liquor store i s not such a bright ideaThroughout the play, A Raisin on Sun