"What happens to a dream deferred?," (1) Langston Hughes asked in his 1959 Poem "Harlem: A Dream Deferred." In Lorraine Hansberry's 1959 play "A Raisin in the Sun," she expr In her play, Hansberry described the dreams of the Younger family and how those dreams became "dreams deferred." The family consisted of Mama (Lena Younger), Walter Lee (her son), Ruth (his wife), Travis (their son), and Beneatha (Walter younger sister). They all have a common dream ... of having a better life. Mama Walter wants to get rich quickly by investing the money in a liquor store ... ...

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Walter has this brillant idea to invest in a liquor store with two of his buddies, BoBo and Willie. His part of the investment would be $10,000, which happens to be the amount of the insurance money Mama has inherited from Big Walter. Walter Lee has it in his head that if he invests in this liquor store,it will rise him and his family out of the "slums". It would make him feel proud to be a man. When his wife, Ruth ignores his idea and does not listen to him, his self-esteem lowers and he gets angry because he wants so badly to be the man of the house, proud and well-respected. Beneatha is als...

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In the play A Raisin in the Sun an African-American family is in a tough situation in which some of the family members can't get their dreams fulfilled. At some points they are forced into situations in which they must use other family members to fulfill their own dream. "You mean your sister's school money you used that too- (Pg129) In situations as those other members were hurt and were left with hatred ... to let Mama's dream be destroyed. Mrs. Johnson, which was one of the neighbors living in the apartments along with the Younger family, came over to the apartment and made fun of the idea...

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