... which could possibly fulfil each one of their dreams. Hansberry demonstrates how the Younger family endures their deferred dreams mainly through the characters of Walter, Mama (Lena), and Beneatha. When a family faces deferred dreams, it can cause rising tempers amongst the family, defiant attitudes, and great sadness. Early ... because she doesn't necessarily support his dream of investing the ten thousand dollars in the liquor business. Ruth refuses to help Walter coerce Mama into giving him the insurance money for the investment. Walter seemingly a good man confesses to his wife Ruth ...

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... the money in a liquor store. His sister, Beneatha, wants to use the money to finish school, so she can pursue her life as a doctor. Mama would rather use the money to buy a home and leave their run down house in the ghetto. Their frustration is obtained from their dreams being deferred ... store: WALTER: You wouldn't understand yet, son, but your daddy's gonna make a transaction a business transaction that's going to change our lives That's how come one day when you 'bout seventeen years old I'll come home I'll pull the car up on the driveway just a plain black Chrysler, I think, with wh...

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... everything that he got. Well in the play A Raisin in the Sun by Langston Hughes, several of then characters has dreams that they are aspiring to one day achieve. Everyone needs to have something like a dream or a goal to keep themselves pursuing something in their life. We all strive for something to keep our ... about or do they shrivel up "like a raisin in the sun?" Beneatha is one of the man character's in this play. She is the daughter of MaMa and the sister to Walter. She is also a very attractive college student who is dating two guys at the moment. These two men who she seeing ar...

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... . The leaders of each section were depicted by their attitude towards life and desire to put the family in different positions. These people were Mama, Walter, and Beneatha. Mama is the leader of one way of thinking, she desires the family to be together and for the Youngers to be one strong unit. ... . Even though his intensions were good, him being a partner in a liquor store would only make his drinking worse, and him dealing with drunks all day would make him grow farther away from the family. At least he was making an effort to get the family economically right. Unlike his sister Ben...

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