The American Dream in A Raisin in the Sun :: A Raisin in the Sun

The idea of the American conceive of still has truth in todays time, even if it is wealth, love, orfame. The thing that never changes about the American Dream is that everyone deserves somethingin life and everyone, somehow, should strive to get it. Everyone in America wants to have somekind of financial success in his or her lives. The American intake is said to be that each man havethe right to pursue happiness and strive for the beat. In the play A Raisin in the Sun, the designershows an African-American family struggling to get out of the poverty line, which is stopping themfrom making financial stability, or the American Dream. Its main focus is on Walters effort to counterbalance it, or be somebody. She also shows how race, prejudice, and economic problems effect a blackmans role in his family, how he provides, and his identity. It is also said that that the Youngersfamily dreams were unreal and they couldnt attain thither dreams due to their status in life.The two most comm on American dreams that the Youngers family want to achieve is to beaccepted by the white society and to be financially stable. For physical exercise, when the Younger familyreceived the insurance check in the mail Mama went out and brought a house in the whiteneighborhood. Shortly afterward she brought the house in the white neighborhood, which is known, asClybourne Park they quickly sent a representative by the name of Karl Linder. Linder was apart ofthe New Neighbors Orientation direction that welcomed newcomer in the neighborhood.Unfortunately, since the Youngers were black Linder stated It is a matter of the people ofClybourne Park believing, rightly or wrongly, as I say, that for the happiness of all interested thatour Negro families are happier when they live in their own communities. (Hansberry 407). Thisbasically states that Mr. Linder was trying to convince them not to live in their neighborhoodbecause they didnt fit into the description of that community. This is an e xample of them not beingaccepted by the white society. Being financially stable allows you to have a better lifestyle, gainrespect from others and to obtain power. By being financially stable you can live better because youcan you dont never have to worry about how your going to eat, will all the bills be paid and maybeyou could own your own business one day. This relates to the story A Raisin in the Sun because