American Dream through the Youngers Family
The idea of the American Dream still has truth in todays time, even if it is wealth, love, or
fame. The thing that never changes about the American Dream is that everyone deserves
something
in life and everyone, somehow, should strive to get it. Everyone in America wants to have
some
kind of financial success in his or her lives. The American dream is said to be that each
man have
the right to pursue happiness and strive for the beat. In the play *…“A Raisin in the Sun,
the author
shows an African-American family struggling to get out of the poverty line, which is
stopping them
from making financial stability, or the American Dream. Its main focus is on Walters effort
to
make it, or be somebody. She also shows how race, prejudice, and economic problems
effect a black
mans role in his family, how he provides, and his identity. It is also said that that the
Youngers
family dreams were unreal and they couldnt attain there dreams due to their status in life.
The two most common American dreams that the Youngers family want to achieve is to be
accepted by the white society and to be financially stable. For example, when the Younger
family
received the insurance check in the mail Mama went out and brought a house in the white
neighborhood. Shortly after she brought the house in the white neighborhood, which is
known, as
Clybourne Park they quickly sent a representative by the name of Karl Linder. Linder was
apart of
the New Neighbors Orientation Committee that welcomed newcomer in the neighborhood.
Unfortunately, since the Youngers were black Linder stated *…“ It is a matter of the
people of
Clybourne Park believing, rightly or wrongly, as I say, that for the happiness of all
concerned that
our Negro families are happier when they live in their own communities. (Hansberry 407).
This
basically states that Mr. Linder was trying to convince them not to live in their
neighborhood
because they didnt fit into the description of that community. This is an example of them
not being
accepted by the white society. Being financially stable allows you to have a better lifestyle,
gain
respect from others and to obtain power. By being financially stable you can live better
because you
can you dont never have to worry about how your going to eat, will all the bills be paid
and maybe
you could own your own business one day. This relates to the story *…“A Raisin in the
