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The most important idea I took from A Raisin in the Sun is that it is essentially about dreams, as the main characters struggle to deal with the unfair situations that rule their lives. The title of the play references a speculation that Langston Hughes famously posed in a poem he wrote about dreams that were forgotten or put off. He wonders whether those dreams shrivel up “like a raisin in the sun.” Every member of the Younger family has a separate, individual dream—Beneatha wants to become a doctor, for example, and Walter wants to have money so that he can afford things for his family. The Youngers struggle to attain these dreams throughout the play, and much of their happiness and depression is directly related to their achievement of, or failure to attain, these dreams. By the end of the play, they learn that the dream of a house is the most important dream because it brings the family together. Another important theme I took away from this play is the need to fight racial discrimination. The character of Mr. Lindner makes the theme of racial discrimination important in the plot as an issue that the Youngers cannot avoid. The people of the Youngers’ new neighborhood, the Clybourne Park Improvement Association, send Mr.
Approximate Word count = 806
Approximate Pages = 3.2
(250 words per page double spaced)
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