A Raisin in the Sun
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"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 white walls—no—black tires . . . the gardener will be clipping away at the hedges and he’ll say, 'Good evening, Mr. Younger.' And I’ll say, 'Hello, Jefferson, how are you this evening?' And I’ll go inside and Ruth will come downstairs and meet me at the door and we’ll kiss each other and she’ll take my arm and we’ll go up to your room to see you sitting on the floor with the catalogues of all the great schools in America around you. . . . All the great schools in the world! And—and I’ll say, all right son—it’s your seventeenth birthday, what is it you’ve decided? . . . Just tell me, what it is you want to be—and you’ll be it. . . . Whatever you want to be—Yessir! You just name it, son . . . and I hand you the world!"
Here, Lorraine Hansberry illustrates the American dream in its most common environment-- a simple man with his own distinct desires. Through the Younger Family's experience, the audience has the opportunity to gain insight into human need for change and progress. We desire something better for ourselves and for our children. It is through this desire that we can maintain hope and endure even miserable circumstance. Walter wants something for his son that he never had. He has the intrinsic desire to provide for his family, especially he feels he has failed to meet their needs.
Here, Lorraine Hansberry illustrates the American dream in its most common environment-- a simple man with his own distinct desires. Through the Younger Family's experience, the audience has the opportunity to gain insight into human need for change and progress. We desire something better for ourselves and for our children. It is through this desire that we can maintain hope and endure even miserable circumstance. Walter wants something for his son that he never had. He has the intrinsic desire to provide for his family, especially he feels he has failed to meet their needs.