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Since the 1930’s, the idea that a family, a home, opportunity, money and security being available to everyone in the US has been the “American Dream.� Unfortunately, in reality this dream isn’t really available to everyone, not then and not now. The idea of an “American Dream� is examined throughout Lorraine Hansberry’s play, A Raisin in the Sun as the theme of the play surrounds itself around Langston Hughes’ poem, “Harlem� where Hughes examines if dreams shrivel and dry up like a “Raisin in the Sun.� Throughout the play, all the characters express their own dreams for their lives. The idea of the American dream is analyzed to the point that at the end of the play, although this dream isn’t available to everyone because of racial, gender and class discrimination, the most important aspect the Youngers find out of it is the uniting of the family.
Every character in the book has their own idea of the American dream. Mama and Ruth dream of owning their own......

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