Raisin in the Sun is a play that has many themes on pride and dreams. Everybody has the right to dream and the right to make their dreams come true. Every members of the Younger family has their own dreams and their own ways to do it. Because they have dreams, the Youngers rebel against the position that society has forced them into. Not just a dreamer, Mama is also a doer. She long wants to own a nice house in a nice region, where her children and grandchildren can be born and grown up well. She can't do it when she was a young woman, but she still tries and works that out. Walter is the only man in the family, so not being success makes him feel uncomfortable. He wants to invest in a liquor store, so that he can help himself and his family to rise above the poverty. Even though she's a girl, Beneatha wants to be a doctor, to have high education and to marry a nice man. It's a dream of every modern woman, who doesn't want just to stay at home, do housework and baby sit the children; they want to study high, to work outside so that they can support out their selves and be independence. .
Also, pride is also an important theme of the play. The Younger family is a poor black people, but they"re still proud of their morals and values. The whole family is very proud of Big Walter, Lena's former husband. Also, Mama is very proud of her family. She wants to buy a nice house in a white neighborhood, and even doesn't back down or give up her decisions when the prejudiced representative threatens them. Walter believes in himself a lot and he's very sure that he can success in business. That's his pride, of being the man in the family. Even he was a little down when his friend steals all of his money, he regains his pride not to sell the house to Mr. Lindner and help the family to move to the new house. Beneatha works hard in school, and she believes that she can become a doctor.
Prejudice and discrimination is one of the minor theme in the play, but can't be forgotten.