Lorraine Hansberry wove a woeful tale of a family called the Youngers, A poor black family living in a tiny run-down apartment, in her novel A Raisin in the Sun. She based the name on the Langston Hughes poem "Harlem." She found the title appropriate to portray the way of life lived out by the Youngers. The family bonds are tested to great lengths and the family was divided into three parts. The leaders of each section were depicted by their attitude towards life and desire to put the family in different positions. These people were Mama, Walter, and Beneatha.
Mama is the leader of one way of thinking, she desires the family to be together and for the Youngers to be one strong unit. She hopes that the insurance money will aid her in her endeavors and bring the family closer together. So that her and their dreams could come to fruition and not "Sag like a heavy load." Everyone in the family wanted unity in the end. .
Ruth even said that she would, Strap the baby to her back and work, so that the Youngers could ultimately afford to live in a new house. Mama's dream is a shared one in the end. It was the new house that unified them, but it was a tough road getting there. .
Walter, Ruth's husband, is holding the family back with his dream. In his eyes he is attempting to help the family with a business venture involving some of his drinking buddies. However in everyone else's eyes it is a fool's errand. They all stood against him, even his wife was against the mere thought. He is going to become the head of the family eventually, but no one would follow him if he continued to make all these poor investment choices. He would stay out late and drink some nights. His dream was, drying up like a raisin in the sun, because no one would support his ideas. When he revealed that he was actually planning on opening up a liquor store with his, often drunk, buddies. His idea was completely blown out of the water.
In the movie, American History X, Derek and Danny Vineyard, were brought up in a normal happy, loving household but were bitten with the racism/hate bug at a young age. ... Throughout all these trials and tribulations that this family has to go through, you see that no matter what they have this incredible love for one another. ...
